Squarespace is hiring a
Senior Software Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the development of Acuity Scheduling, a PHP and React application. You will work on backend or full-stack features, collaborate with other engineers, and practice disciplined software engineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of large-scale software development experience in PHP, Java, Python, Go or another object-oriented language
• A solid foundation in computer science, with competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design practices
• A sincere commitment to creating readable code and an understanding of database schema design, caching, and scalability
• A degree in Computer Science or related or equivalent industry experience

Responsibilities

• Develop new features for Acuity Scheduling
• Write server-side production code for our high-volume, available applications
• Scale and improve the performance of the application and database
• Collaborate with other engineers, product, design, analytics, and customer operations to understand why we build the features we do
• Practice and be a mentor for disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing elegant, readable code)

Benefits

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 12 to 20 weeks of paid family leave
• Equity plan for all employees
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations