Finch Care careers

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco, New York City · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$220kDetected 1094 days ago

Node.jsBackend DevelopmentGitPostgreSQLAWSBusiness DevelopmentCommunication

About the role

We value velocity, curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives.
Everyone on the team is excited about the scope of the problems we address and the potential impact our work can have on the global workforce.
We realize that the value we provide comes with great responsibilities, and therefore make security and privacy our highest priorities.

Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch's data presentation layer.
Develop, test, and maintain integrations to meet security, scalability, and performance requirements to ensure that our services run reliably and efficiently at scale.
Detail-oriented approach to challenges and the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
Experience working cross-functionality across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products.

You possess a balance of technology and people skills with a high degree of empathy.

Deep experience working with APIs and back end technologies.
Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis.
Experience using Git in a professional environment.
Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods
particularly OAuth.
Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus.
Experience using a distributed messaging system.
Strong knowledge of testing best practices. TDD is a bonus.
Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth.

Lead the charge on product 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 product 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 write code focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge.
7+ years of relevant backend development experience in a start-up environment.
Track record of executing and delivering on large projects with high ambiguity.
Exposure to high-growth start-ups.
Knowledge of agile best practices and how to leverage them to release faster.
Technical understanding of the software development process.
Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical leaders and executive management.

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