Senior Software Engineer, Product Foundations
168k – 235kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid5+ YOE
Summary
Senior engineer independently owning large projects from discovery to launch, improving performance and scalability of high-volume systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with product and design teams.
About the role
What You Will Work On
- Independently own large-scoped projects from initial discovery through launch with a focus on outcomes and customer impact
- Collaborate with a cross functional team to find solutions to customer challenges
- Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our existing systems
- Promote engineering excellence through technical leadership, knowledge-sharing and mentorship
- Add capabilities to our high-volume, fault-tolerant processing infrastructure
- Enhance our testing, monitoring and continuous deployment infrastructure
- Keep extremely sensitive data compartmentalized and secure
How You Will Do Your Work
- Good judgment: exercise critical thinking, analyze and assess problems, identify patterns, understand risks, develop mitigation strategies, and take ownership of outcomes
- Resourcefulness: take a can-do approach, optimize what you have in the face of obstacles
- Teamwork and communication: documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelism
- Influence and leadership: foster knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinking
- Skills and knowledge: actively learn and apply domain knowledge and best practices
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of professional hands-on experience
- Mastery of modern server side languages, Golang is a plus but not required
- Proficiency with SQL
- Proficiency with cloud infrastructure management, preferably AWS
- Experience supporting and mentoring other engineers and acting as a "force multiplier"
- Experience working closely with designers and product managers
Technologies Used
- Golang, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, MySQL, Kafka, AWS, Git, Memcache, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI, DataDog
Compensation and Benefits
- Base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $167,500.00 to $235,000.00 per year
- Actual compensation is based on multiple factors including skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location
Skills
GolangRuby on RailsJavaScriptSQLMySQLKafkaAWSRedisElasticsearchDockerKubernetesTerraform
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