Remote Senior Full Stack Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Discogs, a company specializing in music databases. The role involves designing and building modern microservices and web applications using various technologies. This is a remote position with a salary range of $125,000 - $132,000.

Requirements

• Fluency in at least one server-side language, Python preferred
• Thorough understanding of HTTP APIs
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years experience building and maintaining web applications in the cloud, crafting scalable, highly available and eventually consistent distributed systems
• 3+ years experience in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience deploying and scaling cloud architecture, AWS preferred
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience working with production systems under load
• Experience with DevOps and implementing CI/CD pipelines, Github Actions preferred
• Strong understanding of JavaScript fundamentals
• Extensive experience building reusable components for web applications using modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks, React experience preferred
• Strong understanding of SDLC processes such as version control, build and configuration management, automated deployments, automated testing, etc
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with software design patterns and a proven track record of building maintainable software
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university in math computer science related field, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain front end and back end software following an Agile methodology
• Design, build, optimize, and maintain internal and third-party software solutions for various teams
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders and deliver feedback to peers and team leads
• Assist engineering and product teams with estimation of development efforts
• Take responsibility over large, complex features from concept to delivery
• Act as a resource and mentor for less experienced team members
• Assist engineering team with code reviews
• Build and maintain unit and end-to-end tests to ensure software quality
• Implement observability best practices for the application the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within Agile/Scrum/Kanban teams
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL data structures
• Experience working with identity providers
• Experience with APM technologies such as Datadog, New Relic, or Honeycomb
• Experience and working knowledge of event/message streaming technologies such as Kafka
• Experience with implementing caching services such as Redis or Memcached
• Experience working in an eCommerce environment
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with Auth0

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program
• 401(k) with employer match
• 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure
• 18 weeks paid leave for birth moms
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption
• Monthly wellness allowance
• Annual professional and personal development allowance
• Work from home office set-up and expense allowances
• Flexible work location opportunities
• Employer matching toward charitable contributions