Staff Software Engineer, Search - Backend

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Requirements:

• You are a self starter, minimal supervision and have a track record of learning quickly.
• Expertise in performance tuning of web applications with a deep understanding of profiling, network optimization, code optimization and environment optimization.
• Familiar with AWS, lambda and Cloud Infrastructure.
• Ability to problem solve from first principles and maintain focus on overarching objectives.
• Experience building search, query and/or analytic systems working with structured and unstructured data.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, linux, and distributed systems.
• Experience with agile processes and rapid iterative development.
• Experience in developing distributed systems at scale.
• Experience working in a dynamic and highly-innovative environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; able to explain complex technical topics to both internal and external stakeholders with ease and in remote/distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and refine the software development practices that make our team effective.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with an eye towards observability and resilience.
• Work with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to decide on the vision and scope of your product area.
• Work with Management, Product Engineering, and Operations to plan and forecast quarterly goals that include a mix of tech debt, bug fixes, and new features.
• Champion the entire software development lifecycle from requirements and design to testing, deployment, and production support/monitoring.
• Share on-call and take part in a team that embraces a model of service ownership.