Sr. Software Engineer- Discover Platform Team (LA)
About Route
Route is helping people discover and celebrate the world's brands through a completely reimagined e-commerce marketplace that directly connects and empowers both consumers and brands. Route’s unique platform takes a holistic approach to online shopping, rethinking the consumer experience from discovery to delivery via the Route app, while offering a suite of features that provides merchants the tools necessary to enhance the overlooked post-purchase experience. Since launching in 2018, Route has built a network of over 1.5 million app users and 7,000 merchants. Route has offices in Lehi, UT and Los Angeles, CA. For more information go to route.com.
About the Role
Route is looking for backend software engineers for its Discover Team. These team members are developing next-generation technologies that will fundamentally alter the way people discover and celebrate the world's best brands and products.
As part of a team whose role is fundamental to the development of Route’s product, we’re looking for engineers who can learn and contribute with a great deal of independence. We aspire to hire only the best engineers who feel comfortable taking ownership over tasks and collaboratively solving problems. We want engineers to bring fresh ideas, which excite them, to tackle new problems across the stack and be comfortable being challenged. In this role, you will collaborate cross-functionally with leaders in Machine Learning and Product to implement solutions and features which will lead to better data-based decision making.
Your participation:
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and improve backend software
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
- Deliver features and solutions with high confidence and quality
- Embody a culture of innovation, transparency, and radical candor
- Define and standardize engineering SDLC processes for workflows
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Machine Learning Engineers, and Data Analysts to develop solutions and features
Minimum qualifications:
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
- Experience with one or more general-purpose languages, e.g. Go, C/C++, Java, C#, or other compiled/semi-compiled language
- Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience working with multiple database technologies.
- 3+ years of relevant work experience
- Interest and ability to learn other languages as needed
Preferred qualifications:
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code(Terrafrom, Cloudformation, etc.)
- Experience working with one or more of the following: Elastic Search, Airflow, REST, gRPC, Gitlab, Kafka, AWS: SQS, Aurora, ECS, Fargate, Lambda
- Go or Python experience a plus
- Knowledge of working with CI/CD and Scrum framework in a team environment
- Experience contributing to architecture decisions on systems with extreme upward scalability concerns
- Experience with API’s like Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, etc.
Benefits:
Route offers an array of benefits including generous salaries, stock options, 100% healthcare coverage, and an unlimited PTO policy.
Route is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.