Senior Software Engineer II (Drivers)

Responsibilities:

• Leading or significantly contributing to medium-to-large feature releases; usually multi-person projects that cross engineering team boundaries
• Acting as a clear expert in one or more technical areas
• Contributing high quality, impactful technical contributions
• Participating in the design review process, seeking and providing constructive criticism
• Demonstrating ability to succeed in a wide range of complex situations across multiple axes: e.g. scale, uncertainty, interconnectedness
• Monitoring and adjusting team pace to instill urgency for success but protect from burnout
• Estimating and managing project timelines and risk
• Crossing team and service boundaries to solve problems
• Building relationships with stakeholders including customers, product managers, cross-functional partners, and external partners
• Contributing to defining strategic direction, planning the roadmap, escalating issues, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success
• Ensuring that knowledge is shared amongst the team and does not position themselves or others as a single point of failure
• Mentoring multiple engineers, primarily L1 through L3
• Working through others, lifting the skills and expertise of those around them
• Advising manager with insights and recommendations to improve the team
• Participating in the hiring process, as needed (by submitting referrals, meeting candidates, attending recruiting events, or presenting externally)
• Participating in engineering interviews, as needed
• Completing thoughtful and constructive code reviews in a timely manner
• Meeting and maintains 6 month performance milestones provided by their manager
• Responsible for one or more product areas or other IC leadership role (Product Lead, Scrum Master, etc)
• [Product Lead] Understanding, vetting, and prioritizing all incoming defects and feature requests having to do with their product area, as well as taking an active role in the future big-picture planning
• [Product Lead] Participating in the Product Lead Council to collaborate with various stakeholders interested in their product area. Making decisions and acting as a subject matter expert for their respective product area
• [Product Lead] Authoring requests for comments (RFCs) for significant new product features or changes and working with stakeholders and the software engineering team to issue a final specification document upon ticket completion

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering or software development experience, preferably in a related field
• Object-oriented design experience
• Modern toolchain and source control familiarity, e.g. Git
• Familiarity with agile methodologies, e.g. SCRUM
• A comprehensive understanding of computer science concepts and ability to apply expertise in object-oriented design, multi-threaded architecture, data structures, algorithms, and cybersecurity
• Hands-on programming experience using relevant languages (Java, Typescript etc.)
• Experience using relevant tool suites. (IntelliJ or equivalent, Git, Webpack)
• Able to work independently on complex and ambiguous problems, from problem clarification through solution delivery
• Experience building user-facing applications with attention to usability, quality, and overall experience
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working on a software development team