Senior Software Engineer
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WhatnotLive commerce
Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle hub.Full-TimeSenior
Salary$207K - $230K; $207K – $230K • Offers Equity; Compenstation: $207K – $230K • Offers Equity
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience
- Required Skills
- PythonJavascriptSoftware EngineeringDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience.
- Bring experience building and operating scalable backend or full-stack systems in production.
- Demonstrate ownership of complex technical projects from design through launch.
- Break down ambiguous product or platform problems into practical technical solutions.
- Have strong system design skills and experience building reliable, maintainable distributed systems.
- Lead engineering execution for initiatives involving multiple engineers.
- Partner effectively with Product, Design, Data Science, and other cross-functional teams.
- Solve unfamiliar technical challenges with a high degree of autonomy.
- Mentor teammates and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.
- Python, Elixir, and JavaScript experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable distributed systems that power core marketplace experiences.
- Own complex technical projects from inception through production, balancing speed, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
- Break down ambiguous product and platform problems into clear technical solutions and drive them to completion.
- Lead engineering execution of projects, coordinating with multiple engineers and cross-functional partners.
- Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, operational excellence, and mentorship.
- Make pragmatic technical decisions that support speed and long-term scale.
- Identify opportunities to improve developer velocity, system reliability, and customer experience.
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