Houseware is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer at Houseware, a company focusing on product analytics built on data warehouses. The role includes designing, building, and maintaining the multi-tenant data platform, developing a query engine, constructing APIs in Go, managing cloud infrastructure, improving engineering standards, and leading projects.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering or similar role building solutions on top of distributed compute systems like Apache Spark, Apache Trino (Presto previously), Snowflake, BigQuery
• In depth understanding of SQL and distributed compute systems
• Proven track record in building production APIs at scale
• Prior experience working in Infrastructure/Devops(AWS & Terraform is a plus)
• A knack for problem-solving and thinking from first principles
• A bias towards shipping early and iterating
• Data Savviness - strong understanding of data visualizations and data-driven decision making
• Experience with Go and Python
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve our multi-tenant data platform
• Develop our state of the art Query Engine that generates complex yet efficient SQL queries
• Construct scalable backend APIs in Go capable of handling high-volume traffic
• Setup and maintenance of cloud infrastructure for backend systems & data warehouses
• Improve engineering standards and hold a high bar for code quality and simplicity
• Set benchmarks for software design, data storage and communication, and mentor the engineering team in these areas
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to align engineering efforts with business objectives
• Lead projects from initial scoping to final general availability release
• Perform performance analysis on existing systems & workloads, using results to improve scanning, indexing, caching, and data partitioning strategies
• Keep an eye on how much the data platform costs every month and removing inefficiencies wherever possible
• Push the boundaries on how our customers analyze their product data

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building product analytics solutions or working with clickstream analytics
• Familiarity with cloud data warehouse technology and applications

Benefits

• Employee Health Insurance: Comprehensive insurance coverage
• Device Policy: Providing the latest Macbook Pro
• Leave Policy
• Hybrid work Setup
• Two retreats a year
• Travel Policy, including Ola Corporate for intra-city travel to customer offices
• In-office catering and lunch service