Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Narvar as a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Distributed Systems and build products enhancing the post-purchase experience for major retail brands. You will contribute to scaling our platform, manage reliability and scalability KPIs, and collaborate with a team of engineers. This role involves designing, developing, and launching new products and features, resolving complex technical issues, and driving system improvements. We are hiring across multiple product and platform teams. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in distributed systems, cloud computing, and building high-performance applications. Previous startup experience is preferred.

Requirements

• BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience
• You have 7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on distributed systems
• Numerous years of hands-on experience in architecture, design and development of enterprise applications, integrations & data infrastructure
• You have experience designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems
• You have experience with managing large, complex systems in the cloud
• You have proven track record in delivering efficient, scalable, reliable and maintainable customer facing systems on time
• You are not afraid to take initiative and help make an impact on the larger organization
• You have solid organizational and communication skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
• Deep hands-on expertise in one or more of the following server-side languages: Java, Python, Go, Scala, Rust
• Extensive experience designing, building, and integrating with RESTful APIs
• Experience designing and scaling relational and NoSQL database platforms (such as MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticache)
• Experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS or GCP
• Experience building high volume, high performance, and highly available SaaS or consumer-facing products

Responsibilities

• Work in a group of motivated engineers and help the members of your team grow technically
• Get inspired and influenced by your team and embrace modern engineering practices that will enable you to frequently release high-quality services
• Work with the team to design, estimate, develop and launch new products & features
• Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous startup experience
• You have demonstrated experience managing, delivering and owning the services end-to-end
• You have solid track record engaging and collaborating across the organization in different locations
• You have led the technical architecture of maintainable and scalable applications and data systems

Benefits

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