Senior Software Engineer (Fulltime | Remote)

Map Ssg • Remote (New York City, New York, United States) • 1d ago

What is the Role?
Looking for a Senior Software Engineer driven to solve hard problems in novel, elegant ways, and grow highly scalable systems. You will work on scaling out an out-of-home digital ad exchange that is capable of handling billions of transactions. Some of the things you'll do:

Ship small to large features independently
Pair with other senior engineers on the team to help deliver key initiatives
Work with and mentor fellow software engineers to enhance our platform.
Play a key role in shaping our team, our roadmap and our technical strategy.
Operate in a team that follows best practices for shipping good software, including documentation, comprehensive testing, CI/CD hygiene and code instrumentation

We’d love to hear from you if you:

Have 3-5 years of full-stack software engineering experience with a track record of building clear, maintainable code, and engineering large-scale systems
Have strong experience with Python or comparable server-side languages, like Java or Node
Have experience in frontend technology using HTML/CSS/JavaScript
Have experience in building out well-thought functional and unit tests
Have experience using metrics and monitoring tools/frameworks to handle performance optimization or to provide visibility into the systems
Have experience with architecture and development of business solutions and acting as a thought leader in cloud-based technical solutions
Have experience of mentoring, educating and motivating young developers.
Have strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
Are a strong communicator who communicates effectively across groups, locations and cultures, in-person and virtually
Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field or applicable experience in the industry.
Some technology and tools we use:
Python, Django, Javascript, React, gRPC as the main languages and frameworks of choice
AWS Lambda, Kubernetes for running our applications
Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, Dynamo, Snowflake as data stores
Spark, Airflow for ETL, DAG management

Compensation
The expected compensation for this role at time of hire is a salary range of $130,000 - $165,000, plus bonus (based on level and performance), and stock options.

Interview Process

1 or 2 preliminary phone screens of 45 min each
Virtual onsite that consists of 4-5 rounds (45 mins each) spread across 1 or 2 days meeting:
Stakeholders (like Product, Operations, Technical Account Management)
Development team (to gauge problem solving skills)
Infrastructure team (to gauge technical architectural skills)
Hiring Manager / VP of Engineering
CTO round (optional)

Your first 30 days:

Learn and understand corporate, departmental and team goals
Work with the Product team to have a clear understanding of the product roadmap
Identify and incorporate tools needed for working on the transaction processing platform
Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues

Your first 60 days:

Gain a good understanding of the landscape
Pair with team members on committed initiatives
Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and incorporate best practices
Work with stakeholders and formulate delivery plans for key initiatives

Your first 90 days:

Provide hands-on technical leadership in the development team
Drive architecture for the team, consistently designing code that is aligned with the overall service architecture
Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools
Deliver projects on time and budget, ensuring quality standards are met
Mentor and develop team members, provide constructive feedback on design and code quality and build an inclusive culture with high performing teams
Help define and enforce development practices, including unit tests and code reviews.
Develop a deep understanding of the business environment and strategy