Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform
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.
About the job
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
Skills
Node.js, TypeScript, React, REST APIs, Distributed Systems, Data Structures, Algorithms, Agile, Cloud Platforms, Automated Testing
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