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Software Engineer, Core – Senior or Staff

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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About the role

  • Own technical design, implementation, and delivery of features across all levels of the stack (frontend and backend), in particular on the Identity surface (auth, permissions, team management)
  • Write high-quality testable code that's functional, long term maintainable and performant
  • Drive exploration, alignment and cross-team collaboration for owned projects and surfaces
  • Prioritize the highest impact work by balancing Engineering interests with business outcomes and product/design requirements
  • Proactively improve the tech stack with tooling, abstractions, and test infrastructure
  • Provide knowledge transfers, pairing time and mentorship for other Engineers
  • Give constructive feedback in retros, RFCs, and PRs. Conversely, receive feedback and turn it into positive change

Requirements

  • Full-stack product engineer
  • Well versed in web development and associated devtools
  • Technologies: Typescript, REST API development, relational DBs
  • Track record evolving complex systems to accommodate growth while maintaining stability
  • Comfortable walking off the beaten path, at the edge of systems
  • Competent thinking about security risks & mitigations
  • Experience integrating 3rd party services
  • Strong at testing and debugging
  • Solid collaboration and communication
  • Growth mindset
Benefits
  • Generous healthcare package
  • 401k matching program
  • Catered lunches
  • Flexible vacation time

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
TypescriptREST API developmentrelational DBsfull-stack developmenttestingdebuggingsecurity risk assessmentsystem integration
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationmentorshipconstructive feedbackgrowth mindset