Senior Software Engineer

Cypress HCM; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

401K with company match

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

A company in supply chain and automation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and optimize high-performance distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience and proficiency in languages like Erlang and Elixir. This role offers unlimited PTO and a competitive benefits package, with in-office work required 3-4 days a week.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Experience with high-availability software systems.
• Familiar with RDBMS/SQL in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize software systems.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects.
• Use simulations to validate system performance.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Software development

Version control with Git

Understanding of OOP

Microservice architecture

Tools

Erlang

Elixir

Golang

Scala

Job description

This range is provided by Cypress HCM. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

Senior Software Engineer

Also open to mid-level, staff, principal, and team lead level engineers

Location: Redwood City, CA | In the office 3-4 days per week with flexibility

Employees: 650 | Team Size: 15| Reporting To: Director of Platform Engineering

Industry: Supply chain, warehouse automation, AI, robotics, product development

Responsibilities:

• Design, development, and optimization of high-performance, distributed software systems
• Working closely with product managers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Building solutions that are critical to warehouse automation, robotics orchestration, and real-time decision-making systems
• Working with Erlang to design/implement core modules to build scalable, distributed systems
• Developing critical product features and solving complex system-level challenges
• Collaborating with architects to define low-level design, contributing to the technical roadmap
• Refactoring and optimizing algorithms and services for better performance and scalability
• Reviewing code, mentoring, and promoting best coding practices within the team
• Using simulations and testing to validate system behavior and performance

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• Experience building and maintaining distributed, high-availability software systems
• Experience with one or more of the following languages: Erlang, Elixir, Gleam, Pony, Scala, Golang, Rust, Haskell
• Experience with microservice architecture and REST APIs
• Database experience with RDBMS/SQL in production environments
• Understanding of OOP, system design patterns, software design principles
• Experience with version control systems like Git

Benefits:

• Unlimited PTO, health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Wellness reimbursement
• 401K with company match
• IAS, FSA plans
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Supplemental life insurance