Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Own parts of product and technology, striving to become a subject matter expert.
• Design software or systems required in your area of ownership and ensure they meet their design objectives.
• Provide quality feedback on designs written by other team members, asking insightful questions to improve solutions.
• Debug cross-module issues effectively and quickly, leveraging deep knowledge of libraries, platforms, and systems.
• Write simple, extendable, and well-tested code following standards and best practices.
• Create coherent designs with multiple components interacting across API or system boundaries, ensuring no bugs at boundaries due to mismatches.
• Reliably roll out components or major features, including monitoring, paging, and understanding failure domains.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, team planning, and support ticket reviews to help evolve team processes.
• Take on projects and implement software enhancements to improve team software and processes.
• Resolve root causes of complex problems, leaving software more maintainable.
• Estimate stories/tasks accurately and deliver on time.
• Stay up to date with industry tools, utilities, and open-source frameworks.
• Participate in the interview process and help train other Software Engineers.
• Contribute to on-call support rotation for your organization.
• Maintain humility, pragmatism, self-management, and a continuous learning mindset.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Experience and passion for building highly scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems and APIs using Java or similar Object-Oriented languages.
• Good understanding of relational and non-relational databases, messaging queues, and handling concurrency.
• Knowledge of modern architectures, design patterns, and platform nuances.
• Experience with release process best practices for APIs and services in production.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
• Understanding of containers (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Expertise in testing concepts, tools, and integrating testing into the SDLC.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change.

Nice to Have

• Experience with defining infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar.
• Experience with AWS cloud-based infrastructure and technologies.
• Knowledge of containers and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Health plans including options as low as $0 per paycheck, with programs for fertility, family planning, mental health, and fitness.
• Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave).
• Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities based on performance.
• 401k with up to 5% match.
• Commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more.
• Paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.
• Paid sick time in accordance with applicable laws.