Senior Backend Engineer, Customer.io
Profiles
$160-184k
Equivalent salary in local currency and subject to market rate adjustment
Automated marketing messaging platform
Job no longer available
Automated marketing messaging platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$160-184k
Equivalent salary in local currency and subject to market rate adjustment
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower marketers to create thoughtful messages.
Role
Who you are
- A track record of delivering performant and scalable distributed applications on cloud infrastructure in Golang
- A collaborative mindset backed by excellent communication skills and a desire to help us make great decisions in an empathetic and respectful way
- Experience working with customers and applying a deep understanding of their needs to produce timely solutions to their real-world problems
- A solid understanding of scalability problems and experience building out performant distributed applications on cloud infrastructure
- Comfort working in UNIX environments and applying modern collaborative development practices
- Experience in working with RDB systems, preferably MySQL
- Ability to deliver high-quality solutions quickly and without mentorship
- Experience working within a distributed company is preferred
- Preferably 7+ years of relevant experience
- Able to work core hours of 8AM-11AM EST to interact with the team
- About Customer.io
What the job involves
- Be a model and mentor for writing well-architected, well-tested, and easy-to-understand services in Go that help our customers easily send timely & relevant messages at scale
- Apply your unique perspective to help us define and build the next generation of features and infrastructure needed to help our customers and company flourish
- Work with our tech support teams to diagnose operational issues and help our customers achieve their goals with our product
- Take an active role in a friendly, supportive team that encourages you and the company to grow as individuals, professionals, and teams
- Mentor your coworkers through code review, pair programming, team collaboration, and training to help improve our collective knowledge and best practices
Application process
- Apply at the link below and tell us why you're interested in the position! ****We plan to respond to all applicants with a status update about your application
- Here's what you can expect from our hiring process:
- 30 minute video call with a Recruiter
- 60 minute Technical Interview with two members of our engineering team
- Take Home Assignment
- 60 minute Assignment Review Call with two members of our engineering team
- 60-minute Interview with Hiring Manager
Our take
Many businesses struggle with achieving their marketing goals because they send impersonal messages that fail to engage potential customers effectively. Customer.io aims to change this by offering a marketing automation tool that enables companies to send highly targeted messages to specific audiences, enhancing both retention and conversion rates.
Customer.io sets itself apart from competitors like Klaviyo and Braze by leveraging real-time behavioural data and advanced segmentation, This allows marketers to target individuals based on personal attributes and web history, making their messages more relevant and impactful.
In January 2022, Customer.io expanded its offerings by launching a mobile software development kit for iOS and Android and introducing new integrations with major data warehouse providers, such as Amazon Redshift and Google BigQuery. Following a successful funding round, the company is on its way to accelerating product innovation and expanding its team, aiming for continuous growth and success in the future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
104% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$5m
SEED
Mar 2017
$3.4m
SEED
Total funding: $9.9m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: We pay 100% medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance premiums for you AND your family
- Health Lifestyle Reimbursement: Up to $1,500 USD annually to be used for your healthy living needs, including gym membership, exercise equipment, and health applications
- Unlimited PTO: We recommend about 20 vacation days (in addition to holidays and sick days) so that you can unwind, unplug, and recharge
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: For birth, adoption, or foster care
- 401k Retirement Matching: up to 5% dollar-for-dollar match to retirement contributions
- Home Office Set Up: Up to $1,500 USD to help you get your home office set up, so you can do your best work
- Remote Work Stipend: $250 USD per month allowance to cover the costs of internet, cell phone plans, and other remote work costs
- Co-Working Space Reimbursement: Up to $300 USD per month for those times you’d prefer to work in a co-working environment
- Professional Development Budget: Up to $2,000 USD reimbursement per year to use on conferences, books, and seminars that help you develop your skills professionally
- One Month Paid Sabbatical: After five years to treat yourself to a vacation, or spend however you choose
- Company travel: Opportunities to meet in-person with your peers
Company HQ
Nob Hill, Portland, OR
Leadership
Colin Nederkoorn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Extensive experience in Product Management. Most recently, they were Product Manager at LendingTree for 1 year and then Head of Product at ChallengePost for 2 years.
John Allison
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Worked in various roles in Software Engineering since 2014. Previous Software Engineer at Gilt Groupe for 1 year and then became Head of Engineering at ChallengePost.com for 2 years.
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