At Alertus, protecting people from harm is our mission and our passion. As the leader in mass notification, we are committed to providing customizable, scalable, and cost-effective solutions, as we know even a few seconds of warning can help save lives during an emergency.
Our employees are integral to the company’s success and impact countless people's lives, safety, and well-being. We aim for a positive, collaborative environment that allows employees to work across departments easily and effectively.
A Day in the Life:
- Design and evolve a high-throughput notification engine capable of handling massive spikes in data without compromising on latency or reliability.
- Continuously refine system architecture to meet and exceed strict SLAs, ensuring the engine remains performant as our user base grows.
- Implement sophisticated monitoring, alerting, and self-healing protocols to identify and resolve bottlenecks before they impact our users.
- Set the standard for engineering excellence through high-quality code reviews, technical documentation, and proactive mentorship of the engineering team.
- Design and maintain high-performance database schemas and query structures optimized for rapid ingestion and retrieval of millions of notification records.
- Build and maintain robust API integrations and asynchronous communication pathways (message queues, event-driven architecture) across diverse notification channels.
- Transition high-level business requirements into technical roadmaps, focusing on modularity, security, and long-term maintainability.
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Deep, production-level expertise in Node.js, with a comprehensive understanding of its asynchronous nature and event-driven architecture.
- Proven experience designing and maintaining complex, multi-tenant SaaS environments that prioritize uptime and data integrity.
- Proven experience with both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., Redis, DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases, specifically focusing on performance tuning, indexing strategies, and data modeling for scale.
- A strong background in distributed systems, including experience with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka) and database optimization.
- Expert knowledge of monitoring tools and observability practices to ensure 24/7 system health.
- The ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders while fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment.
- Ability to travel on occasion.
Desired Skills:
- Experience working with IPAWS, telephony providers (Twilio, Vonage), or large-scale email delivery services.
- Proficiency with tools like Terraform or Pulumi to manage cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with compliance standards relevant to data transmission and privacy.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field. Equivalent experience may substitute for education.
- 8+ years of related experience
Alertus Career Advantages:
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
- Short-term Disability, Accident, Hospital, and Cancer Insurance
- Live Near Your Work HomeBuying Incentive
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- Flex Scheduling
Skills Required
- Deep, production-level expertise in Node.js
- Experience with complex, multi-tenant SaaS environments
- Proven experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Strong background in distributed systems and message brokers
- Expert knowledge of monitoring tools and observability
- Ability to articulate complex technical concepts
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years of related experience
What We Do
Alertus - Redefining Mass Notification for 20+ Years Our Mission is to enable organizations to disseminate information to help protect lives, secure assets, and maintain business continuity. OUR MISSION IS PERSONAL. We are committed to providing customizable, scalable, and cost-effective mass notification solutions because we know even a few seconds of warning can help save lives during an emergency. In 2001, an F3 tornado ripped through the University of Maryland campus. There was no warning, and two students — sisters — were killed. The tornado caused dozens of injuries and millions of dollars in damages. An idea was born to engineer a mass notification solution that can be implemented anywhere and activated quickly to help prevent another tragedy. Alertus was founded in 2002 and has focused its efforts on developing superior lifesaving notification solutions ever since. Alertus' dedicated teams of safety, security, and technology leaders are committed to continuously raising the bar for mass notification. Our technology is state of the art, with interoperable software solutions that help tie legacy systems into our next-generation audible and visual notification hardware. It's not enough for us for our customers to have our products. As their trusted partner in mass notification, we want to ensure customers are at peak readiness with the training and support they need to get critical notifications out at a push of a button. We offer pre-sales professional services, ongoing customer training, and 24/7 customer support.
