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Senior Engineer – Foundations

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaColoradoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $127,500 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design and implement robust, scalable software solutions while maintaining 100% adherence to sanctioned CI/CD templates and meeting defined SLAs. Participates in and leads response to on-call incidents.
  • Actively drive the use of standardized tools and technologies to reduce development friction and improve "Time to First Commit". Contributes to the evolution of the Golden path and Engineering standards.
  • Establish faster feedback loops and drive systematic improvements to development practices to reduce "Blocked Time" per ticket.
  • Ensure all technical work aligns with the long-term Architectural Vision and product outcomes rather than just output. Adapts to priority shifts and changing Product direction. Strong focus on measurable value creation via Engineering efforts.
  • Provide technical guidance to junior engineers, championing best practices through "Lightning Talks" and detailed documentation.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering or operations experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in a senior role.
  • Building, operating, troubleshooting and optimizing production systems under load.
  • Delivered software using Python and JavaScript with frameworks.
  • Interface with relational databases using SQL.
  • Using Git and conducting code reviews within a sprint SDLC.
  • Familiarity with Build systems, DevOps and CI/CD procedures.
  • Familiarity with cloud services.
  • Thorough understanding of HTTP APIs.
  • Possess advanced knowledge in your specialization to be able to guide and mentor team members.
  • Experience designing and leading a software project from requirements to delivery with no guidance.
  • Experience independently researching and leading technical discussions with peers.
  • Thoroughly understands the business vision, mission, and strategy and how their code supports and affects business outcomes.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from key stakeholders and decision makers.
  • Working knowledge of taking a large complex project, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing those tasks as required.
  • Shows initiative and seeks evidence in data to support ideas.
  • Use of containerization and orchestration technologies, Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Node.js, FastAPI, React, GraphQL, Kafka, Flask, Redis, Memcached
  • AWS, DataDog, Cloudflare Workers, WP Engine
  • Microservices, distributed/edge systems and event driven architectures.
  • ADA / WCAG Compliance
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents
  • 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure
  • 18 weeks paid leave for birth moms
  • 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption
  • Monthly wellness allowance
  • Annual professional and personal development allowance
  • Work from home office set-up and expense allowances
  • Flexible work location opportunities
  • Employer matching toward charitable contributions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonJavaScriptSQLGitDockerKubernetesNode.jsFastAPIReactGraphQL
Soft Skills
technical guidancementoringinitiativeeffective presentationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipadaptabilitycollaborationresearch