Principal Software Development Engineer, Backend

Job Description

Posted about 1 month ago

• 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.

• 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