Senior Staff Software Engineer

Company: Valid8 Financial, Inc.
Location: San Diego
Posted on: November 8, 2024

Job Description:

Do you want to change the world? Then join Peachjar! We are helping schools connect parents to their community so that their children can have a better future. We pioneered the shift to cloud-based flyer distribution, and today we're delivering the next generation of mobile and cloud technologies that help school districts revolutionize the way they deliver information to parents.Company Information:Peachjar is an ed-tech company boasting a professional, fun, and supportive environment where success is celebrated! Although the company is headquartered in beautiful San Diego, the following position is remote within the U.S.We're looking for a highly motivated Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our team. The right candidate will be hands-on, lead and drive architectural design, and execute software solutions on the Peachier platform.What We Have:

• Fun and dynamic team, where success is celebrated
• A company full of nice people; grumpy people need not apply
• A modern tech stack
• A very exciting road map
• Competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, STD/LTD, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, stock options, and 401(k) with matching
• Other voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, auto & home insurance, personal excess liability, identity theft protection, prepaid legal, & AFLAC plans (accident, hospital indemnity & critical illness)
• Generous PTO and holiday pay
• Employee assistance program
• Employee referral bonus plan
• Perks discount program
• Training courses
• Work from home stipendWhat You'll Do:
• Inspire continuous learning through sharing your passion for engineering
• Help team members recognize and avoid engineering and architectural pitfalls
• Nurture wisdom in the team when exploring new technology, teaching independent thinking, how to see beyond the hype, and the importance of trade-offs
• Foster a culture of respecting ideals while embracing pragmatism
• Work with team members to share emerging architectural and engineering design patterns
• Own the lifecycle of your product code, including DevOps, bug fixes, and tech debt reductions
• Architect and Engineer both Web and Mobile applications from scratch
• Design and extend versionless GraphQL APIs
• Build efficient and reusable front-end and back-end systems and abstractions
• Mentor fellow engineers on back-end and front-end architecture and best practices
• Peer review code, collaborate on architecture, and challenge opinionsWhat You Have:
• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js
• Experience following the best practices of component-based frontend architecture
• Commanding grasp of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• Experience with relational databases such as Postgres
• Defensible opinions around technology choices within the Node.js ecosystem
• A sense of obligation toward writing testable code
• Great communication skills and the ability to succeed on a cross-functional teamWhat You May Also Have:
• Experience working with GraphQL or designing GraphQL schemas
• Experience with TypeScript
• Experience with Functional and Object-oriented programming patterns
• Experience with Domain Driven Design and the works of Martin Fowler and Eric Evans
• Experience building large production Javascript applications
• A high sense of priority around Web Security
• Experience with some of the following: MQs, GraphQL, Distributed Systems, Data Science, ML, Back-end for Frontend (BFF) APIs
• Experience with graph databases
• Experience with NATS, Kafka, or other event-driven technologies
• Experience building mobile applications with React Native, Swift, Objective-C, Java, or Kotlin
• Experience with GraphQL clients like Relay or ApolloApply for this jobPlease fill out the application form below:First nameLast nameEmail addressLocationPhone numberResume: Attach resumeAttach another file: Attach fileWhat is your Linkedin Profile URL?Attach your Cover Letter - or: Attach Cover LetterCut and Paste your Cover Letter below:Are you authorized to work in the United States?
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