Senior Software Engineer
Meet GetUpside Engineering:
The Engineering team at GetUpside is a close-knit group of hardworking, fast-learning individuals that believes in our mission to help communities thrive. We believe in a data-driven approach to decision-making and an encouraging culture that emphasizes learning from our mistakes. We debate and deliberate on the best ideas to improve our tech stack, and strive for an inclusive atmosphere that champions the psychological wellness of all of our teammates.
Our technology stack:
- AWS to run our microservices in a message-oriented-architecture
- Java 8 / Dropwizard / 12-factor apps
- Python 3 / Serverless AWS Lambdas
- MySQL & DynamoDB
- S3 & Athena
- Jenkins / Github / Terraform
What you'll do:
- Work in a team of 2-3 engineers and a product manager on our larger projects and sometimes individually on smaller, bite-sized improvements.
- Deliver new product features in support of our mobile apps for users and web dashboards for merchants and improve our existing products’ ability to scale with a growing user and merchant demand.
- Build Java REST services to act in concert with our AWS-based message-oriented architecture and also build Python “glue” logic, deployed on AWS Lambda using the Serverless framework.
- Identify, design, lead and/or contribute to anything and everything that needs to get done.
What you bring:
- Previous experience working on back-end jobs and services in Java
- Advanced analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- A demonstrated ability to bring code from whiteboard scribbles to running in production
- A passion about working in a dynamic and growing startup environment with a tight-knit, supportive engineering team that strives to make work interesting, challenging and fun.
- A constant desire for learning and self-improvement.
The fine print:
- This role is based full-time in Austin, TX. Telecommuting is not available.
- Notice to recruiters and placement agencies: please do not submit resumes to any person or email address at GetUpside prior to having a signed agreement with Human Resources. GetUpside is not liable for, and will not pay, placement fees for candidates submitted by any party or agency other than its approved recruitment partners.
We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.