electric - Senior Software Engineer
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Requirements
• BA/BS/BE degree in Computer Science/Engineering or comparable experience • 8+ years of backend software development experience and the ability to learn quickly • Experience building products in a startup or other high-growth environment, or solving large-scale systems and performance challenges. • Proven experience as a technical leader — owning architecture decisions, leading design reviews, or acting as a go-to technical resource for a team. • Deep expertise in modern Python, including async/await, type-safe development, Pydantic, API design, testing, and building production-grade distributed systems. • Experience building scalable, maintainable frontend applications using React and Typescript • Expertise with PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy (both sync and async), and Alembic migrations • Advanced knowledge of AWS services including RDS, S3, SQS, ECS, and IAM fundamentals • Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform • Experience using AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code, coding agents, or similar) or enthusiasm for adopting AI-native engineering workflows to improve productivity and code quality. • Proficiency with observability and monitoring • A healthy balance of creativity and practicality, and a proven track record of timely delivery. • Experience building systems in business domains such as IT management, e-commerce, HCM, or B2B SaaS • Read about working at Electric here https://www.electric.ai/about-electric/careers and meet our leadership team! https://www.electric.ai/about-electric • We offer a range of benefits that include: • Flexible and generous PTO • Mental Wellness Days • Volunteer Days • Medical, Vision, Dental, and Orthadontia Coverage • ESOP (Employee Stock Option Program) • Kindbody Membership for Family Planning
Responsibilities
• Work closely with product managers and engineers to build a market-leading product. • Build the technical foundation that enables our platform to scale as our customer base, product capabilities, integrations, and AI-powered features continue to grow. • Design and implement scalable APIs, services, and data models that power our customer-facing applications • Own the reliability, performance, and observability of backend systems in production • Design, build, and operate scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Temporal workflows, Redis, AWS (RDS, S3, SQS, DynamoDB), and Terraform, with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and developer experience. • Build and maintain performant, accessible frontend applications using React and TypeScript, collaborating closely with product to deliver high-quality user experiences. • Leverage AI-native development practices to accelerate engineering velocity, including AI coding assistants (such as Claude Code), reusable Skills, autonomous agents, and workflow automation. You'll be expected to both use these tools effectively and help evolve how our engineering organization develops software with AI. • Integrate with third-party services and APIs to deliver comprehensive solutions • Champion developer experience by improving tooling, CI/CD, testing, local development workflows, and engineering processes that increase team productivity. • Participate in technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions within your team and across engineering • Mentor and pair with other developers to instill a growth mindset and raise the technical bar • Lead by example with a focus on craftsmanship, reliability, and quality
Benefits
• Generous Parental Leave • Paid medical, family, and military leave • Short and Long Term Disability • Employee Assistance Programs • Life Insurance funded by Electric • Training and career growth • Awesome team building events! • We are headquartered in NYC, and have remote locations across 22 states. Our largest markets outside of the Tri-State area are California and Colorado. We embrace a hybrid culture and offer opportunities throughout the year for folks to get together in regional markets or at HQ. With a widely distributed team, we are used to working remotely across different time zones. • See below to see if you are eligible to work within the 22 states we hire in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Utah, and Wisconsin. • Standard Working Hours: 9:00AM -6:00PM
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