Senior Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

About the Team

Powerful entertainment experiences come from brilliant teams, and, at VIZIO, we work together to deliver the latest SmartTV and Sound Bar Technology across the world.

We’re made up of skilled engineers who care about the people they work with, the work they create, and the teams they nurture.

The Sunday blues don’t really exist for us because we’re built around supporting each other in a relaxed, collaborative environment.

We’re more focused on learning, doing something new and valuable, and encouraging our team to do the same. With flexible work hours, a collaborative open-door environment, and teams who support each other in and out of the office, our work experience becomes meaningful.

And we don’t focus on hierarchy; instead, we work together to create the roles we’re most excited about).

Now we’re searching for a brilliant Senior Staff Software Engineer to join us and develop the software infrastructure for high-profile projects.

What You Will Do

• Work with your manager to gather requirements, plan the implementation, and lead the implementation and delivery of features in an agile lifecycle.
• Ability to become an expert in the company’s internal software system to best architect and implement our solutions
• Designs and implements software solutions by writing code in a matter consistent with the company’s coding standards and guidelines.
• Responsible for testing code to ensure that it is performing as expected in regard to correctness and performance.
• Manages programming tasks and ensures they are worked on in priority order as determined by their manager.
• Keeps track of bugs in the code and provides fixes in a timely manner.
• Participates in the planning and scheduling of tasks, and responsible for meeting deadlines as determined jointly with their manager.
• Produce internal and external documentation for more software components.
• Recommends changes and improvements in the overall shared codebase.
• Stays up-to-date with current development tools, processes, and techniques as related to the type of programming tasks assigned.
• Protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA, BS, or MS in Computer Science) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of development experience.
• Minimum 2-3 years of team lead and mentorship experience.
• Expert experience with .NET and C#
• Expert ability to troubleshoot, debug, and performance tune software code.
• Demonstratable experience building and supporting reliable, always on backend services.
• Experience building solutions using AWS and terraform
• Experience with docker containers and container orchestration systems
• Experience with scalable distributed systems
• Experience working with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
• Experience working with non-relational databases (Mongo, DocumentDB, Dynamo, Redis, ElasticSearch)
• Experience building internal tooling to manage backend services using Angular
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team in a lead position, respecting and welcoming ideas from partners, business stakeholders, and technical experts.
• Excellent communications skills : must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, and able to adapt to the level and nature of their audience.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a careful approach to handling issues.
• Ability and desire to learn new technologies.

About VIZIO

We are Beautifully Simple.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, VIZIO is a leading HDTV brand in America and the #1 Sound Bar Brand in America. VIZIO's mission is to deliver high performance, smarter products with the latest innovations at a significant savings that we can pass along to our consumers.

Our loyal following and industry-wide praise continues to grow as we redefine what it means to be smart.

VIZIO, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We will not pay fees to any third-party agency, outside recruiter or firm without a mutually agreed-upon contract and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes.

Unsolicited resumes will be considered our property and will be processed accordingly.

For Colorado-based employment : The target salary range is $156,000 - $202,000. In addition to base salary, the compensation package also includes eligibility for an annual bonus, as well as equity and a range of medical, dental, vision and other benefits.

For Washington-based employment :

The base salary range for this position is $156,000 to $202,000.

Compensation may vary inside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

Base pay is one part of the employee’s total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses / incentives, commissions, profit-sharing, or other stock compensation.

Benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, 401(k) with company match, up to 15 days of paid time off (PTO), paid sick leave, eight (8) paid holidays per year, eight (8) weeks of paid paternity / maternity leave, and tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance, other health benefits through VIZIO’s employee assistance program (EAP).