Senior Software Engineer, Event Bus, Experimentation and gRPC

The Team

Upstarts Event Bus Experimentation and gRPC team is responsible for building frameworks and tooling to support Event Driven Architectures safe and measurable roll out of new features and efficient service to service communication. We do this by owning the build process and libraries for the four primarily supported languages at Upstart (Ruby Kotlin Python and TypeScript). These platform products allow Upstart engineers to use them in a simple and secure way. Ease of use performance data quality observability and security are our guiding principles.

As aSenior Software Engineeron Upstarts Event Bus Experimentation and gRPC team you are empowered to design and implement high impact cross cutting solutions that touch nearly every service within Upstart. We are a small and high impacting team contributing to Upstarts North Star Architecture and need a product-oriented engineer who is excited to contribute across Event Bus Experimentation and gRPC internal tooling.

Position Location -This role is available in the following locations: Remote San Mateo Columbus Austin

Time Zone Requirements -This team operates on the East/West Coast time zones.

Travel Requirements -As a digital first company the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. This team also has regular onsite collaboration sessions. These occur roughly once per quarter (3 days at a time) in one of our main offices (Columbus OH Austin TX or San Mateo CA). If you need to travel to make these meetups Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.

How youll make an impact:

• Lead the design and development of new features and improvements to existing features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and bring those insights into building an impactful roadmap for the team
• Establish best practices for achieving an Event Driven Architecture safe feature rollout and service to service API design.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of technical excellence
• Contribute to quality improvements within our team and the engineering organization in a meaningful way

What were looking for:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5 years of professional experience
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of Kotlin Java Python Ruby or Typescript programming languages
• Proficiency in automated testing patterns
• Experience in building highly observable systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kotlin Python Ruby or Typescript
• Experience with Kafka
• Experience with gRPC
• Experience with A/B testing and/or Feature Flagging
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the quality and timely delivery of work
• Ability to thrive both in self-directed work environments and in collaborative settings contributing positively to team dynamic.

What youll love:

• Competitive Compensation (base bonus & equity)
• Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to $4500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous holiday vacation sick and safety leave
• Supportive parental family care and military leave programs
• Annual wellness technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
• Social activities including team events and onsites all-company updates employee resource groups (ERGs) and other interest groups such as book clubs fitness investing and volunteering
• Catered lunches snacks & drinks when working in offices