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Senior Software Engineer A cents € " Infrastructure, Backend, Mobile, or Frontend Development (Remot

Employer
Shopify
Location
Washington, DC
Closing date
Jan 23, 2022

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Job DescriptionShopify is on a fast-moving mission to make the best products for merchants, buyers, and partners around the globe A cents € " and developers play a vital role in building that future. Here are just some of the stories from the engineering teams who build and scale Shopify.A' What types of Senior Software EngineersA' might be interested in joining?Back End DevelopmentBack End Engineers with a passion for solving tough problems with performant code work on teams that ship on quality instead of on time. Our teams deploy new code many times a day, and our production scale is massive. WeA cents € (TM) re talking about millions ofA' online stores, and hundreds of millions of requests a day. Thousands of entrepreneurs will see your work within seconds A cents € " a difficult but incredibly rewarding responsibility. Shopify is the largest Ruby on Rails application in the world and we're a big part of the Rails community. WeA cents € (TM) re constantly improving our codebase to make it even better.Mobile Development (React Native, Android & iOS)Our Mobile Engineers work along with designers and product managers to build and launch new features for our apps. YouA cents € (TM) ll work on large-scale apps that are ever-changing, enabling entrepreneurship for hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs. Our Android EngineersA' use Kotlin and our iOS Engineers use Swift. Our teams are increasingly working with React Native so openness to cross-platform mobile development is a plus!A' A' Front End DevelopmentOur Front End Engineers collaborate closely with software engineering teams, designers, product managers, and marketers to not only build incredible merchant-facing products and marketing campaigns, but also developer-facing tools. YouA cents € (TM) ll use the latest web standards in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and modern technologies and frameworks like Typescript, React, GraphQL, Apollo and Ruby on Rails, to develop large front-end web applications and websites that scale and perform well on all devices. Front End Development exists across all of Shopify, from Product to Marketing, working closely with the teams that create performant experiences and communicate ShopifyA cents € (TM) s impact on commerce to a global audience. You may also collaborate with our Data and SEO teams, helping us make data informed decisions and driving additional new merchant acquisition. You might focus on creating thoughtful interfaces for our users, shaping our design language, and contributing to our shared component libraries in a maintainable and scalable way.InfrastructureAre you looking for an opportunity to work on planet-scale infrastructure? Do you want your work to impact thousands of engineers and millions of customers? Do you genuinely enjoy tackling complex problems, and learning through experimentation? Shopify Production Engineering is all this and more. The Production Engineering team builds and maintains ShopifyA cents € (TM) s critical infrastructure through software and systems engineering. We make sure ShopifyA cents € "the worldA cents € (TM) s fastest growing commerce platformA cents € "is able to scale massively while staying resilient for our 2000+ development team to build on and our millions of merchants to depend on. Some of the technology that the team uses: Ruby, Rails, Go, Kubernetes, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, Docker, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud. Is some of this tech new to you? ThatA cents € (TM) s OK! We know not everyone will come in fully familiar with this stack, and we provide support to learn on the job.QualificationsWhat youA cents € (TM) ll do as a Senior Software Engineer at Shopify:Collaborating with other designers and engineersCreating beautiful and fast code that improves our code base in meaningful waysUsing test-driven development to write well-tested codeFixing bugs fast and taking your time to solve hard problems wellBuilding and maintaining ShopifyA cents € (TM) s critical infrastructure through software and systems engineeringContributing back to the open source communityA' Experience and skills that are important for success in this role:Experience using technologies and frameworks like (but not limited to) some of our most-used languages A cents € " Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Java/JEE, Node.js, PHP, Python, React or React Native, Golang, Kubernetes A cents € " is an asset, but not required. DonA cents € (TM) t have experience with many of them? No problem A cents € " deep experience with any object-oriented language and willingness to learn our tech stack goes a long way. (Also: Check out our StackShare here.)Curiosity and passion to constantly learn new things; Shopify changes fast, and we need the people who work here to be able to change and learn fast tooExperience with relational databases and SQLBonus Points: YouA cents € (TM) ve mentored teammates on new ways to deepen their technical craftAdditional InformationShopify is now permanently remote and working towards a future that is digital by default. Learn more about what this can mean for you.We know that looking for a new role can be both exciting and time-consuming, and we truly appreciate your effort.A' And remember, we want to know what you're really interested in building and why you want to build it at Shopify, so please give us as much detail on this as you'd like in the answers on the next page. Shopify is now permanently remote, and working towards a future that is digital by default. Learn more about what this can mean for you: belief is that a strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our Sustainability Reports to learn more about ShopifyA cents € (TM) s commitments to our communities, and our planet: Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. WeA cents € (TM) re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is this close to what weA cents € (TM) re looking for, please consider applying.#LI-KO3 #LI-REMOTE #LI-AH1PandoLogic. Keywords: Senior Software Engineer, Location: Washington, DC - 20402

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