Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Jobtailor

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor in Seattle, WA seeks a senior software engineer to help build new features for our private search engine and shape architectural decisions while tackling tech debt and production issues.

You will oversee work from tickets to deployments, collaborate with product to balance quality with output, and participate in an on-call rotation to keep services reliable and fast.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production web services at scale.

Responsibilities

Build and ship new features for the private search engine.
Proactively tackle tech debt, bugs, and other engineering tasks.
Oversee work from tickets to production deployments and monitoring.
Collaborate with product to balance quality with output volume and complexity.
Participate in emergency on-call rotation.

Skills

5+ years of software development

Production web services

REST API architectures

JavaScript/TypeScript/Node.js/React

Python backend

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions)

Monitoring (New Relic, Datadog, Cloudw

AI coding tools

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

New Relic

Datadog

Cloudwatch

Job description

Work alongside existing team to build out new features for our private search engine
Help shape architectural decisions and proactively tackle tech debt, bugs, and other engineering tasks
Oversee work from tickets to production deployments and monitoring
Collaborate with product team, balancing quality with output volume and complexity
Participate in emergency on-call rotation

Requirements

Excellent communications skills, strong command of the English language
5+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production web services at scale.
Deep understanding of HTTP and all of its moving parts: front-ends, back-ends, serving infrastructure, DNS, etc.
Good understanding of REST API architectures, both writing them and consuming them.
Experience with JavaScript (TypeScript/Node.js/React), modern CSS, and HTML.
Experience with Python—our backend services are predominantly written in Python.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm in a multi-region production environment and a good working knowledge of K8s concepts.
Proficient with Docker and containerized service development.
Experience with Redis and/or similar caching strategies in latency-sensitive systems.
Comfortable with modern CI/CD tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
Experience with monitoring and instrumenting services such as New Relic, Datadog, Cloudwatch, etc.
Strong automated testing experience and discipline (unit, integration, and end-to-end tests).
Experience with AI coding tools and a good understanding of when it is appropriate to move quickly with these tools versus when it is important for human oversight.
Experience with AWS or other modern cloud provider(s) for serving well-architected, scalable web applications.
Any background or previous experience in search, ad tech, or browser-facing privacy products would be an asset but not a must.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and operating production web services at scale, with a strong focus on architectural decisions, automated testing, and modern CI/CD practices. Proficient in JavaScript, Python, and containerization technologies, ensuring high-quality deployments and effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.

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