Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Trunk, a company building tools to empower engineering teams to develop software faster and happier. We're looking for a Software Engineer with 4-5+ years of experience to design and build development and production platforms, accelerate engineering productivity, and guide product engineering teams on best practices. You'll work with a modern tech stack (Typescript, React, Node, AWS, etc.) and be part of an on-call rotation. We offer a competitive salary and equity, unlimited PTO, flexible remote work options, comprehensive benefits (including 100% company-paid insurance), and a supportive work environment. We encourage applications even if you don't meet every requirement. The role offers a salary range of $170K-$210K and equity of .15%-.35%.

Requirements

• Have 4-5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Be located within commute distance of San Francisco and be willing to work in the office at least 8 days per month
• Have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and data infrastructure
• Derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions in order to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand
• Possess excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills and the tenacity to drive a solution to a conclusion
• Have the experience and intuition to zero in on root causes for bugs that can leave others stumped
• Have the ability to operate independently, but know when you are in too deep and need to ask for help
• Have the ability to collaborate with colleagues to plan and execute the best solution

Responsibilities

• Design and build the development and production platforms that power our products, enabling reliability and security at scale
• Accelerate engineering productivity by empowering your fellow engineers with excellent tooling and systems
• Guide and advise product engineering teams on best practices for ensuring observable, scalable systems
• Be responsible for the reliability of the systems you build, including an on-call rotation to respond to critical incidents as needed

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Competitive salary and equity
• Work-life balance
• Flexibility to be fully or partly remote
• Up to $200/month stipend for coworking space for remote folks
• Few meetings, so you can ship fast and focus on building
• One Medical membership
• Top-notch medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• All insurance is 100% company-paid ($0 premiums) for employees and highly subsidized for dependents
• FSA, HSA with company contributions, and pre-tax commuter benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Paid parental leave (up to 12 weeks)