Firstup is hiring a
Lead Software Engineer

Summary

Join Firstup, a company improving the employee experience for Fortune 100 companies, as a Lead Software Engineer. Guide your team in building scalable SaaS applications while constantly improving architecture, scale, availability, and fault-tolerance. Requirements include a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, over 8 years of experience building large distributed systems, proficiency in NodeJS, Python, Java, and hands-on experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka and Spark.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field of study, or commensurate experience required
• Over 8 years of experience building reliable and high performance large distributed systems with an emphasis on streaming and data pipelines
• Hands-on experience building distributed platforms on AWS or GCP
• Proficient in languages used on our platform, including NodeJS, Python and Java
• Hands-on experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka and Spark
• Skilled in building and maintaining large data processing platforms
• Experience in building microservices platforms and RESTful APIs
• Experience with scheduling tools such as Airflow, Dagster, StepFunctions
• Experience with data modeling and warehousing best practices
• Familiarity with enterprise BI tools such as Tableau, Metabase or Looker and integrating those into SaaS platforms

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative solutions and services while constantly improving our approach to architecture, scale, availability and fault-tolerance
• Guide and mentor the team in building scalable SaaS applications with a focus on deliverables for quality, value, and speed
• Foster a collaborative environment and mentor the team through technical challenges and career growth
• Direct the team’s technical and architectural perspective with a focus on the long and short-term roadmap goals
• Continuously gain knowledge about technologies that could help improve and scale the current technology stack of the domain
• Oversee the daily operations of the team to make sure they are on track and unblocked
• Take ownership for the team's technical decisions and consults other technical leads, when necessary, with focus on amplifying impact from each team member

Benefits

• Excellent PTO program
• Great health benefits
• A casual and friendly environment
• Remote work
• A leadership team who truly believes in your growth – both personally and professionally