The Impact You’ll Make
We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our engineering stack - this includes developing and improving frameworks across our frontend and backend services, in addition to making direct contributions to your team’s product area.
Software Engineers at Nextdoor have a stake in all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, to helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, to understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis.
As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to mentor new team members, and grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about.
What You’ll Bring to The Team
- 6+ years of Software Development experience
- Expertise in modern JavaScript / React
- Expertise in at least one server-side web application language. Python / Django, Java, and SQL experience is a plus
- Experience within the AWS ecosystem preferred
- Ability to design and implement heavily used services and systems
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong desire to learn new technologies
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic startup environment
- Ability to mentor junior engineers across teams
- Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
- Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values
Rewards
Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.
The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $153,000 to $212,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.
Compensation may also vary by geography.
We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.
Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.