Remote Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Sr. Staff Software Engineer role in the Platform Engineering team at Matterport. The role involves building features and services for the Matterport Platform, handling billions of requests each month, working with cross-functional teams, ensuring proper monitoring and response to issues, developing APIs, backend services, and integrations, being an advocate for good engineering practices, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to a learning culture. The candidate should have a BS in Computer Science or equivalent, 12+ years of experience in a cloud environment, experience with languages such as Python, Java, Go or Kotlin, Linux, MySQL or PostgreSQL, Git, non-relational data stores, strong problem-solving and debugging skills, familiarity with UI frameworks, microservices, and containers.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 12+ years of experience designing and delivering features and services in a cloud environment
• Experience developing SaaS solutions using languages such as: Python, Java, Go or Kotlin
• Experience with Linux, MySQL or PostgreSQL and Git
• Exposure to non-relational data stores such as FoundationDB
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in all areas of platform development
• Familiarity with UI frameworks such as React or Angular
• Familiarity with microservices and containers
• A solid track record of developing testable, maintainable code
• Ability to work well in an agile environment

Responsibilities

• Help lead the design, implementation and deployment of new features and services
• Work with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, engineers and QA
• Ensure proper monitoring and respond to issues with live environments
• Build APIs, backend services and integrations that support our products
• Be an advocate for good engineering practices
• Produce maintainable, well-documented code
• Contribute to a learning culture
• Mentor and coach junior engineers to meet their full potential
• Work with relational and non-relational data stores
• Build features and services using server-side Kotlin, Python and front-end technologies
• Effectively drive multiple technical projects from start to finish