Senior Product Engineer, Census
Universal data platform
Job no longer available
Universal data platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies build better operations with a modern data platform.
Role
Who you are
- You can build things end-to-end (we don't consider an engineer's job done until the code is tested and in the hands of customers)
- You have a Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Math or equivalent experience
- You thrive in ambiguous environments where you get to work directly with customers and make decisions that have a huge impact on the business
What the job involves
- As a Product Engineer at Census, you'll be working closely with the founders and the engineering team to improve every part of the user experience for an app used by some of the best data & operations folks in tech
- We have a small and senior team of engineers with years of industry experience from places like Amazon, Google and Dropbox as well tons of startup experience (we have 6 former YC founders on staff)
- If you are just starting your career we are a great place for mentorship. If you are more seasoned, this is a great opportunity to join a no-nonsense efficient team
- If you are looking for a role where you can influence both the company culture and product experience, read on
- You will make contributions to all parts of our product, which is a Vue app powered by a Rails API
- You will inform much of our early culture and be part of creating a truly special team
- You will be an active member of our sprint process - we do short sprint plans once every two weeks and 20 minute daily virtual standups
- You won't burn out – we are building a great product while creating a fun, family-friendly culture
- You will learn some of our lingo, like "do nothing", "done done", "ponies" and "ur-*"
Application process
- A one-hour phone call with a member of the engineering team to learn more about you and run through a small technical problem together
- A take-home coding problem. You can use any language you want. The problem takes a few hours and we give you a week to complete it. Time pressure is not the goal
- A day-long hackathon with a few members of the team. We will bring you in-house (virtual during pandemic times or as otherwise appropriate) to build a small project with some other engineers and a PM. This gives us a chance to see what it's like working with you, and for you to get a feel for us
Our take
Companies spend inordinate amounts of time and money building data warehouses and moving data from enterprise applications. Census smooths over that syncing process and makes the resultant information available to employees from across the company.
Unlike most business intelligence tools, Census operationalizes data directly from the data warehouse of a company, and syncs that information with a company’s favourite apps like Salesforce, Marketo and Zendesk. This allows non-data teams such as marketing and sales to access the accurate, up-to-date information they need without requiring coding skills or intensive support from data or developer teams.
The company believes that it can go further to refine its product and fulfil its ambition of building a platform that will allow non-technical users to build data-led queries. It is making positive strides in this direction, with a key move being the recent acquisition of Falcrum, an AI-powered customer segmentation platform. This strategic addition is set to fast-track Census's roadmap, bringing the company one step closer to its goals.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
47% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2022
$60m
SERIES B
Feb 2021
$16m
SERIES A
Total funding: $80.3m
Company benefits
- 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave. Growing family? Amazing! Congratulations. Take the time you need and don’t feel guilty doing it
- Flexible work schedule & unlimited PTO. Take the time you need to recharge
- 401k Matching for Canadian and US employees — investing in your future can be expensive so we want to help
- Medical, dental, and vision plans are heavily subsidized. 99% employer-paid medical coverage for you AND your dependents 🤯 (US employees)
- All the tools you need to do your best work
- Hybrid (SF, NYC, Denver) & remote work options
- Opportunities to grow within the company across all departments
- Ongoing support for professional learning & development
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sean Lynch
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously worked as a Product Manager for Google and a Group Product Manager for Dropbox. Also previously co-founded TapEngage, a YC-backed tablet advertising platform.
Anton Vaynshtok
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Amazon.com and BlueKai, the latter of which was acquired by Oracle. Proceeded to found Meldium, which was acquired by LogMeIn.
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