Software Engineer 3 – Onboarding

Software Engineer 3 – Onboarding

Requirements

• Knowledge of programming languages and software development standard processes to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Analytical and problem solving skills to identify and resolve issues that arise during projects to minimize delays and keep projects on track
• Strong architectural design experience working at scale
• Takes the initiative to learn new technologies when jumping into new projects and looking for ways to improve the system
• Experience designing, implementing and launching new features that have a large user impact, while reducing tech debt
• Solid data modeling skills for assessing and expanding our domain
• Experience with multi-functional teams including developers, product managers, and partners to meet project and organizational goals
• Provide meaningful, actionable feedback that encourages growth and drives team excellence
• Experience mentoring other engineers
• Challenge existing engineering processes, while always looking for ways to improve them
• Proficiency in our stack which is top-to-bottom JavaScript (and TypeScript); a background with React, Angular, Node.js and Vue.js is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, well-tested and peer-reviewed code to production in minutes using our automated CI/CD pipeline
• Leverage industry best practices including A/B experiments, feature toggles and canary rollouts to confidently release high-impact features
• Work closely with the team to restructure our application architecture to handle our rapid growth at scale
• Regularly white board, pair program and review architecture with top-notch peers
• Challenge existing engineering processes, while always looking for ways to improve them.

Preferred Qualifications

• There’s a focus on quality in everything you deliver from code, to architecture, to group messages
• You are always looking to improve your environment and take things from good to great
• You are the go to person for multiple technologies and are always willing to help out, by teaching and answering questions
• Detail oriented internally and externally. You love to build accurate mental models of how things work
• Always looking for ways to improve the system. With every new feature, you look for opportunities to improve the codebase
• Focused on seeking out contrasting opinions so you can learn and grow
• Resourceful enough to get the answers you need independently while savvy enough to develop solutions collaboratively
• Comfortable in both scrappy and entrepreneurial environments, as well as more sophisticated and later-stage organizations
• You think critically and objectively; have excellent problem solving skills and the ability to make quick decisions based on business demands
• You challenge convention, you question why processes exist and make suggestions on how to improve them
• You give meaningful and actionable feedback to others, helping others grow
• High energy and action-oriented with a passion for getting things done in complex environments
• Strong communication skills. You are articulate and persuasive while able to listen and incorporate the perspectives of others
• Results orientated with a strong work ethic. Must be tenacious, with the emotional intelligence to know when to push harder and when to look for alternative approaches