Senior Software Engineer

About The Weather Company:

The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

Job brief:

The Weather Company is a cutting-edge technology company dedicated to innovation that improves the lives of our consumers. The WeatherFX/Insights Platform is focused on producing weather-based insights that are client actionable for tasks such as logistics planning/optimization, ad targeting, and activity planning. As a Software Engineer in this team, you will contribute to the development of a system that serves billions of requests daily, touching millions of lives. 
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance distributed cloud systems. As a key member of our engineering team, you will play a crucial role in architecting, developing, and optimizing the performance of our cloud-based solutions to ensure seamless and efficient operation at scale.

The impact you'll make:

System Architecture and Design:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable, high-performance distributed systems on cloud platforms.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks for optimal system performance.

Development and Implementation:

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for distributed cloud-based applications.
• Implement best practices for performance optimization, latency reduction, and resource utilization.
• Contribute to the full development lifecycle of the system from design, to development, to deployment and operations. Produce infrastructure as code to deploy and run your applications.

Scalability and Reliability:

• Design and implement strategies for horizontal scaling to meet growing demands.
• Develop fault-tolerant and resilient systems to ensure high availability.

Performance Monitoring and Tuning:

• Establish and implement performance metrics to monitor system health and identify areas for improvement.
• Conduct thorough performance analysis and optimization to enhance overall system efficiency.

Collaboration and Documentation:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and QA engineers, to ensure successful project delivery.
• Document system architecture, design decisions, and implementation details.

What you've accomplished:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in designing and developing high-performance distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Python, or Go.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and related technologies.
• Solid understanding of distributed computing, micro-services architecture, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of web technology implementation and optimisation.
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional Programming methodologies.
• Experience with performance analysis tools and methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with serverless computing and event-driven architectures. Knowledge of network protocols and communication in distributed systems.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Machine Learning concepts and technologies is a plus.
• Contribution to open-source projects or publications on distributed systems is a plus.