Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information, educational content, personalized calculators, and tools. The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role on the Web Platform team, responsible for building and migrating a new content management system while collaborating with senior engineers and architects.
Responsibilities
- This position presents a high-growth opportunity to be part of a dynamic engineering team that owns the technical and architectural domains of our web platform domain
- You will be part of an AGILE SCRUM team, responsible for running and scaling our web site and other web products
- You will be collaborating closely with everyone around you including our product team and other stakeholders to complete sprint and triage commitments
- You will actively participate and support making key technical decisions, documenting technical and improving processes as we revamp and reshape the services we provide
- Your role will be pivotal in guiding technical designs and ensuring the successful implementation of your team’s roadmap
- Your relentless drive to learn, coupled with a 'no challenge is too big' approach, will shape your team's decisions around technology, tooling, and processes
- You present excellent communication skills that enhance collaboration in an asynchronous and fully remote environment
Skills
- 3+ years of experience building, maintaining, and scaling highly available, performant web platforms with Java (or similar) and deep expertise in ReactJS and NodeJS for modular, modern web applications
- Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL, version control with Git, and designing and implementing complex cloud solutions (preferably AWS)
- Proven ability to drive project and product success in Agile environments through strategic thinking, clear communication, and decisive action
- Passionate about coaching and mentoring others while continuously improving yourself, fostering a culture of growth and collaboration
- Adept at identifying risks, creating effective mitigations, and thriving in fast-paced, cross-functional teams with a startup mindset and a relentless drive for improvement
- Excellent communication skills that enhance collaboration in an asynchronous and fully remote environment
- Knowledge of least privilege principle, application structure and OOP patterns
- Experience working in or developing in a CI/CD environment
- Familiarity using IAC tools (ex. Terraform, Cloudformation)
- Knowledge operating incidents, releases, problem, and change management processes
- Experience using or integrating headless WordPress or other Content Management tools
Benefits
- All roles at SmartAsset are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere in the Contiguous US.
- Medical, Dental, Vision - multiple packages available based on your individualized needs
- Life/AD&D Insurance - basic coverage at 100% company paid, additional supplemental available
- Supplemental Short-term and Long-term Disability
- FSA: Medical and Dependant Care
- 401K
- Time Off: Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Financial Literacy Mentoring Program
- Pet Insurance
- Home Office Stipend
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