Staff Software Development Engineer
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Requirements
• Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch • Hands on experience with search systems
Responsibilities
• Develop a technical strategy for our team • Develop highly scalable real-time microservices without compromising on reliability, latency, and monitoring. • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features • Collaborate with OfferUp wide engineering teams to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices • Identify when to replace and when to rebuild legacy systems • Support, mentor, and help other engineers in the team • Participate in a reasonable on-call rotation with the rest of the team • Collaborate with stakeholders to drive features and assess timelines. • Help maintain code quality in existing applications. • Create solutions and/or frameworks that make other team members better and faster • Become an SME for team ownership areas • 8+ years professional software engineering experience • Experience performing data analysis and translating the results into business recommendations • Experience in working with data-driven applications at scale • Experience using good judgment to balance engineering improvements with business needs • Experience developing a short and long term vision for a set of services/features • Experience guiding and mentoring junior members • Strong coding skills in Java(required), and any other modern programming language coupled with strong knowledge in object-oriented design and microservices architecture • Experience with AWS and other Cloud infrastructures • Hands on experience in designing and building microservices and scalable distributed systems • Strong knowledge of Data Structures and Object Oriented Design • Hands on experience with load balancing and handling large data traffic • An insatiable desire and ability to learn • You desire a fast moving, continuous flow development environment • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Benefits
• OfferUp offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. Individual salaries within our ranges are determined through a variety of factors, including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. All roles will receive equity in OfferUp as part of their compensation, the amount of equity varying depending on the individual’s level and experience. • Benefits (all US roles): In addition to our compensation package, this role is eligible to enroll in health insurance, healthcare savings and spending accounts, retirement savings benefits (401(k) plan with match), basic and voluntary life insurance, disability benefits, and paid time off for sick leave, family and/or medical leave, vacation, and 12 company holidays. In regard to vacation time, OfferUp has a flexible vacation policy, and, in general, full-time, exempt employees will be expected to take 3-5 weeks (15-30 days) of pre-planned vacation time per year. Vacation needs are flexible and will naturally vary from year to year based on individual circumstances and business needs. In regard to sick time, all full-time employees (exempt and non-exempt) will be granted 12 days (96 hours) of sick time per year (pro-rated if the start date is other than January 1). Your recruiter can share more details about specific benefits during the interview process.