Polly is hiring a
Sr./Staff Software Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer at Polly, a fast-growing SaaS company that automates and streamlines the mortgage transaction lifecycle. The role involves building web applications using Python, Django, TypeScript/JavaScript, Vue.js , Postgres and AWS, mentoring junior team members, and participating in interviewing and evaluating new team members.

Requirements

• Proven track record of success in large enterprise SAAS Software, distributed systems, scalability, and continuous development
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6-9 years’ experience OR Master’s degree and 4-7 years’ experience
• Senior level skill-set with core programming languages (Python, Java, C#, C/C++, etc.)
• Experience working with distributed systems, inter-service communication protocols, and APIs (e.g. REST, NSQ, etc.)
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL

Responsibilities

• Build web applications and services using Python, Django, TypeScript/JavaScript, Vue.js , Postgres and AWS
• Diagnose and resolve technical problems; build unit tests and automation to ensure the quality of your features
• Maintain existing code and write code that is easily maintainable through documentation, good architecture and automated testing
• Define, discuss and work with the team on the architecture of the platform
• Actively participate in interviewing and evaluating new team members
• Provide vision and direction for software development best practices & methodologies
• Mentor junior members of the software engineering team in all aspects of software development across multiple projects with multiple customers
• Prioritize your work and the work of others with a sense of urgency to ship products in time to have the desired business impact
• Review code, help drive technical excellence through best practices and latest tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Deploying into a public cloud service (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and building scalable/redundant services
• Experience with service monitoring, metrics, alerting, log aggregation, and tracing
• Experience with functional/acceptance testing

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• 100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance
• Flexible vacation
• Remote environment