Atticus is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer at Atticus, a fast-growing Series B startup that helps people in crisis get legal support. The role involves designing, building, and operating APIs, working with product to clarify and translate requirements, and architecting, designing, writing, reviewing, and testing code. The company offers competitive pay, benefits including medical and dental insurance, vacation days, education and training reimbursement, and remote work options.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience writing idiomatic JavaScript, Golang, Java, Python, Scala, or Ruby
• You build modern, resilient and operationally sane backend systems exemplifying industry standards (HTTP REST, GraphQL, Stream processing, Big Data)
• You enjoy teaching and mentoring teammates on backend system best practices and architecture
• You work well with product to clarify and translate requirements for teammates
• You use a modern version-control system for your source code repository (Git, Mercurial, GitHub, BitBucket)
• You lint all your code or know you should
• You know what parts of your code require tests and you write those tests
• You are versed in cloud computing systems (GCP, AWS, etc.) and SAAS concepts
• You leverage continuous integration systems to their full extent (CircleCI, Bamboo, Jenkins, TravisCI)
• You plan for, build, evolve and scrutinize monitoring and alerting for your production systems
• You are willing and able to deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain your systems in production and staging environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI, Golang, Java
• Experience with GraphQL, GraphQL Federation, REST APIs and supporting network protocols
• Experience with a distributed SQL platform like CockroachDB or Google Spanner
• Experience with Hadoop, MapReduce, or other ‘Big Data’ systems

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered
• 15 vacation days & 16 paid holidays each year
• Free membership to OneMedical
• $1,000/year reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work
• $600/year reimbursable stipend for internet service
• Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance
• 401(k) and optional HSA
• Free snacks, drinks, weekly lunches, and regular team dinners/events/retreats
• Humble, thoughtful, smart, fun colleagues