Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will bring strong technical experience to the table and take part in and lead key initiatives while delivering high-quality software with a "fast and right" approach. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to design, develop and maintain key Capsule systems that solves customer pain points. 

• Lead or participate in implementation of key projects that contribute to the company OKRs. 

• Apply your knowledge of software engineering principles to build APIs, Services & System Workflows.

• Review product requirements, provide detailed software design and build the software that meets the requirements in high-quality and clean code using Kotlin, Python or other programming languages your team uses to build Capsule systems.

• Write Technical Specs that communicate architectural approaches and present them to internal peers for review and feedback.

• Provide mentorship to other engineers through code reviews and architecture reviews.

About You:

• You drive results in a way that makes everyone better. You accomplish ambitious objectives while uplifting the team around you. You're a magnet for team members looking to get better and be successful.

• You can work both fast and right and don't view them as trade-offs. You understand when things require precision and accuracy and where 80% gets you to the desired outcome.

• You operate like an owner and expect others to as well. You take personal responsibility and value personal responsibility in others. 

• You check your ego at the door. You are interested in finding the right answer vs. always having the right answer.

Requirements:

• You have 5+ years of overall software engineering experience.

• You are an expert in one or more mainstream programming languages such as Kotlin, Java, Python, etc.

•  You have experience contributing to the architecture and  system design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

• You have been part of a team that owned software components critical to business.  

Nice to have:

• Django experience is a plus 

• Experience deploying applications through AWS 

• A CS degree or equivalent

The starting anticipated earnings for this position is between $170,000 and $210,000. Compensation packages include base pay, competitive benefits, and may include equity in the form of RSUs.