Staff Software Engineer, Built Technologies

• Ability and desire to span multiple technical disciplines (Python, Infra, Node, Databases, System Arch, Frontend, Backend)
• Experience with modern cloud platform(s) (AWS, GCP, Azure, Heroku, etc.)
• Strong software engineering skills including the use of a modern development workflow. Understands linting, debugging, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
• Deep experience with at least one modern language such as Typescript or Python
• Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis
• Track record of success delivering n-tier product solutions
• Track record of success enabling engineering teams and business outcomes
• Best practices for microservices development using Python (FastAPI) or Node (NestJS), GraphQL
• Best practices for front-end technologies (React, Redux, Single-Spa, VueJs, Microfrontends)
• Best practices for open-source standards like - Schema Driven Design, Open API spec, Swagger Codegen, Semantic Versioning, Shared component & utility modules
• Best practices for infrastructure & infrastructure as code tools & frameworks - Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, CDK, CloudFormation, SAM, Serverless Framework
• Best practices for service-oriented architecture, platform teams, and shared services

Desirable

• Built is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for our NGP team. In this role you will be focused on unlocking Built's largest revenue opportunities through working alongside other talented engineers to deliver features in a sustainable, scalable way
• The team is responsible for developing products that allow seamless connections between internal and external systems. Their goal is to empower users to create customized data pipelines by easily linking various products and services as needed
• Staff Engineers at Built are the individual contributor, technical leader counterparts to Engineering Managers, and often work with a “home base” team, but are expected to have influence across the organization and are provided agency to lean into difficult problems
• Deliver complex tasks with multiple components across multiple teams. Investigate and resolve areas of significant ambiguity. Identify the work and break down tasks contributing to the team’s OKRs over the next 2-3 months
• Assess what work and solutions support the product strategy and make insightful recommendations regarding priorities as a solid technical partner to the product organization
• Manage larger refactors, and/or system upgrades. Helps others to do the same or participate. Estimate the scope of work, and when those estimates are off, coordinate with stakeholders like product management to address risks and take ownership
• Offer expertise in your domain, expanding into architectural and systems thinking. Create and maintain internal documentation for the purpose and structure of the systems you’re working on. Carefully document processes that aren’t clear
• Actively participate in meetings, and create cross-team collaboration where necessary to address business goals
• Looked to often as the “tech-lead” for a given initiative. Mentor others by stewarding some of your previous responsibilities to others so they can grow