Principal Software Development Engineer, Backend

Company: ReCharge Payments
Location: Denver
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Principal Software Development Engineer, Backend We are looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to work on ReCharge's next generation of features. The principal engineer will be a hands-on leader building highly scalable systems and delivering world class features to our end users. You will be involved with day-to-day design, implementation and operational discussions while mentoring other software engineers within feature teams to make sound technical decisions. You will leverage technology across all of ReCharge to solve problems and influence design decisions. What You'll Do

• Live by and champion our values: #day-one, #ownership, #empathy, #humility.
• Work with product and technology teams to understand roadmap priorities, innovate and evolve ReCharge's feature set.--
• Drive design and implementation decisions using principles and best practices. Make decisions that move the architecture forward; create best practices and implement new technologies to solve ReCharge's technical challenges as they arise.
• Be the go-to expert for technical solutions for feature teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to make sound technical decisions and help build effective engineering practices.
• Champion good habits (development techniques, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and agile habits); improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Write Python code focused on scalability, testability, supportability and maintainability. Find and address performance issues throughout the application.--Participate in architecture, code, security and operational reviews.
• Drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Identify and introduce new technologies that elevate the platform. What You'll Bring
  • Typically, 10+ years of relevant development experience in fast paced environments
  • Experience driving technical design decisions for highly scalable backend systems
  • Leadership and mentoring skills and the ability to work with engineers across skill levels
  • Passionate about building scalable and simple solutions to solve customer problems
  • Experienced in of one of the following languages: Python (preferred), Node.js, Ruby, Java, Go
  • Experience with Cloud Platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
  • Experience with Docker, auto-scaling, serverless infrastructure
  • Self start with a passion for taking ownership of your work and delivering outcomes
  • Excellent asynchronous communication skills and ability to work remotely in a high growth organization
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Who We Are Since 2014, ReCharge has helped over 15,000 merchants launch and scale their subscription business. Be it a curated monthly box, recurring necessities or access to exclusive perks, ReCharge powers billions of dollars in annual processing for nearly 30 million consumers. Our remote-first team of 250+ is building the future of subscription commerce. Come join us on our mission to connect and empower the world through payments.-- ReCharge Payments is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with our principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age. ReCharge Payments prohibits any form of workplace harassment.-- What makes you an ideal fit for this opportunity? --*
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