Senior Software Engineer (Platform)

Lottiefiles; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as part of the Platform team, where you will be instrumental in establishing foundational systems and best practices for GraphQL client and service development. This role emphasizes collaboration with product managers and designers to define project requirements while ensuring that services adhere to industry best practices. You will thrive in a fully remote environment, contributing to high-impact solutions and driving innovation across the Engineering department. If you're passionate about building scalable, cloud-based systems and enjoy working in a dynamic, flexible setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Fully Remote Working Environment

Flexible Work Hours

Welcome gift and swag pack

Bonus for workstation setup

Unlimited Leave Days

Medical Insurance

Generous learning budget

Gym membership

Co-working space membership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience in a leading role.
• Hands-on experience in high-growth environments.
• Proficient in JavaScript and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Deliver GraphQL client and service development best practices.
• Drive high-impact solutions from inception to delivery.
• Identify risks and propose solutions to meet technical vision.

Skills

GraphQL

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

DevOps practices

Observability tools

Communication skills

Tools

GraphQL

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

Job description

You will be part of the Platform team that is responsible for establishing the foundational patterns and central systems such as authentication, federated GraphQL, data orchestration and application architectures.

Your focus will be to deliver the GraphQL client and service development best practices, runtime tooling and architecture support necessary for teams across the Engineering department at LottieFiles to build exceptional clients, services and systems.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of GraphQL in a distributed system, service development, DevOps practices and support.
• Ensure services are developed to industry best practices, including observability, architectural patters and inter-team dependency mechanisms
• Drive high-impact solutions at a team level, including inception, design, execution and delivery following good design and coding practices
• Write code to implement high-quality, scalable, future-proof features that solve platform level problems and support long term vision and strategy
• Participate in technical discussions within and across teams to come up with documented conclusions
• Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches and propose solutions to meet the teams technical vision
• Work closely with product managers, designers and service teams to define project requirements and execution plans

Requirements

• At least 5 year of proven development experience in a leading / ownership role (must have)
• Hands-on experience delivering software within high-growth environments at scale
• Experienced in designing and building large-scale, cloud-based systems across various projects
• Experience operating distributed services at scale, including familiarity with observability tools, logging techniques, troubleshooting, and incident response.
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience driving solutions forward and ability to influence results
• Proficient in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience developing applications using current frontend / backend frameworks
• Experience with one or more common open source platforms, tools and framework, eg: GraphQL, Node.js, React, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience with GraphQL, Federated Gateways is a plus
• You are able to work and thrive in a fully remote environment
• Excellent communicator (important for a remote team) in English

LottieFiles Perks

• Fully Remote Working Environment
• Flexible Work Hours
• A welcome gift and LottieFiles swag pack
• Bonus to set up your workstation at home
• Unlimited Leave Days
• Medical Insurance
• Generous learning budget
• Gym membership
• Co-working space membership