Senior Software Engineer - Java (Async Platform)

Squarespace is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Async Platforms team within the Building Blocks Platform Engineering group. The Async Platforms team provides Squarespace Engineers with scalable reliable secure and flexible platform solutions for event streaming job orchestration and batch processing. The team is charting the path for migrations of custom legacy tooling and setting the standards for new open-source patterns to be adopted at scale. The processes we support are critical to the daily operation of Squarespace.

We work with product platform and infrastructure teams across Squarespace to ensure we are building the right solutions. As a Senior Engineer on the team you will lead complex migrations and support internal customers as Squarespace continues to grow. This is an opportunity to set the path and patterns to support the continued growth and scaling of the company as a whole.

You will report to the Engineering Manager of the Async Platforms team in our NYC office. This is a hybrid opportunity with three days in the office per week.

You May Like Working With Us If You Are Looking For:

• A team that strives for empathy not only do we support internal customers but we mentor each other review each others code thoughtfully and collaborate on complex problems.
• Space within a team to take on new challenges and grow.
• An opportunity to use your deep technical knowledge to untangle complicated dependencies reduce complexity and chart a path forward to minimize disruption to production systems.

Youll Get To

• Work hands-on with technologies such as Java Spring Kafka MongoDB PostgreSQL Docker Kubernetes and GCP.
• Collaborate and integrate with upstream and downstream teams.
• Contribute to design discussions and collaborate with engineering teams across the company to enhance platform solutions.
• Work with engineering teams across the company to ensure the successful adoption of best practices.
• Participate in the teams on-call production rotation.

Who Were Looking For

• 6 years of experience developing backend systems with Java and Spring.
• 2 years of experience developing large-scale asynchronous eventing systems with platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and relational databases including Postgres.
• Ability to work collaboratively to find the best solutions for the problems at hand.
• Comfort with ambiguity. We work in an iterative and incremental manner balancing multiple inputs and making informed tradeoffs

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year

Cash Compensation Range: $128500 $231500 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills experience and location among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and where applicable for eligible roles may include on-target commissions or overtime pay) Squarespace employees are eligible to receive an incentive award as part of their total compensation.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites domains ecommerce and marketing tools as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1500 is headquartered in bustling New York City with offices in Dublin Ireland Aveiro Portugal and coworking spaces in the UK Netherlands and Australia. For more information about our company culture visit Commitment

Today more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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