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Senior Backend Software Engineer
Company | Wing |
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Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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Salary | $214000 – $249000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years of experience designing and developing backend software
- A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Excellent written and verbal skills and experience working in a collaborative team
- Ability to identify challenging problems and potential solutions with limited guidance, launch and successfully land the solution without any complications
- Experience developing backend systems involving database schema design, and synchronous/asynchronous systems
- Experience developing in C++, or ability to quickly pick up C++ with experience in similar languages like Java, or C#
Responsibilities
- Set solution and/or architectural strategy for yourself or a limited number of peers, cutting through ambiguity, and pre-empt complicating factors ahead of time
- Design and build solutions that utilize asynchronous pipelines, database systems, RPC handlers in collaboration with frontend engineers and other backend engineers, in a privacy and security conscious ecosystem
- Investigate and build software in areas with limited expertise and make an immediate impact
- Collaborate cross functionally with business partners, product managers, and program managers to design, implement and quickly launch new features for partners and end consumers, on time
- Mitigate, root cause and resolve urgent, time sensitive issues, in both familiar and unfamiliar software, as part of an on-call rotation, or other escalations
- Contribute to a team culture of support, engagement and quality, ensuring Wing can scale as a business
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.