Senior Backend Software Engineer, Algolia
Dashboard Platform
Site search and discovery powered by AI
Open for applications
Site search and discovery powered by AI
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Algolia's mission is to change the way people interact with data.
Role
Who you are
- Good knowledge of modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML & CSS
- Experience with at least one recent framework (e.g. React, Vue, Svelte). We're invested heavily in React so it would be a plus
- Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
- You have an eye for great user experiences (UX) and UI design skills
- You care a lot about Developer Experience
- Well-spoken and written English skills
- Preference for candidates with experience at our current stage and beyond (over 10,000 customers, $50-200M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)
Desirable
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
What the job involves
- We have ambitious goals ahead of us and in that context we are looking for a Staff Software Engineer
- We expect you to bring significant experience acquired from a similar role in a former job
- Not only will you lead projects in complete autonomy, you will also be accountable for planning ahead, and thinking in terms of what’s best globally for the company rather than locally for your projects
- This also means you are expected to ramp up on multiple projects, and orchestrate changes across projects and teams whenever necessary
- As a staff engineer, you are also expected to be a technical leader, sharing your knowledge, helping engineers grow
- You will be joining a newly formed team of two senior software engineers, one manager, all of whom are obsessed with helping Algolia build great frontend experience
- Being a key contributor to the design, development, operation & deployment of all features of the Dashboard Platform (e.g. Design System, Frontend Infrastructure)
- Taking ownership, research, explore and deliver world-class experiences (UI, UX, DX)
- Sharing your knowledge on software engineering, testing and deployment best practices
- Working closely with the design team to define the future of the Design System
- Working closely with other developers in the company to ensure adoption of our products
Our take
While in-site searching has been available for some time from web search servers such as Google and Bing, its functionality is limited due to it relying on general web scraping techniques which can miss relevant information. By contrast Algolia indexes only the company's site, allowing its search to serve accurate results extremely swiftly, which helps to drive sales conversions aside from making sites far more usable. The efficacy of this solution can be seen from its customer base of over 10,000 companies including the likes of Slack, Zendesk and Lacoste.
To diversify and increase the product range, Algolia have expanded into other real-time APIs such as product recommendations available for eCommerce websites. With the company performing extremely well over the last few years, Algolia have recruited key senior executives to futher its growth. As the company continues to scale it seems likely that an IPO is not too distant a prospect.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% female employees
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES D
Oct 2019
$110m
SERIES C
Total funding: $334m
Company benefits
- Health Insurance
- Mental Health Care
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
Company values
- Grit - We thrive outside of our comfort zone, pushing ourselves to go ever further. We think long-term and constantly strive to be better, even if things don't always go as expected
- Trust - We trust each other just as we trust our users. We earn that trust by listening to each other, following through with our commitments and keeping our words
- Care - We want the best for our customers, community & colleagues. We go above and beyond to make sure they are happy
- Candor - We are open and honest. We give each other praise and criticism because we want to challenge each other and help one another grow
- Humility - We want our teammates to succeed as much as we do ourselves. We believe each team member is as important as the other and we approach each new challenge knowing that we may not have all the answer
Company HQ
Barron Park, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Bernadette Nixon
(CEO, not founder)Was previously CEO of Alfresco. Before that, was CRO at SDL and SVP & GM for OpenText
People progressing
Joined as an Account Executive. Promoted to Senior Account Executive after 1 year. They have been promoted to Director of Sales, Northern Europe.
Joined as an Enterprise Account Executive. Promoted to Director of Enterprise Sales after 2 years. Then promoted again to Head of Sales after 1 year. They are currently the Vice President of Sales for EMEA & APAC regions.
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