Senior Software Engineer

A day in the life of a Senior Software Engineer

• Working with Engineering and Product Team leads, propel the team through agile development of web apps, mobile apps, libraries, and frameworks, connecting withGraphQL microservices.  
• As a Senior Engineer, you will be incredibly involved in the overall architecture of the system you are working on while learning our existing technical stack. 
• Collaborate within your team while attending grooming sessions and mentoring others as needed to move the team forward. 
• Promote a work environment that is highly collaborative and team centric.  
• Enhance, refactor, and continuously improve the codebase. 
• Keep management informed of project progress and problems, particularly as to needed changes in schedule, resources, or product scope. 
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people. 

Role Progression

• In your 1st month, you will be learning about our business, processes, and recommended tech stack.  You will immediately be working hands-on with our technology and getting to know your team. 
• Within 3 months, you will be participating in planning & development activities and beginning to look at infrastructure designs, CI/CD pipelines and carrying out code reviews for the team. 
• Within 6 months you should be taking ownership of the application architecture, production troubleshooting, working on cross-portfolio projects and releasing software with the team. 
• Within 1 year you will be fully immersed in the SDLC, providing technical leadership to your team and building bulletproof products whilst actively engaging in process optimization. 

About you

• You hold a BS in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or equivalent work experience. A relevant Master’s degree is a plus. 
• You have 2+ year’s experience building software applications understanding the full scope of the app including the front and back- end topology. 
• You have 2+ year’s experience working with GraphQL (Apollo), NodeJS and preferably using a framework such as NestJS. 
• You have experience building web applications with React, Material UI, NextJS, and Typescript. 
• You have 2+ year’s experience with Python, and are familiar with maintaining and updating code written by others 
• You are advanced with Docker and setting up local dev environments. 
• You have a presence on Github with your own portfolio of projects to share and demonstrate. 
• You have worked with a technology stack similar to ours: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Redis, MongoDB, Typescript, ReactJS, NodeJS, Python,GitHub, JIRA and Confluence. 
• Past Windows.NET and Microsoft stack experience is a plus. 
• You are used to working in an iterative-based development environment using Agile/Scrum/Sprints. 
• You are always thinking, “what happens if this fails?” 
• You are opinionated about software architecture. 
• You are an excellent, collaborative team player with the communication skills to match. 
• You are passionate about getting the job done well even under time pressure and thrive in a demanding environment. 
• Demonstrated proactivity in capitalizing on opportunities and resolving issues. 
• Intellectually curious – prepared to challenge and be challenged. 
• Constantly striving to learn new technologies and look for ways to stay up to date in this rapidly changing industry. 

What Sets Us Apart

• Mission driven culture 
• Comprehensive health and benefits package 
• 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation 
• Paid holidays and a generous PTO policy 
• Paid parental leave
• Collaborative and energetic work environment with other motivated, career-driven professionals