Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

Happy Returns
Atlanta, GA, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$175,000.0 - $220,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Amazon Web Services Code Review Databases Software Debugging DevOps Amazon DynamoDB Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Systems Architecture Software Technical Review
+10 more
TypeScript Web Applications Web Services ReactJS Technical Debt Kubernetes Front End Software Development Restful APIs Docker Golang

Job description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll help shape the systems that make returns effortless at scale. You’ll own complex technical projects, improve the reliability and performance of our platform, and provide technical leadership through thoughtful design, mentorship, and collaboration across Engineering, Product, Operations, and QA., * Own the design, implementation, delivery, and long-term maintainability of new features and systems using modern languages and frameworks such as Go, TypeScript, React, and PostgreSQL

  • Lead and contribute to system architecture discussions and technical design reviews to ensure our systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable
  • Proactively identify technical projects, process improvements, and advocate for burning down technical debt
  • Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful code reviews, clear technical feedback, and consistent application of clean code and testing practices
  • Mentor engineers through design discussions, pairing, documentation, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, DevOps, QA Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business goals into simple, durable technical solutions
  • Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and design exploration while maintaining high standards for correctness, security, and maintainability
  • Own the health and stability of our systems through thoughtful testing, monitoring, debugging, observability, and production support

Requirements

Do you have experience in Web services design?, * 6+ years of professional experience building, operating, and maintaining production web applications

  • Experience designing, implementing, testing, and operating REST APIs and distributed services in production
  • A track record of shipping clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while helping others do the same
  • Experience leading technical discussions, mentoring engineers, and influencing engineering practices across a team
  • Strong collaboration skills and experience working closely with Product Managers, DevOps, QA Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business outcomes
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver pragmatic technical solutions
  • A self-starter mindset with the ability to drive work independently, communicate clearly, and thrive in a fully remote work environment

Bonus points if you have

  • Strong experience with server-side languages such as Go or Python
  • Proficiency with modern frontend development, especially React and TypeScript
  • Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
  • Experience building, deploying, and operating services using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
  • Experience with observability, incident response, performance tuning, and production operations
  • Interest in e-commerce, logistics, and/or sustainability

Benefits & conditions

(part of UPS) 2.72.7 out of 5 stars Atlanta, GA 30328 Remote $175,000 - $220,000 a year

About the company

At Happy Returns, we’re transforming one of the most frustrating parts of online shopping - returns - into a fast, easy, and delightful experience. Our technology powers seamless returns and exchanges for leading retailers and millions of shoppers, while helping retailers reduce costs, retain sales, and make their supply chains more sustainable.

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