Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Remote

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical
Troubleshoot production issues by performing triages for issues that arise, assessing the impact, creating and executing a plan for short-term and long-term mitigation, and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues.
Coach/mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on code developed, and performing design and code reviews

Focus on back-end architecture; designing, developing and maintaining SmithRx product features using various languages such as Golang, JavaScript/Typescript, Node, GraphQL, and SQL (amongst others), while leveraging full CI and CD to iterate quickly
Leverage AWS technologies, like Lambda and Fargate, to handle various types of jobs and batch processing
BS or advanced degree in computer science or applicable experience
experience working on server-side applications, specifically around API servers, third party integrations and data processing •
Experience at a high-growth startup a plus
Expertise in a compiled language such as Go, Java or Kotlin is required
Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring is required Demonstrated
experience designing and implementing scalable APIs; a solid understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices.
Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs, CI and CD pipeline, AWS platform, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus
Highly disciplined approach to software design and development and ability to work on features independently (accurately forecast delivery milestones and work with stakeholders to ensure that expectations are met)