Blend

Los Angeles, California, United States

Posted on: 19 March 2024

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Software Engineer Backend

The Platform Foundation Team is one of the core platform teams that provide foundational components for the entirety of Blend engineering. We build the core pieces of functionality that power experiences across all of our product lines.

The Platform Foundation Team provides frameworks that other engineering teams can utilize to build business solutions. This includes diverse offerings like the public api/webhook, events, search, data and other commons services. We are evangelists for bringing cutting-edge technology into Blend to solve business problems in new and inventive ways. Our goal is to build a solid foundation for Blend to create a scalable and resilient ecosystem.

The challenges we face are both highly technical and highly impactful, providing a lever for all of engineering to deliver value to our customers faster and better! We are looking for engineers who are passionate about distributed systems design, software architecture, scalability, and building intuitive products for their users. We are looking for a strong collaborator who is willing to work with feature development teams to understand their needs from the platform, to design solutions that fulfill their immediate needs but that also establish good patterns for the long-term scalability and maintainability of our products.

How you'll contribute:

Design and build distributed systems for long-term scalability and maintainability
Collaborate with feature development teams to understand their needs from the platform
Build tools to enable developer productivity
Monitor production systems for issues

Who you are:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent education background
Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms)
Coding experience with any major language, like TypeScript/JavaScript, Golang, Python, Java, C++, etc.
Excellent communication skills for collaborating with other teams
Ability and willingness to help others succeed and be productive

Bonus Points!

Experience working with Go, TypeScript, Node.js
Experience working with PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Experience with AWS
Experience with migration from monolith to microservices
Experience working on horizontal platform teams

To comply with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location.

For full time hires, the hiring base pay range for this position is between $111,000 ~ $125,000. Beyond base pay, Blend benefits and perks are described below.

Final base pay offer amounts will vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to function, level, geographic location, job related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base pay will be adjusted for part-time roles to reflect scheduled hours.

Benefits and Perks:

Meaningful equity
401(k) plan with employer matching contribution
Comprehensive health benefits
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Generous vacation policy
Work from home office set up stipend and internet stipend
Wellness benefits covering a variety of wellness activities, gym memberships, fitness classes and more

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