Staff Software Engineer - Back End

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to building tools that help customers automate tasks and accelerate response times. You will collaborate with stakeholders, define product vision, lead the team through complex roadmaps, and improve processes and tools. This role requires extensive experience in software development, leadership, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate is deeply technical, creative, collaborative, and highly motivated. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits package including insurance, paid time off, parental leave, wellness initiatives, and professional development opportunities. The company values work-life balance and offers flexible work arrangements where possible.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience developing and supporting software in a production environment
• 5+ years experience programming in an object oriented language such as Java, Python, C# or C++
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering projects and initiatives, including the design, development, and implementation of distributed systems, ensuring delivery of reliable services, prioritizing technical improvements with cross-functional teams, and/or driving technical vision

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the stakeholders to define the vision and help lead the team through complex product and technical roadmaps, guiding them to successful outcomes
• Work to improve the processes, systems, and tools we use to deliver quality products, champion ideas that matter, and hold the team accountable

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience developing and supporting high throughput, scalable, distributed backend services
• 4+ years of working with large databases or data stores
• Experience working with and tuning Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch in a large distributed setup
• Experience working with cloud computing technologies such as AWS or GCP

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays