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Software Engineer, Backend

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about 4 hours ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$128k - $160k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Take independent ownership of high-impact features and small projects.
  • Own components within systems, responsible for their development and maintenance.
  • Write reliable, performant, maintainable, and scalable code.
  • Ensure comprehensive testing for features, including unit and end-to-end tests.
  • Write technical specs, runbooks, and documentation addressing requirements and security.
  • Rotate on-call, monitoring deployed code for stability and performance.
  • Support and escalate production incidents as needed.
  • Partner closely with product, data science, analytics, and operations teams.
  • Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to engineers and non-engineers.
  • Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

Requirements

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Python and/or Go.
  • Familiarity with datastores such as Dynamo DB and cloud-based environments like AWS.
  • Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming and foundational CS concepts.

Benefits

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Mental health benefits.
  • Family building benefits.
  • Child care and pet benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Discretionary paid time off and 15 days paid time off for hourly team members.
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for all types of parents.
  • Subsidized commuter benefits.
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSGoPython

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