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Software Engineer – Guest & Host

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per year

About the role

  • Work closely with global cross-functional stakeholders for product alignment, requirements and shaping specifications
  • Build our features and platforms for high-scale and reliability and employing engineering best practices
  • Foster a culture of craftsmanship that emphasizes both the successful delivery of business initiatives and a commitment to quality
  • Strategising and brainstorming opportunities along with Product, Partnerships & other cross-functional leaders and driving effective relevant metrics to measure the success of these initiatives.
  • Support 24x7 engineering ops to maintain high reliability services

Requirements

  • BS, MS or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 3+​ years of relevant engineering work experience
  • Strong coding abilities and experience with architectural patterns of large, high-scale applications.
  • Proficiency in one or more JVM based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.) are preferred
  • Familiar with frontend web technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, React and Graphql etc)
  • Experience architecting, building, and maintaining highly available services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).
  • Familiarity with patterns, libraries and frameworks for building and testing services, and service-to-service communication.
  • Successfully partnering with Operations, Policy, Legal, and Product functions
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to structure complex, ambiguous problems, identify patterns, and propose data-driven solutions. Self-driven with strong project management abilities.
  • Ability to drive end-to-end initiatives, aligning stakeholders, managing timelines, and proactively removing roadblocks for high-quality outcomes in fast-moving environments.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options
  • Employee Travel Credits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaKotlinScalaHTMLCSSReactGraphQLservice-oriented architecturearchitectural patternsengineering best practices
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsproject managementstakeholder alignmentcommunicationself-driventimelines managementremoving roadblockscraftsmanshipcollaboration
Certifications
BS in computer scienceMS in computer sciencePh.D. in computer science