Junior Software Engineer, Search - Remote

About us:

Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product. We are a small, self-funded team building a booking app for independent salons and tattoo studios.

About the role:

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Remote, open to candidates across the US. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

What you'll do:

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.

What you bring:

• 0-2 years of professional software development experience.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.

Preferred qualifications:

• Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain.
• Contributions to open source projects.

Why work with us:

Pay: $128,000 to $145,000/year

• Referral program.
• Paid sick leave.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Paid holidays.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lilacward.