Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

This is a remote position.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will join a collaborative team working to enhance and innovate our web service to expand to new customers and further improve efficiencies. We are seeking full stack creative thinkers, who thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a high level of ownership and responsibility for the success of the team. This is a fully remote opportunity that offers an exceptional work/life balance.

Hours: Ability to work East Coast Hours

Primary Function:

• Develop large features & improvements as well as fixes and library upgrades
  
• Write unit tests to maintain test coverage
  
• Take initiative to identify improvements to the code structure towards better maintainability and testability
  
• Drive coding best practices within the team
  
• May coach junior engineers (process, code base, best practices)
  
• Conduct thorough and constructive code reviews to ensure quality
  
• Actively participate in the agile development process (design reviews, planning, and retrospectives); seek to meet commitments and proactively resolve blockers
  
• Write and review technical designs
  
• Guide and mentor junior engineers in navigating the codebase, best practices, and relevant languages.
  
• Contribute to cross-team discussions around processes and architecture improvements
  
• Implement integrations with third-party services and application components
  
• Collaborate with peers to prioritize work and be in alignment with strategic goals
  
• Handle interruptions well, seek to help others reach team goals
  
• Keep up-to-date with relevant advances in the field
  
• May participate in interviews for new hires
  

• CS fundamentals (data structure and algorithms)
  
• Deep knowledge of modern web applications
  
• Expert in Python
  
• Proficient with JavaScript / TypeScript / React
  
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or SQL
  
• Proficient with Git
  
• Proficient with Docker
  
• Updating existing platforms, experience working with legacy systems and upgrading libraries
  
• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting and debugging skills
  
• Excellent design & organizational skills
  
• Authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.
  
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment with minimal direction/oversight
  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including experience working with cross-functional teams.
  
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment requiring minimal direction/oversight
  
• Continual improvement and self-learning
  

Education and Experience:

• 7+ years of professional experience in software development of web applications.
  
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus
  

Physical Requirements:

• Remote position.
  

Preferred or Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with AWS
  
• Knowledge of Kubernetes
  
• Experience with cross-functional teams
  
• Experience or curiosity with Machine Learning or AI