Staff Backend Python Engineer - Providence

| Providence, RI | Hybrid
Sorry, this job was removed at 8:55 p.m. (CST) on Monday, October 25, 2021
Find out who's hiring in Providence, RI.
See all Developer + Engineer jobs in Providence, RI
Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

Zumper believes finding a new apartment is more than just a move, it's a fresh start. We are on a mission to change how people rent, forever. To make it easier, faster, and more human-where renting an apartment is as easy as booking a hotel. By making our vision a reality, we're creating opportunity for everyone to live better-from one fresh start to the next.
Zumper is the third-largest, fastest-growing rental platform in North America-supporting over 90 million people every year and helping one in three Americans find their next place. To date, we've raised over $150 million from Kleiner Perkins, Goodwater Capital, Headline, Dawn Capital, and the Blackstone Group.
We're proud to have been named a 2021 Best Startup Employer by Forbes and a 2021 Best Place to Work/Company with the Best Benefits by BuiltIn SF. Changing the way the world rents requires passion, bold ideas, and bright minds. Join us in building the future of renting, today.
We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help lead our engineering teams in crafting extraordinary technical solutions, foster an outstanding engineering culture and provide expert advice and guidance to the business. You'll design and lead implementations for the core services and APIs used across multiple platforms and two major brands (Zumper and PadMapper), and help craft the next generation of apartment finding technology!
What You Will Do
Together we will architect, implement and review new solutions to solve pressing business problems and improve the overall performance and reliability of our marketplace. You'll collaborate with a forward-thinking team of engineers and problem solvers to help move an entire industry forward by creating modern APIs and systems
Twice per year you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with people from across the company to explore new ideas, tackle ambitious concepts, and innovate in our multi-day hackathon. We have an outstanding record of shipping over 50% of our hackathon projects to our customers!
Who You Are
The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator that is able to collaborate closely with internal and external partners on a broad range of technical and business topics. This candidate is also an enthusiastic learner with a passion for solving problems and delivering value to our company and partners.
Desired Skills & Experience

  • Self motivated do-er of things and solver of problems
  • 6+ years of professional experience with Python and SQL.
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills
  • Outstanding debugging and troubleshooting skills
  • Aptitude and passion for collaborating on scalable systems architectures
  • Top notch code and solution review skills
  • Incredible ability and love of mentoring and growing the skills of up and coming engineers


Bonus Skills & Experience

  • Django
  • SQL Alchemy
  • AWS (EC2, EMR, S3, SQS, SES, etc)
  • Command line and Shell scripting (Bash, Zsh, etc)
  • Observability tools (Sentry, Grafana, SumoLogic, etc)


What We Offer

  • Great medical, dental, vision insurance options with 90-100% employee premium coverage
  • 401k plan + 3% company match
  • Stock options
  • Flexible vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
  • Mass transit/rideshare stipend
  • Health & wellness reimbursements
  • Catered meals and stocked kitchen with coffee, snacks and beverages
  • Team adventures and outings
  • Weekly insight into all major company metrics
  • Up to 12-weeks of paid parental leave


Please note
Zumper does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, including recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Zumper employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Zumper.

Read Full Job Description
Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

Similar Jobs

Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
Learn more about ZumperFind similar jobs