Hard Skills 7 years in Software Engineering or a related Engineering field Experience creating REST or REST-like APIs Proficient with Goroutines, Go channel patterns, concurrency, and pointers Experience working in a distributed cloud-based system Experience with different SQL and NoSQL variants, preferably PostgreSQL and Redis Experience with ORM tools like SQLC Kafka or other streaming/messaging experience Identity management experience such as OAuth, SAML, LDAP "Idiomatic" Go Experience writing/running unit tests Previous experience with 3rd party integrations Experience with monitoring and tracing Nice to have: Temporal/Workflow Orchestration Background Processing such as River/Goworker Senior Software Engineer minimum expectations plus the following: Experience working remotely (accountability, self-starter, good written communication, and ability to work through blocks) Leads teams, designs projects with larger complexities Responsible for training and directing any less experienced people on their team Experience with multiple programming languages; Ruby/Rails preferred as a secondary language/framework with Python also being a good segue to Ruby Experience supporting and troubleshooting live systems Leads technical discussions Actively keeps abreast of latest technologies and frameworks Identifies technical debt and creates a plan to combat it Can refactor and implement architectural patterns within an application Experience with Application Performance Management (APM) Experience working closely with product stakeholders to assist with requirements gathering, story creation, and work estimation Ensures user stories are properly defined and reviewed from a technical standpoint Experience in running agile practices in lieu of a Scrum Master Influences usage of automated testing as a first-class concern Works with stakeholders to ensure projects have adequate test and rollout plans Soft Skills Collaboration & Teamwork Contributes to team discussions when appropriate, supports team decisions, and helps out where possible Encourages participation from other employees Communication Communicates clearly, professionally, and in a timely manner in both verbal and written form with internal and external stakeholders Experienced and comfortable working directly with clients Can communicate bad news when necessary Continuous Improvement Comfortable and familiar with giving and receiving feedback in the context of both code reviews and interpersonal professional development Furthers tech interests by attending meetups, workshops, events, and/or watching conference talks and/or reading material online Continuous Delivery Delivers value early and often Reduces risk by introducing changes slowly through concepts like feature flags, canary builds, and other approaches Curiosity Continual learner, enjoys learning, asks why Customer Focus Strives to exceed the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers, without over-engineering or succumbing to scope creep Acts with customers in mind and values the importance of providing high-quality customer service Makes clients aware of pitfalls within designs Prioritization Priority decisions will usually be right, sometimes adjusted with leadership input Ability to adopt a methodical approach, managing multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy in all work carried out Problem Solving Can decompose issues and pick the most efficient and effective approach within the given circumstances, is tool-agnostic Supervision Works independently with minimal oversight, seeks input when needed from Principals Can oversee the work of others Working Within Ambiguity Proficient, moves through uncertainty toward action, will act with incomplete information while also taking steps to fill in the blanks Understands Vision and Architecture Understands longer-term vision and can iterate systems toward a vision through smaller incremental changes Works with existing Principles and/or Architects to ensure vision is realized #J-18808-Ljbffr
