Software Engineer II

We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centers in four regions. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

Job summary

Larchset Labs has an opening for a Software Engineer II. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Main duties

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.

Minimum qualifications

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

Preferred qualifications

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Prior work at an early-stage startup.

Pay: $169,000-$200,000 per year

Pay and benefits

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• Home office stipend.
• Employee assistance program.
• Flexible spending account.
• 11 paid holidays.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are not working with agencies on this role.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Start: Flexible.

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