Principal Software Engineer- Experience

Principle Software Engineer - Experience

Kipsu is a growth stage Minneapolis-based technology company that has grown to over 120 employees. At Kipsu, we help service professionals Meet the Moment - from partnering with some of the largest hospitality brands in the world to working with clients in the multifamily and healthcare industries. Our best-in-class technology enables organizations around the globe to better serve their customers through streamlined messaging, data-driven performance metrics, sentiment analysis and workflow management. As one of the Twin Cities' leading tech companies, Kipsu has cultivated a reputation for a strong company culture and is consistently recognized by the Star Tribune as a Top Workplace.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You'll join an expanding and accelerating team of Software Engineers in our Experience Practice that focus and specialize in front-end technologies but also contribute to data and backend solutions as a part of a cross functional team. Our developers work with React, Typescript, React Native, Kotlin, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, REST APIs, and AWS services like EC2, SQS, S3, Lambda, among others. The engineering team has a tight partnership with our product team and executives and they see the impact of their work on Kipsu's business every day.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support world-class software across a range of tech stacks in a SaaS environment
• Set and maintain a high standard of excellence for your own and your team's code quality
• Set and maintain high standards of excellence in unit test coverage, integration test coverage, and integration of test runs into CI / CD pipelines
• Contribute as the principal author for technical designs. Demonstrates deep understanding of all aspects of technical solutions. Advances the state of technical designs at Kipsu.
• Serve as the final approver for technical and product documentation
• Advocates for design pattern usage within the organization. Integrates best practice design patterns into all work
• Responsible for managing PRs, using them to teach, providing timely and effective reviews, and ensuring delivery standards are consistently applied
• Advances and advocates for best practices in source code management within repositories, branching, merging, change control, merge conflicts
• Uses peer reviews, pair programming, workshops, etc. to advance the engineering team as a whole
• Make improvements to modules / libraries / services and go out of your way to help others learn from it
• Proactively document and share knowledge to enable others to learn, improve, and achieve
• Proactive in organizing internal / external / customer facing calls and meetings. Helps others prepare for and participate in such meetings. Comfortable as the face of the organization in these meetings
• Help us maintain 24 / 7 SLAs by occasionally (2-3 weeks / yr) being on call for after hours support
• Resolve bugs and production issues while minimizing downtime to customers
• Join our Experience practice - a team of engineers dedicated to designing, building, and supporting world-class front-ends, user experiences, and user interfaces across all screens and devices
• Consistently and effectively works across all of Kipsu to achieve goals. Works with multiple teams on big strategic goals and is seen as a key team member in getting goals accomplished.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

WHAT MAKES KIPSU DIFFERENT

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE

We are proud to offer a competitive suite of benefits including : health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401K with a company match, unlimited / responsible vacation time, life insurance, flex spending account, and commuter benefits.

One last thing - At Kipsu, we believe that our values, success, and future as a leader in our industry require a vibrant and diverse workforce. This is one of the many challenges we seek to solve, and we are intentional and active in recruiting talent of all identities and building an environment that is inclusive of all backgrounds. We need your contribution to our team. Please consider rolling up your sleeves and joining us on our journey.