Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Rollbar, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OneSignal is seeking backend engineers to join our teams focusing on various critical components of our omnichannel customer engagement platform. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in developing scalable backend systems using technologies like Rust, Golang, and modern databases. With remote work as a staple, we emphasize a balanced work culture and continuous innovation.

Benefits

Competitive equity program

Comprehensive benefits

Healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building backend microservices at scale.
• Experience with a statically typed language, preferably: Rust and/or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to build high-impact features.
• Design and deploy efficient distributed systems.
• Lead projects and write technical design documents.

Skills

Backend microservices

Rust

Golang

ScyllaDB

Cassandra

Apache Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Job description

OneSignal is a leading omnichannel customer engagement solution, powering personalized customer journeys across mobile and web push notifications, in-app messaging, SMS, and email. On a mission to democratize engagement, we enable over a million businesses to keep their users - including readers, fans, players and shoppers - engaged and up to date by delivering billions of messages daily.
1 in 5 new apps launches using OneSignal! We support companies in 140 countries, including Zynga, USA Today, Bitcoin.com, Eventbrite, Tribune, and many more - from startups and small businesses just getting off the ground to established companies communicating with millions of customers.
We’re Series C, venture-backed by SignalFire, Rakuten Ventures, Y Combinator, HubSpot, and BAM Elevate.
We offer remote work as the default option in the United States in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Washington.
As well as in the UK and Singapore - with plans to expand the locations we support in the future.
Some roles are hybrid roles and will be listed as such. We have offices in San Mateo, CA and London, UK, and offer flex seating options for employees to work together in-person where we don't have offices.
Hiring in Singapore is done in partnership with a local PEO.
OneSignal has a lot of the great tech startup qualities you'd expect, but we don't stop there. Our massive scale and small team, emphasis on healthy life balance and kindness in all our interactions, and focus on ownership and personal growth make OneSignal a uniquely great place to work.
About The Team:
We are hiring backend engineers across a few teams at OneSignal, including Integrations, Analytics, and User Data. We have Senior and Staff level positions available. Your leveling and team fit will be evaluated in the interview process.
What You'll Do:
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and fellow engineers to rapidly scope, build, and ship high-impact features that our customers love
Design and deploy high-scale, efficient distributed systems that solve our customer's toughest problems
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through peer code reviews, operational enhancements, and architectural decisions and reviews.
Lead projects and write technical design documents and specs, while also having an active, hands-on role in implementation and coding
Participate in our on-call rotation and work with the team to efficiently resolve production issues and ensure the system scales smoothly to meet our customers' growing demands.
Drive innovation by exploring cutting-edge technologies and championing their adoption, transforming how we build and deliver software
What You'll Bring:
6+ years of professional software development experience
Experience building backend microservices at scale
Experience with a statically typed language, preferably: Rust and/or Golang, or a strong willingness to learn these two languages quickly
Experience with ScyllaDB, Cassandra or similar noSQL databases
Experience with distributed system event streaming framework such as Apache Kafka
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience designing RESTful APIs and/or gRPC endpoints
Have a good understanding of clean software design principles
We value a variety of experiences, and these are not required. It would be an added bonus if you have experience in any of the following:
Experience with Ruby/Rails
Experience with continuous build in an Agile Environment
Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
The New York and California base salary for Senior Software Engineer full time position is between $160,000 to $180,000, and Staff Software Engineer full time position is between $190,000 and $210,000. Your exact starting salary is determined by a number of factors such as your experience, skills, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, we also offer a competitive equity program and comprehensive and inclusive benefits.
Qualities we look for:
Friendliness & Empathy
Accountability & Collaboration
Proactiveness & Urgency
Growth Mindset & Love of Learning
In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination/harassment based on 'protected categories,' we also strive to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place in our workplace.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on OneSignal. Please inform us if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application and/or interview process.