Senior Software Engineer, Nextdoor

Backend

$165-250k

SQL

AWS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Private social network for neighbours

Open for applications

Private social network for neighbours

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Open for applications

$165-250k

SQL

AWS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

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

6+ 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

We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our engineering stack - this includes developing and improving frameworks across our backend services, in addition to making direct contributions to your team’s product area
In addition to writing code, you’ll help define the features that we build, through collaboration 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 Toronto, New York, San Francisco and beyond
Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

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 (3.5)

Trustpilot (2.1)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2019

$132.9m

Dec 2017

$81m

Total funding: $213.9m

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

Tenderloin, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Nirav Tolia

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Is also an Advisor and Investor in Early Stage digital companies and is the Chairman of Hedosophia. Was also a Guest "Shark" on the television series Shark Tank.

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