Staff Software Engineer

• We set up continuous integration and deployment because, while this model comes with its own pains, we’ve disliked being on fixed release schedules on previous projects.

• We like to move fast and support point-in-time recovery :).

You’d be a good fit if

• You have 10 or more years of experience building products and systems in production.

• You are an amazing communicator.

• You feel comfortable managing your time and deciding among competing priorities.

• You are curious.

• You have a high ownership mentality.

• You enjoy learning and teaching.

• You are comfortable working with backend and frontend technologies, but have a deeper background and interest on the backend/infrastructure side.

• You care about and want to contribute to our mission of helping people do meaningful work.

What does a staff engineer do here?

This is B12 ’s first Staff Engineer hire on a ~10-person product team that includes a designer, product manager, and CTO. To understand what we’re looking for in someone with this much experience, here are some concrete examples of tasks you’d work on in a month:

• Own the delivery of a project of the magnitude “we ship one or two of these a quarter,” both individually shipping code and rallying and supporting team members in doing so.

• Participate in quarterly planning to identify key projects to work on next quarter.

• Mentor other engineers who are in the planning, prototyping, or implementation phases of a project.

• Respond to an incident, write up a postmortem, and improve tooling and infrastructure to help us prevent or more quickly respond to the issue and others like it in the future.

• Identify and optimize some infrastructure that costs too much, is too slow, or isn’t stable enough.

• Discuss an early design/prototype with a designer or product manager to help shape its direction and explain what will be easy or hard to implement.

• Unblock an operational team member on a data analysis project that answers a hairy question facing our business.

• Run a brainstorm with engineers to identify how we might work more effectively or ship with a higher level of quality.

Don’t fear:

• We highly favor talent and interest.

• Some candidates may see this list and feel discouraged because they don’t match all the items. Please apply anyway: there’s a good chance you’re more wonderful than you think you are.

B12 is a safe place for human beings. We particularly encourage you to apply if you identify as a woman, are a person of color or other underrepresented minority, or are a member of the LGBTQIA community.

Originally posted on Himalayas

• Software Engineer
• Full Stack Engineer
• Backend Engineer
• Staff Software Developer

Source: Himalayas