murmuration · 15 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
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Responsibilities
Develop software aligned with specifications & designs, ensuring code is well-tested, maintainable, and documented;
Work autonomously with minimal oversight, delivering production-ready solutions that prioritize long-term maintainability and supportability;
Act as a Subject Matter Expert for your team's product, contributing to complex algorithmic tasks, feature designs, and broader technical standards;
Create, communicate, and defend design decisions to your team and the broader engineering organization through demo sessions, chapter meetings, and architecture reviews;
Take ownership of Jira epics or large tasks, driving them to completion and demonstrating work to ensure requirements are met;
Manage builds, releases, and change log creation while adapting development efforts to align with the team's SDLC;
Oversee engineering briefs, review architectural design documents, and maintain a customer-centric approach while supporting team members through regular check-ins and feedback;
Mentor engineers through facilitating pull-request reviews for your team, paired programming sessions, and technical guidance on design & best practices;
Be the team’s designated Tech-Lead, which includes the following responsibilities:
Collaborate with Product to refine Jira tasks, estimate effort for development activities, and align Pod priorities with roadmap timelines;
Oversee Jira standards for the team’s work, ensuring work is scoped properly with clear & tangible acceptance criteria;
Identify and document technical debt, translating it into actionable tickets for review; and
Oversee and review Pod technical work, ensuring feature stability and adherence to the application’s architecture.
Qualification
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Required
10 - 15 years’ experience
BS, BA in Computer Science or other related degree (boot camp(s) and/or work experience can be substituted for degree requirements)
Mastery in Typescript/Javascript or a similar functional programming language which isn’t strongly typed, including understanding threading or multi-processing for the given language
Working knowledge of AWS Lambdas or AWS Fargate
Mastery of a standard IDE for code development
Familiarity with a standard code repository (e.g., git)
Familiarity with the standard package manager used by Node
Demonstrated proficiency on how to deploy the framework
Familiarity with one CI/CD framework
Experience designing and developing product features from design to production deployment
Previous experience supporting a production environment
Ability to demonstrate good communication skills, including the ability to clearly and adequately in order to define a position and defend it (in writing or verbally)
Ability to document a design, component, or workflow they have working knowledge of
Ability to create and design technical workflows and break that larger project into smaller workable components
Preferred
Demonstrable knowledge in the creation, use, and support of GraphQL in a production environment
Demonstrable knowledge in the creation, use, and support of a document database like MongoDB
Advanced experience with CI/CD platforms & best practices
Additional experience with other AWS products, such as S3, IAM, System & Secrets Manager, Elastic Container Registry, Event Bridge, and API Gateway
Experience with container technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes
Experience with IaC technologies, such as AWS CDK or Terraform
Benefits
Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members
Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match
A flexible unlimited PTO plan
Generous paid parental leave
Pre-tax commuter benefits
A company laptop
A flexible remote work environment
A home office setup stipend for all new employees
Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses
A yearly professional development fund
Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help
Yearly in-person staff retreats
A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging