Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Backend/Python (USA)

Requirements...

• Senior/Staff level candidates should have 5+ years experience building modern back-end systems. Mid-level candidates should have ~3 years of similar experience and be eager to level up with the right opportunity.
• Python experience is preferred but experience in other languages is acceptable if you have a desire to work with Python.
• You have hands-on production experience working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or similar data stores. 
• You have experience designing, scaling, debugging, and optimizing systems to make them fast and reliable. 
• You have participated in code reviews and provided overall code quality suggestions to help maintain the structure and quality of the codebase. 
• You care about the craftsmanship of the code and systems you produce.
• Located in the USA. Not in the US? Check out this job post for our non-US BE position.

Bonus point if you have…

• Contributed open source code related to our tech stack
• Led small project teams building and launching features
• Built B2B SaaS products
• Worked with complex architectures that support multiple APIs (e.g. REST, GQL, WebSockets) as well as async task and event processing frameworks

Come help us with projects like...

• Conceiving, designing, building, and launching new user-facing features
• Improving the performance and scalability of our GraphQL andREST API.
• Improving how we sync millions of sales emails and calendar events each month
• Working with Twilio's API, WebSockets, and WebRTC to improve our calling features
• Building user-facing analytics features that provide actionable insights based on sales activity data
• Improving our Elastic search-backed powerful search features
• Improving our internal messaging infrastructure using streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis 
• Building new and enhancing existing integrations with other SaaS platforms like Google’s G Suite, Zapier, and Web Conferencing providers

Why work with us?

• Culture video 💚
• 100% remote company (we believe in trust and autonomy)
• Choose between working 5 days/wk (standard full-time) or 4 days/wk @ 80% pay
• Annual team retreats ✈️
• Quarterly virtual summits
• 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break
• 2 additional PTO days every year with the company
• 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents)
• 401k matching at 6% (US residents)
• Dependent care FSA (US residents)
• Contributor to Stripe's climate initiative 🌍❤️ 
• Our story and team 🚀

Our Values

• Build a house you want to live in -- Examine long-term thinking and action
• No BS -- Practice transparency and honesty, especially when it’s hard
• Invest in each other -- Build successful relationships with your coworkers and customers 
• Discipline equals freedom -- Keep your word to yourself and others
• Strive for greatness -- Constantly challenge yourself and others 

How We Work Together

• Productivity, Quality & Impact: We don’t track hours. We trust you’re an adult and know best how to prioritize, meet your goals and contribute at a high level. 
• Asynchronous communication & collaboration: We have team members all over the world. We don’t expect anyone to work untraditional hours, that means our default is async. Most teams have 2-5 hours of internal meetings weekly. 
• Appreciation for Deep Work: *During your normal work day, not after a day of meetings*. 
• Autonomy & Freedom: Create a work environment that is sustainable for you. We place a high amount of trust and responsibility with our team members from the start.