Senior Software Engineer (Fulltime | Remote)

What is the Role ?

Looking for a Senior Software Engineer driven to solve hard problems in novel, elegant ways, and grow highly scalable systems.

You will work on scaling out an out-of-home digital ad exchange that is capable of handling billions of transactions. Some of the things you'll do :

• Ship small to large features independently
• Pair with other senior engineers on the team to help deliver key initiatives
• Work with and mentor fellow software engineers to enhance our platform.
• Play a key role in shaping our team, our roadmap and our technical strategy.
• Operate in a team that follows best practices for shipping good software, including documentation, comprehensive testing, CI / CD hygiene and code instrumentation

We'd love to hear from you if you :

• Have 3-5 years of full-stack software engineering experience with a track record of building clear, maintainable code, and engineering large-scale systems
• Have strong experience with Python or comparable server-side languages, like Java or Node
• Have experience in frontend technology using HTML / CSS / JavaScript
• Have experience in building out well-thought functional and unit tests
• Have experience using metrics and monitoring tools / frameworks to handle performance optimization or to provide visibility into the systems
• Have experience with architecture and development of business solutions and acting as a thought leader in cloud-based technical solutions
• Have experience of mentoring, educating and motivating young developers.
• Have strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Are a strong communicator who communicates effectively across groups, locations and cultures, in-person and virtually
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field or applicable experience in the industry.
• Some technology and tools we use :
• Python, Django, Javascript, React, gRPC as the main languages and frameworks of choice
• AWS Lambda, Kubernetes for running our applications
• Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, Dynamo, Snowflake as data stores
• Spark, Airflow for ETL, DAG management

Compensation

The expected compensation for this role at time of hire is a salary range of $130,000 - $165,000, plus bonus (based on level and performance), and stock options.

Interview Process

• 1 or 2 preliminary phone screens of 45 min each
• Virtual onsite that consists of 4-5 rounds (45 mins each) spread across 1 or 2 days meeting :
• Stakeholders (like Product, Operations, Technical Account Management)
• Development team (to gauge problem solving skills)
• Infrastructure team (to gauge technical architectural skills)
• Hiring Manager / VP of Engineering
• CTO round (optional)

Your first 30 days :

• Learn and understand corporate, departmental and team goals
• Work with the Product team to have a clear understanding of the product roadmap
• Identify and incorporate tools needed for working on the transaction processing platform
• Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues

Your first 60 days :

• Gain a good understanding of the landscape
• Pair with team members on committed initiatives
• Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and incorporate best practices
• Work with stakeholders and formulate delivery plans for key initiatives

Your first 90 days :

• Provide hands-on technical leadership in the development team
• Drive architecture for the team, consistently designing code that is aligned with the overall service architecture
• Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools
• Deliver projects on time and budget, ensuring quality standards are met
• Mentor and develop team members, provide constructive feedback on design and code quality and build an inclusive culture with high performing teams
• Help define and enforce development practices, including unit tests and code reviews.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business environment and strategy
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