Principal Backend Software Engineer, Nextdoor

$180-275k

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role.

SQL

AWS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Senior and Expert level

New York

Private social network for neighbours

Job no longer available

Private social network for neighbours

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Job no longer available

$180-275k

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role.

SQL

AWS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Senior and Expert level

New York

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Company mission

Nextdoor’s mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbourhood they can rely on.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
High-initiative leader who can drive technical vision to enable the rapid iteration of Nextdoor’s product
Strong coding and debugging abilities across multiple systems and domains
Experience designing, building and deploying flexible backend systems at scale
Strong desire to learn about new technologies and systems

What the job involves

On the Feed Infrastructure team you’ll build high performing, scalable systems that power delivering each neighbor a customized feed in a timely and efficient manner. We utilize Python, Kotlin, and Go to build out various functionality we provide such as our Feed Ranking/ML pipeline, GraphQL API, and ancillary services. You’ll be in a highly visible role that will deliver a measurable impact on a core part of our application and Nextdoor as a business
You’ll help lead the team in re-architecting our feed infrastructure with eyes towards the future while collaborating internally with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering leaders. We believe engineers should have a stake over all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, through helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, all the way through understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis. As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about
Your responsibilities will include:
Backend development in a variety of languages/frameworks including: Python/Django, Kotlin / JVM, Go, SQL, GraphQL, Redis, Postgres, Kafka, AWS
Mentoring a team of talented engineers designing and building the next generation of Nextdoor
Collaborating with product management, data science, and design to ensure we build the right things to maximize impact on neighbors
Working with engineers in New York, San Francisco and beyond

Our take

Nextdoor is a private social network that aims to encourage social interaction between neighbours and make people aware of crime in their area.

The social network has had huge success in the United States and has expanded internationally, with Nextdoor now present in more than 242,000 neighbourhoods around the world.

The company's main competition comes from local Facebook groups, which have become less and less popular due to their comparative lack of functionality. Nextdoor's laser focus on building for neighborhoods has helped them to build a better product, and their advertising partnership with Oracle, launched in 2022, will help bring more transparency to Nextdoor's sponsorships.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Trustpilot (2.8)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2019

$127.4m

Dec 2017

$77.7m

Total funding: $205.1m

Company benefits

Monthly wellness stipend
12 weeks of parental, family or medical leave
Global end of year shutdown
Learning and development stipend
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Prakash Janakiraman

(Advisor & Co-founder)

Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley before working in engineering roles at Google and as the co-founder of Fanbase.com

David Weisen

(Engineer & Co-founder)

Worked as a software engineer at Google, Fanbase.com and Open Harbour after graduating from Stanford with a degree in Computer Science

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