Senior Software Engineer, Developer Tools

Squarespace

New York City, NY

Full Time

Senior

129k-232k

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Squarespace Developer Experience team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Developer Tools to develop tools that help engineers ship code more efficiently. Our Developer Experience team empowers our engineering organization with internal platforms and automation that streamline development, debugging, and deployment workflows. We are a collaborative, empathetic, and technically curious team working across a modern cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with engineers across Product and Platform teams, and while you will not have direct management responsibilities, you'll have opportunities to mentor others and influence team strategy. This is an opportunity for you to drive the next generation of internal tooling at Squarespace, contributing to ephemeral development environments and automation systems that directly improve developer productivity across the company.

Key Responsibilities

Build and support tools to make the life of developers at Squarespace easier.
Work with other engineers to negotiate, design and implement solutions that improve their efficiency, with an emphasis on frequent iterations.
Write high-quality code with industry best practices in mind, including resilient architecture and automated testing.
Focus on finding scalable, reliable, automated solutions to meet the engineering department's scale.
Sponsor the growth of your team and teammates.
Be comfortable working in a team distributed across multiple time zones.

Requirements

8+ years of experience programming in Golang or Python.
Experience programming in JavaScript or TypeScript.
Experience in web application development.
Experience communicating updates and resolutions to users and other partners.
Appetite for solving problems, supporting developers, and learning new technologies.
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

Nice to Have

Experience with containers, Kubernetes, Prometheus, or other CNCF software is a big plus.

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

Benefits & Perks

A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums including medical, dental, and vision.
Supplemental Life and Disability Insurance plans.
Fertility and adoption benefits.
Headspace mindfulness app subscription.
Global Employee Assistance Program.
Retirement benefits with employer match.
Flexible paid time off.
20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member.
Pretax commuter benefit.
Education reimbursement.
Employee donation match to community organizations.
8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
Dog-friendly workplace.
Free lunch and snacks.
Private rooftop.
Hack week twice per year.

Working at Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with tools to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. We embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classes. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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