Senior Software Engineer - Java/Python

What will you do? 

• Software Development (70-80% of your time; primarily Java & Python)
• Take ownership of well-defined components and services. Write clean, efficient, and secure code with thorough tests. Debug production issues methodically and ensure long-term reliability in the systems you touch.
• Work closely with teammates across engineering, product, and operations. Communicate clearly, ask good questions, and contribute ideas that strengthen our designs and processes.
• Actively participate in peer reviews to uphold quality, consistency, and security. Offer thoughtful feedback and learn from others’ approaches.
• Contribute to the design and documentation of new features and improvements
• Evaluate trade-offs between implementation options, and document your decisions clearly
• Provide technical input into design discussions with staff engineers and architects
• Participate in on-call rotation, investigate issues, write RCA documents and contribute to post-incident improvements
• Support your teammates. Share knowledge, raise concerns early, and help maintain a culture of technical excellence and trust. Take part in team syncs, demos, and retrospectives.
• Tools: Primarily Java & Python; AWS & GCP, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Kafka, Redis, Jenkins, GitHub, and DataSet (we love to dogfood our own product and are very vocal customers of it). Occasionally Scala, Kotlin, Go, NodeJS

What Skills Do You Need?

We do not require a perfect match with everything below; however, the more this describes you, the better of a fit you will be for this role!

• Solid computer science background with 5+ years engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining distributed systems in production
• Technical Mastery
• Strong proficiency in Java (3–5 years of experience)
• Comfortable writing and reading Python
• You value elegant code that is concise and readable.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm charts
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS or GCP), CI/CD (Jenkins or GitHub Actions) and cloud data stores (S3, DynamoDB, Redis, RDBMS)
• You’re curious and collaborative, and enjoy solving complex problems as part of a team
• You enjoy writing concise, maintainable code and aren’t hesitant to invest your time in improving clarity in existing
• Your passion for understanding and solving complex engineering challenges is matched by your pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• You believe that honing ideas and technical designs with other engineers is crucial for achieving an optimal solution
• You take pride in continuous improvement — both in your own skills and in the systems you help build
• You ask clarifying questions and seek feedback early; you believe that well-understood problems lead to better solutions

Why Us?

You will be joining a cutting-edge company, where you will tackle extraordinary challenges and work with the very best in the industry

• Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(k), Commuter, Health and Dependent FSA
• Unlimited PTO
• Industry-leading gender-neutral parental leave
• Paid company holidays
• Paid sick time
• Employee stock purchase program
• Disability and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Numerous company-sponsored events including regular happy hours and team-building events