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Common Room · 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Canada

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Common Room is a customer intelligence platform that provides companies with the ability to capture and act on buying signals through AI enrichment and automation. The role involves building APIs for customer solutions, ensuring system efficiency, scalability, and reliability, and participating in company-building initiatives within a fast-growing startup environment.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Contact ManagementGenerative AIMarketing AutomationSales Automation

Responsibilities

Build APIs that other engineers can use to solve customer problems in our product

Ensure that our systems are efficient, scalable and reliable

Strive to ensure that Common Room’s core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and systems continue to serve the needs of our customers and our team

Identify and participate in important company-building initiatives that a fast growing startup needs

Qualification

Node.jsPostgresAWSTypeScriptTypeGraphQLAPI DevelopmentClickHouseReactScalabilityCollaboration

Required

6+ years of experience

Operate independently, but don't hesitate to seek help and support from those around you to get your job done

Revel in your craft, are excited by and capable of owning large projects primarily on the backend domain

Collaborate effectively with other experienced engineers, including application/front-end engineers

Good judgement on tradeoffs and tools needed to solve the problem, and don't over index on trendy/fashionable tech. Prefer supported, stable technologies

Use customer problems as input into designing systems, and find joy in creating simple, elegant solutions

Consider observability, SLA and scalability implications, but are able to avoid premature optimization

Feel at home with AWS, Postgres, and Node.js

Bring your authentic self to work, and engage in candid + respectful feedback

Build sustainably, and are capable of managing your time and priorities as best suits your needs

Enjoy the journey as much as the destination, but never lose sight of the destination

Demonstrate pride, ownership, and accountability for your work, and expect the same from those you work with