Staff Software Developer

As a Staff Software Developer for the Sales Planning team, you will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team of developers, designers, product managers and business professionals. You will work on enhancing a rapidly growing modern SaaS product: a single-page web application built in React, connecting via GraphQL to a serverless backend deployed to AWS.

What you will do:

• Envisioning, designing, and developing a web application using modern web application and cloud deployment technologies.
• Driving the high-level architectural discussions
• Organizing work by breaking down feature epics into stories and tasks
• Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
• Conducting thorough testing of software components, identifying and resolving bugs, and ensuring the product’s reliability.
• Optimizing code and architecture to ensure the product can scale and maintain performance.
• Mentoring other team members, ensuring their growth as developers, and maintaining a standard that ensures our future success
• Assisting your team in solving problems in the best possible way, with both technical considerations as well as future-proofing in mind
• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of software modules.

What you will bring: 

• 8+ yrs of strong software development skills using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js
• Deep experience with micro-services architecture, GraphQL, Apollo, Docker, and AWS services (Lambda, Aurora, RDS, ECS, Step Functions)
• Proficiency with NoSQL and SQL databases (DynamoDB, DocumentDB, PostgreSQL)
• Implemented scalable, event-driven workflows using the Serverless Framework to handle high-volume data pipelines.
• Examples of optimizing file upload pipelines, database queries, or processing large data sets.
• Projects demonstrating high availability and reliability in AWS environments.
• Experience with test-driven development, continuous delivery and continuous integration 
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience

Success outcomes: 

1-3 Months:

• Get acquainted with the company’s development environment, coding standards, tools, and processes.
• Understand the codebase by reviewing existing code, documentation.
• Start developing features for the product.
• Gain proficiency in the technologies and frameworks used in the company’s projects.
• Attend Agile rituals, understand the product roadmap, and contribute ideas during the planning phase.
• Collaborate with team members, ask questions, and learn from other experienced developers.

4-6 Months:

• Start contributing to more complex features or modules, suggesting areas of improvement where appropriate.
• Take on tasks with little to no assistance, demonstrating increased confidence in your ability to contribute at a senior level.
• Independently troubleshoot and debug issues that arise.
• Gain a deeper understanding of the system architecture and how different components interact.
• Begin sharing your knowledge with other developers, both within and outside your squad, helping to create a collaborative learning environment.

7 Months & beyond:

• Take ownership of complete features or modules, from design to deployment.
• Lead in making technical decisions, suggesting improvements, and helping to set coding standards.
• Make use of knowledge and skills to optimize code for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies and apply them when relevant.
• Lead discussions about architecture improvements, scalability, and security.
• Propose and execute on innovative solutions and ideas to improve processes, tools, or products.