This Position is for a Staff Software Engineer - (Backend) Stream with a remote work location in Jackson, MS.
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will help set the technical direction for Stream by working closely with an existing team of awesome engineers and product managers to help identify, design, develop, and deliver products that delight customers. Additionally, you will be empowered to influence internal tools, technologies, and processes as the company continues to grow. This role is equal parts research and development. If you enjoy the challenges of building scalable, robust, and high performing distributed systems which process large data sets in real time, this position may be right for you. In this role, you will join a team of skilled engineers committed to shipping the highest quality software and ensuring customers' satisfaction. This is a fully remote role and this is a remote first company. This culture embraces the diversity of team members spread all across the globe.
As An Active Member Of This Team, You Will
Provide technical direction for products, projects, and features with emphasis on back end systems and APIs responsible for ingesting, processing, and routing data
Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews with others on your team
Partner with a cross functional team of engineers, designers, and product managers to translate feature specifications into product designs and implementable code
Design, develop, test, and maintain clear, concise, and robust code that produces the desired outcomes for our customers
Ensure product features are working as expected by creating robust test plans paired with comprehensive automated tests
Mentor and coach junior engineers on the design and implementation of their code
Evangelize innovation and engage users by contributing to internal and external blogs related to the products that you help develop
Demonstrated experience building products that leverage large scale data sets (Node.js/Typescript/React)
Enjoy learning new technologies and ability to develop prototypes quickly
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
Experience with using and developing REST APIs
Experience with Agile processes and rapid iterative development
Strong sense of ownership with focus on high quality and high performing deliverable
Experience developing services for cloud based platforms
Preferred Qualifications
Open source contribution
Working knowledge of Docker and k8s
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support customers, and inspires change for the better. Building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.