Senior Software Engineer, Squarespace
Traffic
+ Equity
Website builder and ecommerce platform
Job no longer available
Website builder and ecommerce platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people with creative ideas stand out and succeed.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or 6+ years experience working on highly available distributed systems and mission-critical public facing internet infrastructure
- Proficiency in at least one systems programming language such as Go, Java or C++
- Familiar with networking protocols, internet standards and technologies such as Varnish, Envoy, BPF, perf, IPVS, HTTP/QUIC, TCP, UDP, DNS(SEC), ACME and SSL/TLS
- Experience with profiling, performance tuning, capacity analysis and resource planning
- Comfortable with troubleshooting ambiguous problems and decisively making trade offs while maintaining attention to detail and operational discipline
- Oversee the software development lifecycle from begin to end with an unyielding focus on iteration throughout design, development and deployment process
- Regular on-call rotation expectations
What the job involves
- The Squarespace Traffic team is looking for an Senior Software Engineer to join us to improve our traffic ingestion capabilities and to provide a reliable, fast and secure experience for users around the world. Squarespace services a significant percentage of all internet websites and domains, and we are the "Plumbers" that ensure the pipeline is running smoothly and traffic flows as intended
- You will report to the Engineering Team Manager and will be a full-time engineer based in our Dublin office
- Be part of a small and distributed team that serves millions of domains and websites
- Work in an asynchronous, autonomous and flexible environment
- Build out Squarespace next-generation routing, caching and defense platforms
- Expand edge functionalities and scale Squarespace Points of Presence
Our take
Chances are you have already landed on a website developed using Squarespace. Millions of small businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals have used the company's suite of products manage their projects and businesses through websites, domains, e-commerce, marketing tools and scheduling.
Thanks to its ability to allow anybody to build a website without any coding knowledge, Squarespace has positioned itself as an industry leader, despite fierce competition from the likes of WordPress and Shopify, who are both larger businesses on paper.
Since its creation in a dorm room in 2003, Squarespace launched a direct-listing on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2021 with a valuation of $6.8 billion, though this has dropped to $4.8 billion in the proceeding few years. Nevertheless, Squarespace has expanded to offer a wide range of tools that go beyond simple website production. The company remains focused on further developing new capabilities, all whilst maintaining its overall goal of simplicity.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2021
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2019
$0.1m
GRANT
Total funding: $378.8m
Company benefits
- 100% health, dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave
- Fertility & adoption benefits
- 401k match
- Flexible PTO
- Mental health coverage, including free access to Talkspace, Headspace, and Ginger
- Equity plan for all employees
- Donation match
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Anthony Casalena
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at University of Maryland. Founded Squarespace in 2003 and has served as CEO since its inception. Remains actively involved in the engineering, design, and product teams within the organization.
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