Junior Software Engineer, Search

The company

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Job summary

Looking for a Junior Software Engineer, Search who wants to stay somewhere for a while. Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

What you'll do

• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green

What we're looking for

• 0-2 years of professional software development experience
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers

Compensation and benefits

Compensation: $115,000 - $137,000 a year DOE.

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
• 11 paid holidays
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Home office stipend

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Start: Within 30 days.

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