Senior Software Engineer, Communications Platform (Backend focused)

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience
• High proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
• Experience designing architecture and deployment of web applications & services
• Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous messaging
• Experience in operating at scale, CI/CD pipelines and a cloud DevOps / infrastructure mindset
• Experience with stakeholder management, technical leadership and cross-team collaboration
• Ability to turn ideas into fast, reliable, and maintainable code
• Positive, proactive team player who is passionate about their craft
• Customer-centric prioritization and data-driven decision-making
• Hands-on experience experimenting with and leveraging AI
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to others

Nice to Haves

• Experience developing internal SDKs and libraries, providing API documentation and developer tooling for other internal teams
• Experience with communication platforms and services (Sendgrid, Twilio, Postmark, Braze and related services)
• Experience with GraphQL ecosystems
• Experience with SLO/SLA management and Platform Reliability
• Experience with security and scalability of asynchronous flows
• Experience in migrating a monolithic application to a services-oriented architecture
• Experience with A/B testing, hypothesis building, and event-based analytics
• Prior experience working in the e-commerce space
• Prior experience in start-up environments

What You'll Be Doing

• Work in a cross-functional mission team with highly skilled engineers
• Continuously improve our code base, systems and processes
• Design and develop efficient solutions that can continue to scale
• Help to enable your team to iterate fast and learn about our customers by designing, launching and iterating on A/B experiments and internal solutions

Perks and Benefits

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
• A hybrid working approach with three days of in-office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at-home focus time
• Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget
• Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
• Language reimbursement program
• Health and wellness benefits