Senior Software Engineer, Backend
SamCart, United States
Job Description
SamCart is looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. Our engineering team is innovating every day tackling some of the gnarliest problems out there at the intersection of eCommerce and big data and we’re looking for an awesome coder to join us.
After onboarding, you’ll be expected to dive into our stack and start shipping code. We’re not hiring code monkeys; you’ll be given substantial feature ownership, and we’ll expect you to contribute product ideas as well as code. You will spend time coaching other engineers and aiding the team in eliminating roadblocks. You will set best practices for architecture, coding, delivery, and operation of your team's services. In addition, you will build relationships with other teams to collaborate and lead the way in developing reusable, scalable designs that benefit the entire organization. You will partner with other engineering teams, product, design, infrastructure, and project management while serving as a mentor and advocate for your team.
We’re not language zealots; we believe in using the right tool for the job, and are comfortable with a polyglot codebase. Production experience with specific technologies is not required we’re looking for people that are eager and fast learners.
Requirements
Responsibilities
- Oversee and participate in various agile ceremonies for the team
- Refine and improve pointing and grooming sessions, and work with the product teams for prioritization
- Involvement in the reviewing of inter-team PRs and other teams PRs, owning what can be approved and merged
- Contribute to the improvement of processes and policies across the engineering department
- Mentor and onboard new department and team hires
- Contribute to the sprint feature development and escalations management
- Meet with product and engineering leads to analyze and build project requirements
- Maintaining and improving various test suites
Requirements
- Experience in an agile SDLC
- Knowledge of advanced design and architectural patterns
- Comfortable in SQL and NoSQL environments
- Experience working in multi-tier architectures
- Demonstrable knowledge of microservice architectures
- Comfortable working with AWS
- Excellent time management and organization skills
Benefits
Here at SamCart, we are startup veterans, marketing savants, experience experts, and eCommerce bosses. Our goal is to build the industry-leading direct-to-consumer eCommerce platform. We work hard, play hard, and enjoy some amazing benefits - all the basic stuff and more, like:
- Stock options
- An unlimited PTO policy
- Flexible work schedule
- Cool offices with cool people located near the Arboretum
- (Covid Update: Currently Working From Home)
- Free snacks and drinks
- Regular happy hours and other fun stuff
With the above stated, we are open to candidates of all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if interested! SamCart is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive team. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.