Finch Care careers

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco, New York City · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$240kDetected 673 days ago

Node.jsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLAWSData EngineeringBusiness DevelopmentCommunicationMentoring

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 processing high volumes of data across a wide array of complex employment system integrations.
Understand roadmap priorities and build systems focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
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.
Strong system-design skills and deep expertise working with distributed systems.

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

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.
Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge.
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.
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.

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