Software Engineer, Citylitics

• We are seeking a highly motivated software developer with experience in building full stack web applications
• The ideal candidate will be proficient in both backend and frontend technologies, and capable of designing and implementing scalable and efficient systems
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering (web applications, distributed systems, data platforms):
• Django Admin/DRF, React Query, Typescript
• API telemetry/monitoring, Container workflows (k8s / Helm), CICD
• Database Design/Denormalization, Cloud Architecturing (GCP)
• Technical communication and planning skills (design documentation, diagraming, cost/performance analysis):
• Demonstrates excellent complexity-estimation, problem-solving, organizational, and analytical thinking
• Demonstrates ability to communicate to stakeholders of different technical background
• Organized and process oriented, strong understanding of agile methodologies and the software development life cycle
• Proficient with modern development/management tooling (AI tools, VSCode, JIRA, Git & Unix, Cloud terminal, etc)
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and identity governance

Desirable

• Defining data models, developing robust backend APIs, and integration in dynamic web frontends
• Apply Data Modeling techniques to optimize databases/APIs
• Write optimized SQL to analyze and validate datasets
• Draft Design Documents and conduct Technical Demos for stakeholders with clear and concise written/oral communication
• Sequence product behaviors into courses of backend/frontend implementation with accurate complexity estimations
• Introduce clean, well tested and documented code
• Reduce tech debt alongside product initiatives, referencing evolving industry standards
• Adopts new technologies/best practices to drive the codebase and business forward