Published: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:41:52 +0000
Job Title: Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Backend/Python – USA (100% Remote)
Company: Close
Location: USA (remote)
Salary Range: $140,000 – $200,000 USD
About Close:
Close is a profitable, fully remote company with a team of ~90 individuals who prioritize autonomy and impact. We are dedicated to creating a product that our customers love and value. Our focus is on small scaling businesses and since 2013, we have been developing a CRM that streamlines communication and increases sales productivity.
Job Description:
We are seeking highly skilled Senior and Staff level Software Engineers based in the USA to join our team. As a member of our engineering team, you will have the opportunity to design, implement, launch, and scale major systems and user-facing features.
Responsibilities:
– Design, scale, debug, and optimize systems to ensure speed and reliability
– Participate in code reviews and provide suggestions for code quality improvements
– Care about the quality of code and systems produced
– Collaborate effectively in a fully distributed team
– Manage time efficiently in a fast-paced environment
Requirements:
– 5+ years of experience building modern back-end systems for Senior/Staff level candidates, and ~3 years for Mid-level candidates
– Experience working with Python preferred, but other languages acceptable with a desire to learn Python
– Hands-on production experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or similar data stores
– Familiarity with code review processes
– Passion for producing high-quality code and systems
– Must be located in the USA
Bonus points for:
– Contributions to open source projects related to our tech stack
– Experience leading small project teams
– Experience building B2B SaaS products
– Familiarity with complex architectures supporting multiple APIs (e.g. REST, GQL, WebSockets) and async task and event processing frameworks
Projects you will work on:
– Designing, building, and launching new user-facing features
– Improving performance and scalability of GraphQL and REST API
– Enhancing syncing of sales emails and calendar events
– Utilizing Twilio’s API, WebSockets, and WebRTC to improve calling features
– Developing user-facing analytics features based on sales activity data
– Improving our powerful search features using Elasticsearch
– Enhancing internal messaging infrastructure with streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis
– Building and enhancing integrations with other SaaS platforms such as Google’s G Suite, Zapier, and Web Conferencing providers
Why Work for Close?
– 100% remote company
– Option to work 5 days a week (standard full-time) or 4 days a week with 80% pay
– 5 weeks of PTO, plus a Winter Holiday Break, with 2 additional PTO days for each year with the company
– 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years
– Paid parental leave
– Medical, Dental, and Vision with HSA option (US residents)
– 401k matching at 6% (US residents)
– Dependent care FSA (US residents)
Our Company Culture:
– Watch our culture video featuring our annual team retreat in Italy
– Our values include long-term thinking and action, transparency and honesty, investing in each other, keeping your word, and striving for greatness
– We prioritize productivity, quality, and impact over tracking hours
– We communicate and collaborate asynchronously, with most teams having 2-5 hours of internal meetings per week
– We value deep work during the work day, not after a day of meetings
– We believe in autonomy and freedom to create a sustainable work environment for each team member
To Apply:
If you are passionate about working with a talented team to make a positive impact, please apply through our job listing on We Work Remotely. Apply link
