Senior Software Engineer, Ceros

• We hire only passionate and creative people with a proven and unquestionable ability to execute, and every member of the team is equally responsible for moving the product forward
• Track record of project ownership and exceptional product delivery
• Competent in TypeScript, Node.js and SQL
• Knowledgeable on best practices in back-end (specifically API) architecture
• Experience working across a broad spectrum of the tech stack, with the ability to assist in tasks such as writing Terraform resources or creating GitHub Actions, in addition to a primary focus on backend development
• You excel in navigating ambiguity, where complex and evolving requirements are more typical than clear-cut customer demands
• You approach large challenges incrementally, preferring a test-and-learn methodology over prolonged heads-down development
• You are self-motivated and proactive, with progress often driven by your own initiative and that of your team
• Experience in a fast-moving startup environment desirable
• You look to uplevel others around you, supporting teams outside of your specific project

Desirable

• ⬆ Reporting Into: Lead Software Engineer
• As part of the MarkUp team, you’ll be working with a small, cross-functional group of the most talented people you’ve ever worked with
• Building a product that can ingest and render well on any website is no easy task!
• We require the best-of-the-best, those who are ready to get creative and find solutions to complex problems across multiple browsers, stacks and platforms
• Our software engineers are all full-stack, able to handle whatever work comes their way
• This role is no different, however, we anticipate the responsibilities being initially more backend and operations (DevOps) focused
• MarkUp is built upon TypeScript, comprising multiple services and packages, predominantly NodeJS based
• We use libraries like React, Express, Lerna, Webpack and Jest
• We believe in using the right tool for the job, our infrastructure runs on NodeJS, Redis, AWS Aurora, Kubernetes and Terraform within the AWS cloud
• Writing well-architected, maintainable code (probably goes without saying)
• Planning and leading high-complexity stories and epics
• Reviewing story plans and offering insights on impacts to other parts of the application
• Collaborating closely with the Quality Engineering team to write and maintain automated and regression tests, ensuring robust and reliable code
• Participating in constructive code review sessions that focus on quality and productivity, while balancing the need to ship features in a timely manner
• Focusing on delivering an exceptional user experience, with a strong attention to detail that reflects our commitment to creating intuitive and effective products
• Participating as a primary on-call resource for service disruptions on rotation
• Suggesting new technologies and techniques to improve engineer productivity
• Collaborating with and mentoring your peers on security best practices
• And finally, deploying your code to production and seeing the customer revel in feedback loop nirvana