Staff Engineer, Yext

$166.9-342k

Salaries at the time of hire are typically offered in the lower to middle of the above-referenced range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect performance-based increases over time

Senior and Expert level

New York

Digital media technology services

Open for applications

Digital media technology services

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceMarketingAnalyticsSaaSMobile

Open for applications

$166.9-342k

Salaries at the time of hire are typically offered in the lower to middle of the above-referenced range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect performance-based increases over time

Senior and Expert level

New York

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceMarketingAnalyticsSaaSMobile

Company mission

To transform the enterprise with AI search.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Relentlessly curious and committed to continual growth and self-improvement with a humble attitude
Change-positive, actively seeking better strategies, designs, and behaviors
Collaborative by nature, thriving in environments that emphasize shared ownership and teamwork
Value-driven, with a laser focus on delivering continual value to users
Experienced in building scalable, resilient distributed systems, with a proven record of improving system performance and maintainability
Technically versatile, embracing technology agnosticism in pursuit of the best solutions
Active practitioner, remaining hands-on in designing and developing modern distributed software systems

What the job involves

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key technical leader, driving system evolution with a focus on Correctness, Reliability, Performance, and Observability
You will work closely with engineering leadership to ensure technical strategy aligns with business goals and supports the product vision
By leading architectural initiatives and mentoring engineers, you’ll guide the evolution of distributed systems, enhancing scalability and resilience
With a deep understanding of modern system design, you will ensure solutions adapt swiftly to changing product needs
Your work will include defining technical initiatives, collaborating with development teams to deliver impactful results, and fostering a culture of technical excellence
Technical Leadership and Problem-Solving: Act as a technical expert and go-to resource for resolving complex challenges
Lead technical designs for major initiatives, ensuring architecture principles and standards are followed
Regularly engage in team development work, providing hands-on support and oversight
Architecture and System Design: Shape and maintain architecture roadmaps, influencing both team-level and enterprise strategies
Conduct technical design reviews, guide experiments and tool evaluations, and drive proof-of-concept initiatives
Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Infrastructure teams to ensure scalable and maintainable system designs
Cross-Team Collaboration and Mentorship: Work across multiple teams, providing technical leadership on critical projects
Mentor engineers, lead training initiatives, and facilitate Communities of Practice to drive shared technical growth
Support teams working with legacy systems, helping to modernize and improve foundational codebases
Operational Excellence: Champion a culture of quality, partnering with quality teams to shape continuous integration and delivery pipelines
Investigate solutions for non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, monitoring, and alerting
Track progress on technical initiatives and foster a strong feedback loop within and across teams

Our take

Yext seeks to bridge the gap between the online and physical worlds for clients, including FedEx and Citibank, by providing a means of updating company information like store hours, across a multitude of secondary sites.

Yext's view is that the way people use the internet is moving more and more towards people wanting to get answers to questions with as little friction as possible. The company is building a suite of technological solutions to help companies serve up answers to people's questions more easily.

Yext has remained focused on updates and advancements to progress its features, such as the 2023 launch of its conversational AI - Yext Chat - fueling the company's emphasis on building and managing its customer and employee search experiences.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

22% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Feb 2016

$0.5m

LATE VC

Jun 2014

$50.3m

SERIES F

Total funding: $118.3m

Company benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Programme
Work From Anywhere
Stay Informed
Invested in Your Wellbeing
Go Beyond Work-Life Balance
Upward Mobility

Company HQ

Chelsea, New York, NY

Leadership

Brian Distelburger

(Co-Founder)

Has served the company in a variety of Executive roles, including President & COO and CRO. Former Director at Traffix and COO at Consumer Digital.

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