The platform to simplify car buying and selling

Lead Senior Software Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

66 days ago

Salary

$135.3K - $169.2K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSDockerGraph QLGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesNo SQL

Job Description

• Design and Develop Strategic, Scalable Systems: Lead the architecture, design, and development of high-performance, API-based backend services, making strategic, forward-looking architectural decisions that meet service level objectives (SLOs) and scale to support long-term, growing business needs. • Define Technical Strategy: Analyze current state, anticipate future technical challenges, and help define the technical roadmap for your domain, ensuring architectural choices are scalable, sustainable, and align with the broader company vision. • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with product managers, engineering teams, and infrastructure teams to define technical requirements and design scalable, maintainable system architectures that align with business goals and product roadmaps. • Implement DevSecOps Practices: Champion and implement continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automated testing, and security practices throughout the development lifecycle to ensure the reliability, observability and security of production systems. • Drive Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Ensure comprehensive documentation of API designs, system architectures, and operational procedures to enable internal teams and external customers to easily build and integrate with the APIs in a self-service manner.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience in backend development with a strong focus on designing, building, and operating large-scale and highly available systems, including microservices architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems
Proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced Agile environment
Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and adapt to changing requirements
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying, monitoring, and scaling applications in production
In-depth experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and gRPC, with the ability to select the appropriate design pattern for different use cases and requirements
Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and messaging systems, with hands-on experience in implementing these technologies at scale
Proven experience designing and implementing observability solutions (e.g., DataDog) to ensure system reliability, performance, and uptime in production
A solid understanding of security principles, including data encryption, access control, and secure API design
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, including implementing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and integrating security throughout the development lifecycle
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, providing prompt incident resolution and conducting postmortems to improve system reliability

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
Generous PTO
Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day