Senior Software Engineer

A fast-emerging company that is utilizing interactive kiosks, QR codes, and app clips to digitize the in-store experience is looking for a Senior Software Engineer. The selected candidate will be responsible for collaborating closely with the CTO to make architectural decisions about the scalability, performance, and security of the back-end layer components. The company has developed interactive retail displays that offer powerful digital experiences. This will be a long-term, full-time role that requires some overlap with the PST time zone.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and execution of marketing and payment integration layers
• Create the fundamental analytics and monitoring infrastructure required to keep the microservices running at scale, as well as the alarms and switches required for a production-scale system
• Collaborate closely with back-end API consumers to create clean and maintainable APIs
• Take on wide technical ownership and build the core technology around digital interfaces

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• 5-8 years of relevant experience in a Java / Kotlin-based back-end engineering role
• Experience building APIs in Java and a track record of building scalable and clean back-end applications
• Familiarity with the scalability of applications with content distribution, load balancers, containerization, etc.
• Expertise in JVM optimization and other performance optimizations required for enterprise scale
• Conversant with build pipelines in GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, and Gradle
• Experience with optimizing and scaling database schemas, read patterns, and sharding mechanisms/replicas
• Proficiency in MongoDB is preferred
• Knowledge of performance optimizations and security constraints around J2EE
• Experience implementing frameworks around Test-driven development for mission-critical applications
• Prior startup experience or willingness to take on ownership and wear many hats in a startup
• Proficiency in English