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Ladder · 4 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$162K/yr - $210K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Solve a variety of technical challenges and drive the development of software to democratize the Life Insurance industry

Build and maintain cloud infrastructure, developer tooling and data & monitoring systems used by other teams

Conceive and build tools to improve engineering productivity

Collaborate closely with team members and product managers

Quickly build ownership over major parts of our codebase

Explore data to provide insights into the Ladder product and business

Continually improve code quality, performance and reliability

Implement security best practices

Qualification

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Software DevelopmentData StructuresAlgorithmsGCPInfrastructure as a ServiceGrafanaDataDogSentryClojureJVMKafkaDockerKubernetesTerraformAWSBigQueryTableauApache BeamDegree in CS/CE/EE

Required

5+ years of software development in one or more programming languages and with data structures/algorithms

Expertise with a public cloud provider (Preferably GCP) and their infrastructure as a service offering (e.g. GKE, BigQuery, VertexAI)

Understanding of standard Observability tools such as Grafana, DataDog, Sentry

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proven ability to deliver high-quality code in a fast-paced environment

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred

Familiarity with Backend technologies: Clojure, JVM

Familiarity with Infrastructure technologies: Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP

Familiarity with Data technologies: BigQuery, Tableau, Apache Beam

Benefits

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage | We offer competitive healthcare and dental plans for you and your family.

Flexible paid time off | Take the time that you need to rest and recharge, including our week-long winter holiday closure.

Stock options | We offer competitive stock option packages to participate in the success of building Ladder.

A rewarding 401k match program | We'll match up to 4% of your contributions as you save for your retirement goals.

Commuter benefits | When you work from the office, you will receive pre-tax benefits for your commute and free parking.

A stocked, beautiful new office | Located in downtown Palo Alto, our office was specifically designed to accommodate all working styles. We've invested in technology to support our hybrid team, plus we provide office snacks and catered lunches so that team members can work well and have fun together.

Paid parental leave | We think it's crucial that new parents have time to adjust to their new lives without worrying about work, so we provide all parents inclusive of birthing, adoption, or fostering ten weeks of paid baby bonding.

Work-from-home flexibility and support | We recognize that everyone's homelife is different and support remote and hybrid work. Upon joining, we provide a one-time $500 remote office stipend for all team members and then a monthly $150 stipend to cover WFH costs such as the internet.

Fun company-wide events | Whether we work locally or remotely, we genuinely enjoy spending time together. That’s why we plan fun virtual and in-person events to let loose and laugh.