Staff Software Engineer, BackendMenlo Ventures • San Francisco, California, United States
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Menlo Ventures
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Francisco, California, United States
About
Live by and champion our values: empathy, execution, humility, curiosity.
Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable processing high volumes of data across a wide array of complex employment system integrations.
Influence organizational direction by driving alignment on strategic initiatives and architectural best practices and leading by example.
Lead the charge on product reliability and expansion initiatives, including horizontal expansion of existing integrations to increase data coverage and depth as well as greenfield development in entirely new product verticals.
Lead large initiatives that may span across multiple teams, including activities ranging from problem definition to engineering scoping to execution to ensure the successful and smooth delivery of valuable and impactful solutions for our customers.
Deploy code daily.
Understand roadmap priorities and build systems focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge.
What You'll Bring
10+ years of relevant backend development experience in a high growth environment.
Customer-obsessed mindset. Customer needs always take priority.
Track record of executing and delivering on large projects with high ambiguity.
Detail-oriented approach to large scale challenges with the ability to work cross-functionally and cross-team as needed to drive initiatives from inception through to launch.
Strong, but loosely held, opinions of what it takes to build a healthy and smooth operating engineering organization.
A collaborative mindset with experience mentoring and leveling up engineers around you.
Exposure to high-growth start-ups. You thrive in fast-moving environments where your work directly impacts company success.
Technical understanding of the software development process.
Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical peers, leaders, and executive management.
Success Looks Like
Deep experience working with APIs and back end technologies.
Strong system-design skills and deep expertise working with distributed systems.
Knowledge of data tools and ETL/ELT processes.
Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis.
Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth.
Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus.
Strong knowledge of testing frameworks and best practices. TDD is strongly encouraged.
What We Offer
Competitive equity with a 10-year exercise window
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
401(k) plan
Regular team offsites and meetups
Hybrid work: 2+ days/week in our SF or NYC
220000 - 240000 USD a year
Finch is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Languages
- English
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