Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform

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

📋 Description

• Concentrate on back-end architecture; designing, developing, and maintaining features of the SmithRx product using various programming languages including Golang, JavaScript/Typescript, Node, GraphQL, and SQL (among others), while utilizing full CI and CD for rapid iterations.

• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical needs to produce high-quality, scalable software and services.

• Provide scope and risk assessments for system and feature builds by creating technical design documentation.

• Continuously implement software development best practices, design patterns, testing, automation, tools, and technologies.

• Utilize AWS technologies, such as Lambda and Fargate, to manage various job types and batch processing.

• Diagnose production issues by performing triages on arising problems, assessing their impact, devising and executing a plan for both short-term and long-term resolution, and conducting root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.

• Coach and mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on their code, as well as conducting design and code assessments.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to transform technical vision into a concrete roadmap each quarter.

• Be a cornerstone of a collaborative learning culture by offering mentorship, conducting code reviews, exploring new technologies, and fostering other innovations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

• 12-15 years of software development experience focusing on server-side applications, particularly with API servers, third-party integrations, and data processing.

• Experience in a rapidly growing startup environment is advantageous.

• Proficiency in a compiled language such as Go, Java, or Kotlin is essential.

• Expertise with relational databases like PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL optimization, and database monitoring is required.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable APIs; a strong understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices.

• Familiarity with GraphQL APIs, CI and CD pipelines, the AWS platform, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus.

• A positive, non-dogmatic, team-oriented attitude.

• Adaptability; someone who is responsive and comfortable with ambiguity.

• Highly disciplined in software design and development with the ability to work independently on features (accurately forecasting delivery milestones and coordinating with stakeholders to meet expectations).

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance along with AD&D Insurance.

• Flexible Spending Benefits.

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Discretionary Paid Time Off.

• Paid Company Holidays.

• Wellness Benefits.

• Commuter Benefits.

• Paid Parental Leave benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Well-stocked kitchen in office locations.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.