Senior Software Engineer (Traffic Engineering)

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Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
• A track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
• Experience developing fault-tolerant, multi-region online backend systems
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or other cloud providers
• Experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design
• Strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team

Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver quarterly goals for your team
• Lead engineers on your team through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
• Support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs
• Proactively identify project, process, technology or business issues, advocate for them, and lead in solving them
• Support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts
• Foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting or improving code review and design standards for your team, and advocating for them beyond your team through your writing and tech talks
• Help develop talent on your team by providing feedback and guidance, and leading by example