Nextdoor

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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9 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$165k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and improve backend services and frameworks using multiple languages, frameworks, databases, and infrastructure technologies.
  • Contribute directly to the team’s product area and help define features, expectations, and roadmaps.
  • Analyze the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis in collaboration with cross-functional partners.
  • Mentor a team of engineers and help design and build Nextdoor’s next generation of products.
  • Collaborate with engineers across Toronto, New York, San Francisco, and other locations.
  • Participate in company trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, team-building activities, and culture-building efforts.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of software engineering experience and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalent work experience.
  • Strong coding and debugging abilities across multiple systems and domains.
  • Experience designing, building, and deploying flexible backend systems at scale.
  • Ability to drive technical vision and enable rapid product iteration.
  • High initiative and strong interest in learning new technologies and systems.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate effectively across engineering, product management, data science, and design.

Benefits

  • Hybrid employment model combining in-office and work-from-home work.
  • Employees can choose from health plans with 100% coverage of personal monthly health, dental, and vision premiums.
  • OneMedical membership for concierge care.
  • Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting and a first vest date within the first three months.
  • In-person trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team-building events.
  • Role may be based near Nextdoor offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, or London.

Tech Stack

Categories

Nextdoor

About Nextdoor

501-1,000 employees

Nextdoor builds a neighborhood social network and local marketplace where residents, small businesses, and public agencies share information, recommendations, and listings. The app is free to use and monetized through local and national advertising, sponsored posts, and paid business tools and listings. It is a public company on the NYSE and is used in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

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