Senior Software Engineer, VSCO
Server
$188-200k
+ Equity
Creative platform for photographers
Open for applications
Creative platform for photographers
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$188-200k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To equip photographers with the tools, community, and exposure they need to expand creatively and professionally.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience developing backend systems
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems
- Deep understanding of modern design patterns
- Experience with Go/Golang and Kafka/RabbitMQ (or any other asynchronous messaging mechanisms)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and underlying distributed patterns
- Fundamental understanding of concurrency and multithreading patterns
- Experience with and great command of at least one of the following API interfaces (GraphQL, REST and/or gRPC)
- Experience with at least one type of NoSQL and one SQL-based database technology
- Strong software engineering best practices (e.g. coding, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
- Experience leading development of complex, high-impact projects
- Experience mentoring and collaborating with junior engineers
- Experience working on full stack teams, collaborating closely with iOS, Android, and web engineers
- Guide migrations from monolithic architectures to microservice-based architectures and implement modern design patterns
- Exposure to at least one mainstream cloud provider (AWS preferably, GCP, and/or Azure)
- Exposure to and experience with good CI/CD practices and tools (i.e use of GithubActions, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Docker etc…)
Desirable
- Background in financial technology (fintech) or payments
- Background in user authentication and exposure to auth protocols
- Ability to drive product requirements and architecture discussions
- Interest in building something new and working cross-functionally and collaboratively to do so
- Eagerness to learn and grow within VSCO
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Server Engineer, to provide technical leadership and design, write and release software which will shape the foundations of the VSCO Economy domain. In this role, you will be part of the team which owns the Fintech back-end for VSCO.
- You will contribute to and influence existing product OKRs through end-to-end ownership and deep understanding of the broader vision for VSCO economy. You will also mentor other engineers and influence the engineering practices of the organization. Developing and launching VSCO Economy is a critical strategy for the future of the company’s success
- Design and build highly-scaled backend services and systems
- Collaborate with other engineers on the team to solve difficult and exciting distributed system design and implementation problems
- Build clean, testable, maintainable, and idiomatic code, and drive the team forward in relation to code quality
- Identify and fix issues to improve scalability, performance, and simplicity of our systems
- Lead initiatives and collaborate with Product Management, Data Science, Design, Engineering, and Research teams
Our take
VSCO (pronounced "vis-co") is a photo and video editing app that's all about creativity without the pressure. Unlike Instagram and Facebook, which are driven by ads and likes, VSCO focuses on making money through subscriptions, giving users a refreshing break from the constant follower count anxiety.
Co-founded by an ex-wedding photographer passionate about simple, beautiful photography and a former Creative Director, VSCO knows exactly what the creative community crave. While it competes with Instagram and newer apps like Tezza, VSCO has built a strong, loyal following with its creator-first approach, which will most definitely help it see future success.
Kirsty
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Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2015
$30m
SERIES B
May 2014
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $70m
Company benefits
- Balance: Flexibility is really important to us, and family always takes precedence. We have a Flexible Time Off policy for eligible employees, and we encourage each other to take breaks so that we can do our best work, refreshed. We also offer paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave so you can take the time you need to disconnect
- Benefits: Our team’s health and wellness is a top priority. VSCO offers flexible time off, a 401(k) retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long-term disability), 11 paid holidays, and a monthly tech & well-being stipend. Employees also have access to well-being perks such as Peloton, Wellhub (formerly Gympass), One Medical, Spring Health, and Headspace
- Remote Work @ VSCO: VSCO operates as a fully remote organization with employees working from their home office across several states in the US, with over 50% of the company working in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. While we are dispersed, teams stay connected through participation in quarterly virtual team-building events and bi-annual in-person offsites
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Eric Wittman
(CEO)Initially served as President of VSCO from 2021 to 2023 before becoming CEO. Previously the CGO/CRO at JLL, COO at Figma, and General Manager at Atlassian.
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