Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Title: Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Location: San Francisco United States

Job Description:

About Envoy

Envoy builds workspace management technology that makes it simple to run secure, compliant, and connected workplaces across every location. Over 16,000 workplaces and properties around the world rely on Envoy to create great experiences for employees and visitors while meeting safety, security, and compliance needs at scale. From corporate headquarters and labs to manufacturing sites, Envoy powers the places where people work best together.

Learn more at envoy.com

This is an L3 opportunity. Successful candidates often come from senior engineering roles and are experienced in leading complex projects, mentoring peers, and making architectural contributions across teams.

About the role

We empower customers to make better workplace decisions by sharing insights about their people, operations, or anything in between. To that end, we are responsible for ingesting and processing data that powers those insights.

We strive to be a top-notch engineering organization with a great culture and have the same high standards with our code, systems, practices, and people. We value learning and growth. We hire diverse, well-rounded, communicative people.

We are looking for exceptional engineers to join our growing team at Envoy. We love to drive innovation in the workplace. If you're looking to challenge the status quo and build the future of the hybrid workplace, come join us.

This on-site position requires 4 days a week (Monday through Thursday) in our San Francisco HQ office.

You Will

• Design and implement enterprise-grade services and features (Frontend - 25%, Backend - 75%)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship new features
• Ensure the quality, security, availability, and performance of services
• Respond to incidents, identify and resolve bottlenecks, and fix bugs
• Drive engineering projects from inception to completion with a sense of urgency
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to less experienced engineers
• Help guide decision-making on technical direction for the team
• Deliver excellent software through comprehensive peer reviews, CI, and automated testing
• Serve as the technical expert/lead on team projects
• Have the opportunity to work with a fantastic team of existing engineers, product managers, and designers, while making a tremendous impact!

We believe that strong engineers can learn any stack, but we currently use:

• Kotlin and Ruby on Rails for our backend application layer
• Ember, React, and Typescript for our front-end
• Postgres for our database
• AWS for our infrastructure

You Are

• A self-starter who takes action. You look for problems and inefficiencies in code and find elegant solutions to them before they become major blockers.
• An advocate for the end-user. You think about how our customers will interact with the service and champion positive changes.
• A systems thinker. You think about how your designs will affect other aspects of the service and how it will evolve in the future.
• A curious lifelong learner. Someone who enjoys technology and learning new things, like staying up to date on new tools and techniques. You are inspired by what's possible and eager to incorporate the best technologies into your work.
• Mindful of performance. You think people deserve access to their data in milliseconds.
• Security-minded. We exist because of our customers. When security is breached, trust is lost.

You Have

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
• BS / MS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Extensive experience developing and consuming APIs in Kotlin or Java (REST, JSON/HTTP, GraphQL
• Experience with data engineering topics (designing data pipelines, building solutions for data ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and visualization).
• Experience with relational databases (i.e. Postgres) and Redshift data lake, and the ability to design effective data models
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles
• Well-versed in code versioning tools (e.g. Git/GitHub) and familiarity with CI and CD
• An agile mindset - solid experience building software using an agile process
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Bonus Points

• Strong proficiency in both JavaScript and TypeScript
• Track record of building enterprise-grade software (building systems that are highly secure, scalable, available, and performant)
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments
• Strong communication skills - the ability to articulate your ideas clearly

You'll get

• A high degree of trust in your ideas and execution
• An opportunity to partner and collaborate with other talented people
• An inclusive community where you feel welcomed and cared for as a person
• The ability to make an immediate impact in helping customers create a great workplace experience
• Support for your personal and professional growth

Compensation description

Envoy's compensation package includes a market-competitive salary, equity for all full-time roles, and excellent benefits. If you are located in the San Francisco/ Bay Area, our expected cash compensation for this role is $190K- $205K (Annually). Final offers may vary within the provided range, depending on experience, expertise, and other factors.

If you have any questions related to compensation, please contact Recruiting after you apply.

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