Senior Software Engineer – Customer Platform

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and enhance backend services and public APIs that cater to customers.

• Comprehend the utilization of shared platform functionalities across various products and customer demographics.

• Ensure seamless operation of APIs and services across different products and customer segments.

• Take ownership of features from conception through execution, deployment, and refinement.

• Collaborate closely with Product Management and the Experience front-end team.

• Develop technical design documents and lead design initiatives.

• Contribute to a product-focused roadmap with established deadlines and clear objectives.

• Assist in prioritizing trade-offs and enable iterative shipping.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in creating production services and APIs within a contemporary cloud environment.

• Proficient in Go (Golang) or a strong willingness to learn quickly.

• Experience in designing, implementing, and evolving publicly accessible APIs utilized both externally and internally across various products or services.

• Practical understanding of API versioning, backward compatibility, authentication, and usability.

• Knowledge of microservices and cloud-native architectures, including containers and Kubernetes.

• Capable of building services that are observable and resilient in a production setting.

• Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities with PMs, designers, and engineers across multiple product lines.

• Ability to excel in a remote, startup environment; self-motivated and comfortable with uncertainty.

• Previous experience in developing platform or shared services that span multiple products or customer experiences (preferred).

• Experience in cloud-native technologies, containers, or security ecosystems, or broader CNCF tools (preferred).

• Significant contributions to open source projects, particularly as a maintainer or frequent contributor (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Work remotely with opportunities for team meetups.

• Bi-annual destination summits.

• Monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone, and internet expenses.

• Stock options available upon hiring and during promotions.

• Eligibility for participation in secondary offerings.

• A 10-year period to exercise stock options.

• Health, vision, and dental insurance premiums fully covered for employees and their dependents.

• Flexible time off policy.

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents.

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Option to utilize parental leave all at once or distributed throughout the child's first year.