Software Architect

Job Description

Engineering is looking for a Software Architect to join our core service team. This team owns our cutting edge no-code/low-code products, the

technical architecture, engineering, and maintenance of our APIs, backend services, and infrastructure running thousands of independent apps.

These services include our Django-based API running on Heroku, JavaScript microservices running on AWS Lambda, and many 3rd party integrations

such as Github, Heroku, and AWS.

Responsibilities

• The core services team works on a wide variety of problems and features. One day you may plan out a new API endpoint, the next you may update AST parsing in a serverless AWS Lambda. This is a hands-on role ranging from technical planning to implementation. You will:
• Research, spec, and plan technical changes to our products and help guide the team with technical decisions.
• Identify technical debt and other tech problems and help plan solutions.
• Assist team members with code reviews.
• Act as a resource for implementation questions.
• Communicate effectively with the remote team using real-time and asynchronous communications.
• Take product ownership of our API codebase.
• Investigate and fix bugs.

Experience and Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or demonstrable knowledge of CS concepts through work experience.
• At least 5 years of professional experience writing software.
• In-depth knowledge of Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• An understanding of common web security issues, such as the OWASP top 10, and mitigation techniques.
• Proficiency with git.
• An understanding of API implementation and integration.
• Experience with cloud hosting services such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience with PaaS and FaaS services (eg Heroku, AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions) is a plus.
• Experience with code analysis and transformation using ASTs, other experience working with compilers, or automated code generation is a plus.
• Knowledge of common APIs such as Github’s is a plus.
• Experience with Django is a plus.
• Experience with DevOps is a plus.
• Experience managing apps, keys, and certificates in Google Play and Apple App Store is a plus.
• Experience developing and building Android and iOS mobile apps is a plus.

Bonus attributes:

• CS or web development background
• Product Marketing experience
• Have built product or micro-sites with headless CMS
• UX, UI and/or graphic design experience
• Familiarity JIRA and Confluence
• You hack or build software projects in your spare time
• You publish regularly on technical topics
• You are an open source contributor
• Remote work experience
• Previous experience selling mobile or web app development services

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