Software Development Engineer- L4

Quick Quack Car Wash; Rocklin (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Quick Quack Car Wash, headquartered in Rocklin, California, seeks a Software Development Engineer IV to join the engineering team and help design and develop scalable software applications for our growing platform. You will collaborate with product managers and multiple engineering teams, implement microservices and REST APIs, and mentor teammates while delivering high-quality code.

This role focuses on distributed systems, debugging, and documentation with leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field with 4+ years of industry experience, or 6-8 years of experience.
• Strong programming skills in at least one high-level language and deep knowledge of computer systems.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful services and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Recommends product revisions or enhancements based on user feedback.
• Prepares reports on engineering project specifications, activities, or status.
• Confers with product managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities.
• Works as part of a development team in the design of software applications.
• Handles complex issues and designs new subsystems.
• May act as technical lead on projects or initiatives.
• Collaborates across multiple engineering teams in the design of new features and functionality.
• Conducts requirement analysis, documents technical specifications, and writes, reviews, and debugs code.

Skills

Go development

Microservices

Event-driven design

Distributed systems debugging

REST APIs

SQL / PostgreSQL

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

SQL

REST

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $120,000 USD to $150,000 USD
  Based on experience.

Description

Company Background

Headquartered in Rocklin, California, Quick Quack Car Wash owns and operates over 240 locations in the western United States. Quick Quack takes pride in being regularly recognized as “the Innovative” car wash in the industry. Additionally, Quick Quack has been recognized as an environmentally friendly and sustainable business. Quick Quack has established a culture of exceptionally talented people in a great work atmosphere, committed to a special set of values:

• Excellence Through Teamwork . The Quick Quack team maintains an environment of trust and respect, where all are held accountable and successes are celebrated. Ideas, issues and expectations are communicated openly. Teams pull together and work through complex topics, and ideas and learnings are regularly shared.
• Operational Strength . All take responsibility for quality and continually seek opportunities for improvement. This includes not only our personal skillsets, but also the code we develop and deploy.
• Every Member is a Leader . While they find strength in teamwork, each Team Member’s individual attitude and actions also influence the success of the company and those they serve. Individual goals are set alongside goals of the company and fellow Team Members assist each other to reach them.
• Experts in our Industry . Team Members grow in their expertise and knowledge about our products and services, as well as industry standards. All Team Members take responsibility to participate in opportunities for technical, personal and professional advancement. We take pride in the amount of vertical integration that our company has achieved through our expertise.
• Commitment to the Customer . Every Team Member is responsible for delivering best-in-class customer experiences. Team Members achieve this through honest, welcoming and helpful communication, and demonstrate pride through maintaining a supportive and professional disposition. Each Team Member is an integral part of Quick Quack. Through individual and collective excellence and commitment, they aim to provide not only their best, but also the very best of the car wash industry.

Summary:

The Software Development Engineer IV (SDE Level 4) will be responsible for coding and developing software applications. Will work in the development team and be a part of the design of the software applications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Recommends product revisions or enhancements based on user feedback.
• Prepares reports on engineering project specifications, activities, or status.
• Confers with product managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities.
• Works as part of a development team in the design of software applications.
• Handles complex issues and designs new subsystems.
• May act as technical lead on projects or initiatives.
• Collaborates across multiple engineering teams in the design of new features and functionality.
• Conducts requirement analysis, documents technical specifications, and writes, reviews, and debugs code.
• Develops and maintains documentation or user manuals.
• Performs work with a high degree of latitude.
• Possesses expert knowledge of subject matter.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to fellow engineers.
• Drives team development of engineering best practices and keeps up to date with latest trends.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Requirements

• Solid, hands-on Go development experienceor other systems languages.
• Practical knowledge of microservices and event driven design patterns.
• Ability to debug distributed systems and scale them.
• Experience designing and implementing REST web services with loose coupling.
• Comfortable with reading and writing SQL, navigating Postgres DBs.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree and 4+ years of industry experience, or 6-8 years of industry experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Deep knowledge of at least one high-level programming language.
• Knowledge of computer systems and advanced network protocols.
• Technical expertise.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Travel:

May have to travel a few times a year for onsite team events and training.

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