Staff Software Engineer on the Core Platform team building scalable backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data. Requires strong distributed systems experience and Node.js/TypeScript expertise.
205k – 245k/yr
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About the role
Responsibilities
Provide technical direction for products, projects, and features with emphasis on back end systems and APIs responsible for ingesting, processing, and routing data
Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate feature specifications into product designs and implementable code
Design, develop, test, and maintain clear, concise, and robust code
Create robust test plans paired with comprehensive automated tests
Mentor and coach junior engineers
Contribute to internal and external blogs
Participate in stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties
Requirements
Demonstrated experience building products that leverage large scale data sets (Node.js/Typescript/React)
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
Experience with using and developing REST APIs
Experience with Agile processes and rapid iterative development
Strong sense of ownership with focus on high quality and high performing deliverables
Experience developing services for cloud based platforms
Ability to comply with U.S. government security requirements for access to FedRAMP-authorized systems (may require U.S. citizenship)
Nice-to-Haves
Enjoy learning new technologies and ability to develop prototypes quickly
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