Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer, Backend! You'll contribute to a collaborative environment, working on a large-scale product suite with opportunities for skill diversification. Responsibilities include ensuring service excellence, leading complex projects, improving processes, providing technical mentoring, and building robust, scalable systems using technologies like Java, Python, and AWS. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in software development, distributed systems, and team leadership. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits package, including flexible paid time off, wellness initiatives, professional development opportunities, and a work-from-home stipend.

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++
• 3+ years 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
• Professional English proficiency in verbal and written communication

Responsibilities

• Ensure service excellence and maintain robust, scalable technical foundations, leveraging technologies such as Java, Python, MySQL, NSQ, Hbase, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Help lead the team through complex product and technical roadmaps, guiding them to consistently successful outcomes
• Work to improve the processes, systems, and tools we use to deliver quality products and champion technical initiatives and direction
• Build processes to proactively identify and address technical issues as part of team delivery or escalate larger initiatives for prioritization with team leadership
• Provide technical mentoring for engineers across the team and facilitate learning through pairing, documentation, and workshops

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience developing and supporting scalable, distributed backend services
• Experience working with cloud computing technologies such as AWS or GCP
• 3 years experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Professional Polish proficiency in verbal and written communication

Benefits

• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
• $550 USD work from home stipend designed to enhance your remote setup and monthly internet stipend
• 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 near Kraków’s city centre
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan