Senior Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and enhance systems and services that power the Organizer platform.

• Address intricate technical challenges and contribute to architectural decisions.

• Ensure backend systems are dependable, scalable, maintainable, and secure.

• Take ownership of issues from identification through to deployment and production.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, and other stakeholders to transform ideas and requirements into efficient solutions.

• Share knowledge and elevate the technical proficiency of fellow engineers.

• Comprehend the problems being addressed and stay involved throughout production.

• Assess alternatives, pinpoint tradeoffs, and suggest suitable solutions.

• Recognize information gaps, pose questions, and advance ambiguous tasks.

• Consider the impact of decisions on reliability, maintainability, other services, and future engineering endeavors.

• Provide context, give feedback, mentor peers, and enhance engineering practices.

• Highlight risks, uncertainties, dependencies, and evolving assumptions early on.

• Enhance reliability, documentation, testing, observability, and developer experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and sustaining backend software in production settings.

• Strong grasp of software design principles and the ability to assess architectural tradeoffs.

• Proven track record in designing and maintaining APIs, including GraphQL, distributed services, and data-intensive applications.

• Experienced in troubleshooting complex issues across services, infrastructure, and data.

• Solid understanding of relational and/or NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, data modeling, and query performance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Verified experience collaborating across Engineering, Product, and other areas.

• Familiarity with incident management along with production logging, monitoring, and observability.

• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and contemporary deployment environments.

• Proven mentorship and technical leadership within team contexts.

• Experience in developing modern JavaScript/TypeScript solutions.

• Experience with event-driven or distributed architectures, such as AWS.

• Formal degree is optional; candidates from nontraditional or retraining backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and eligible family members.

• Retirement benefits featuring a 5% employer match.

• Flexible unlimited paid time off (PTO) plan.

• Generous paid parental leave.

• Pre-tax commuter benefits.

• Company-provided laptop.

• Flexible remote work environment.

• Home office setup stipend for all new employees.

• Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses.

• Annual professional development fund.

• Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help.

• Yearly in-person staff retreats.

• A culture that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.