Grammarly is hiring a
Software Engineer Back-End in United States

Summary

The job description is for a Back-End Software Engineer position at Grammarly, which offers remote work in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, or Poland. The role requires in-person collaboration 2 weeks per quarter and involves building core parts of the product and infrastructure. Grammarly is looking for someone with at least three years of back-end development experience, ideally using Java or other JVM languages.

Requirements

• Team members must be based in the United States or Canada
• Teams meet 2–4 weeks every quarter at one of Grammarly’s hubs
• Certain roles have specific location requirements to facilitate collaboration at a particular Grammarly hub
• Brings at least three years of experience in back-end development, ideally using Java or other JVM languages
• Displays excellent software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Demonstrates perseverance when faced with tough technical issues
• Has some experience with AWS or other cloud offerings (GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Has experience building, deploying, and debugging production systems at scale
• Cares about the end-user experience and strives to ensure high quality

Responsibilities

• Start building and pushing code in your first week and ship impactful features in your first few months
• Build and support production services with high call rates
• Target high availability for consumer and enterprise customers
• Learn how to build infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Collaborate widely with internal teams such as Core, Growth, Enterprise, Trust, and Data
• Contribute to an engineering culture with a strong emphasis on documentation, testing, and user experience

Benefits

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
• Disability and life insurance options
• 401(k) and RRSP matching
• Paid parental leave
• Twenty days of paid time off per year, eleven days of paid holidays per year, and unlimited sick days
• Home office stipends
• Caregiver and pet care stipends
• Wellness stipends
• Admission discounts
• Learning and development opportunities