Senior Engineer - (GO, Python, FullStack/React)

Senior Engineer

Position Description

Our Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a frictionless experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems
• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
• Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
• Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective
• Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
• Mentor other engineers
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go programming language and knowledge of at least one other modern programming language such as Python, Java, C#
• Experience with at least one JavaScript technology such as React or Angular
• Proven understanding of microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience architecting and designing new and current systems
• Advanced understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools
• Experience in Open-Source tools like GIT and knowledge in Terraform/Ansible is a plus 
• Experience with Kafka (Confluent Kafka, Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK)
• Understanding of operating PostgreSQL in a Kubernetes containerized environment
• Understanding of service integrations/communication standards (e.g., GRPC / REST) 
• Experience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code 
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, test automation and related tools, operations, and real-time communication) 
• Knowledge of OpenStack/Kubernetes, containers, and best practices in a K8s environment
• Experience in Observability tools such as Prometheus/Grafana/Open Telemetry/Loki is a plus
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment 
• Good communication skills

Experience

• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience