Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform

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