Feathr - Principal Backend Software Engineer
Requirements
• 6+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on SaaS products. • Expertise in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems. • Professional experience owning a process that includes shipping a complicated piece of software to real users • Working with both synchronous and asynchronous environments • Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, and Python • Experience with Advanced ElasticSearch APIs • Expertise in MongoDB Queries and Aggregations, as well as regular maintenance • Expertise in AWS infrastructure and services (EC2 and EKS at a minimum) • Your Qualities: • Patience and determination to work through complex technical troubleshooting obstacles. • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and manage relationships with internal and external partners. • Constantly look to hone your craft and share what you learn with your colleagues • Service-oriented team player who is here to achieve success for Feathr, The Product Team, and yourself • Pragmatic and customer-oriented - you are building software to help customers, not for the sake of building software • Comfortable adapting to quickly changing conditions. You might be working on one project but need to context switch to another unexpectedly during a critical outage. • Careful, detail-oriented approach to building software - ask questions first and write code later. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Your code solves immediate problems while building a sustainable system that lasts into the future. • Understand how to ingest and transform event streams from a variety of sources. • Plan and iterate over the product development lifecycle. • Work alongside other Product Team engineers to design and develop features. • Break down complex technical challenges into manageable work components, ensuring clear deliverables. • Receive feedback on your code and features and iterate. • Collaborate with members of other departments to ensure technical solutions meet the company's business interests. • Ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of Feathr’s data and operations. • Work Assignment - Candidates will be given a work assignment prompt to complete a project that is relevant to the work they can expect in the role. You are given ample amount of time to complete this project before turning in. • Panel Interview - 1 hour interview with two to three key members of the team. This interview will dive deeper into the role, technical knowledge, and requirements of the position. You will also utilize this time to review any questions related to your work assignment. • Offer - The Talent Acquisition Team will reach out with the details of the offer to discuss with the candidate. • Interviewing at Feathr • We've prepared a comprehensive candidate resource that provides valuable insights and tips for interviewing at Feathr. It covers everything from common interview questions to helpful advice on how to make the most of your interview experience with us. Access the resource here. • We encourage all applicants to take advantage of this resource to help prepare for their interviews and gain a deeper understanding of what to expect when applying to join our Flock.
Benefits
• Your Work: • Your Work: • Feathr’s SaaS platform is critical to the value we deliver to our clients. Feathr’s Principal Engineers help us grow and maintain the technical components that allow us to meet our diverse customer base's advertising, marketing, and web analytics needs. A Principal Engineer at Feathr has demonstrated interest in and proficiency in web development. • You will work under the direction of the Associate Director of Product Engineering on backend software development projects. Engineers at Feathr own their code from planning to maintenance to retirement - you will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop requirements and design technical solutions, collaborate with your engineering colleagues to implement those solutions, deploy and monitor your changes in production, and address issues as they are identified. • Starting salary for this position is $145,000 annually depending on experience and credentials, with the potential to earn an additional 12% of base salary. • Location: • Location: • This position is Remote to candidates located in Eastern and Central time zones or with the option to work from our headquarters in Gainesville, FL. If you aren’t familiar, Gainesville is a hip, mid-sized city with a highly innovative population and an attainable standard of living. • Interview Process: • Interview Process: • As a part of our commitment to creating a fair, equitable, and positive interview experience for all candidates, we offer full transparency of our interview stages to give applicants an idea of the time and effort involved. Additionally, each interview stage consists of standardized questions and rubrics with a scoring system to ensure a consistent and fair assessment practice of all candidates. • HR Information Screen - The Talent Acquisition Team will invite candidates that move forward to a 20-30 minute virtual interview. This conversation will be focused on relevant work experience, compensation, role overview, and answering any questions the candidate has. • HR Information Screen • Hiring Manager Interview- 45 minute virtual meeting with to answer role-specific questions and dive deeper into your background and experience. • Hiring Manager Interview • Work Assignment - Candidates will be given a work assignment prompt to complete a project that is relevant to the work they can expect in the role. You are given ample amount of time to complete this project before turning in. • Work Assignment • Panel Interview - 1 hour interview with two to three key members of the team. This interview will dive deeper into the role, technical knowledge, and requirements of the position. You will also utilize this time to review any questions related to your work assignment. • Panel Interview • Offer - The Talent Acquisition Team will reach out with the details of the offer to discuss with the candidate. • Offer • Interviewing at Feathr • We've prepared a comprehensive candidate resource that provides valuable insights and tips for interviewing at Feathr. It covers everything from common interview questions to helpful advice on how to make the most of your interview experience with us. Access the resource here. • We encourage all applicants to take advantage of this resource to help prepare for their interviews and gain a deeper understanding of what to expect when applying to join our Flock. • We love our Flock and the work they do! But let’s be honest, life isn’t just about work. So we created a perks and benefits package that aims to help our team grow by including their wellness, families, passions, and personal time. • Full vision, dental, and ~99% health insurance for employees • Vacation time off • Extended Wintr Break • Wellness Reimbursement Credit • Professional Development Budget • Team hangouts and events • Culture: • Feathr defines culture as the secret sauce that makes our flock members want to come to work everyday and do their best work. Like every company, we have an acronym that conveys the most important aspects of the culture we strive to have. • Practicality: Progress Over Perfection • Ambition: When Feathr wins, We all win • Candor: Better communication, Better results • Trust: Assume the best, Share openly • Service: We exist to fix • This acronym is only as useful as the integrity of the people who reference it and believe in it. Every person at Feathr will face challenges, the most important quality is a commitment to work through those challenges with self-awareness and honesty.
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