Principal Software Engineer - Backend - Platform (NYC)

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About Kustomer

Kustomer is the omnichannel SaaS platform reimagining enterprise customer service to deliver standout experiences– not resolve tickets. Built with intelligent automation, Kustomer scales to meet the needs of any contact center and business by unifying data from multiple sources and enabling companies to deliver effortless, consistent, and personalized service and support through a single timeline view.

Today, Kustomer is the core platform of some of the leading customer service brands like Ring, Rent the Runway, Glossier, Away, Glovo, and UNTUCKit. Headquartered in NYC, Kustomer was founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneurs Brad Birnbaum and Jeremy Suriel, raised over $173.5M in venture funding, and is backed by leading VCs including: Coatue, Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Cisco Investments, Canaan Partners, Boldstart Ventures and Social Leverage.

About the Role

Kustomer’s backend engineering team is responsible for building, scaling, and innovating on the APIs, data platform, and automations that power our customers’ support teams. We are all about microservices, CI and CD. Our platform is clean, simple and massively scalable in the cloud using the latest tools like MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Docker and AWS. We work closely with the frontend team and their React single page app, helping build for a simple and modern user experience.

This role sits on our Platform team - this team’s mission is to make it easy for companies to build their own unique customer experiences. Kustomer’s platform consists of the core data, automations, and integration points that support teams can build upon to surface the right data to the right person at the right time. Since every business is different, this team enjoys the challenge of striking the balance between customization and simplicity – working to deliver solutions that can be creatively used and reused in ways we might not have even considered.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Thinking abstractly about different ways companies can use our data model and structuring it in a scalable and robust way
  • Making automatons simple and predictable
  • Developing and supporting a Single Page Application, Node.js APIs, backend services and data stores
  • Collaborating on ideas and thinking through problems with the engineering team
  • Contributing to application architecture with an eye on scalability, performance, availability, and security
  • Publishing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting code throughout a CI/CD microservices-based distributed application deployment pipeline
  • Partnering with our product, design, and CX teams
  • May involve handling sensitive personal data

Your qualities:

  • 8+ years experience as a software engineer
  • You  are excited by and can handle ambiguous problems 
  • You have a passion for developing high-quality, well-tested code
  • You have mastered more than 1 programming language (preferably javascript or go)
  • You’re always refactoring your code to be cleaner and using build tools to optimize performance
  • You have architected code in order to support a business that is scaling
  • You’re familiar with unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing and know when each is appropriate
  • You're knowledgeable in deploying to and monitoring applications in AWS or other cloud infrastructure
  • You’re comfortable communicating technical concepts to cross-functional teams
  • You have mentored other software engineers and make others better through code reviews, thorough documentation, and technical guidance
  • You have  experience and a desire to work with product and can  work across internal teams to anticipate use cases 
  • You can help us solving how we use data at scale and are someone who can think about and guide the team through technical trade offs 

Benefits

Kustomer offers an array of benefits including competitive salaries, stock options, 100% healthcare coverage, 401K, commuter benefits, and a generous vacation policy.

Diversity & Inclusion at Kustomer

Kustomer is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • People Operations
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    • PythonLanguages
    • SwiftLanguages
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    • Node.jsLanguages
    • ReactLibraries
    • ReduxLibraries
    • ExpressFrameworks
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    • TensorFlowFrameworks
    • ElasticsearchDatabases
    • MongoDBDatabases
    • AWS (Amazon Web Services)Services
    • Google AnalyticsAnalytics
    • MixpanelAnalytics
    • Big QueryAnalytics
    • FigmaDesign
    • MiroDesign
    • PhotoshopDesign
    • TrelloManagement
    • Github IssuesManagement
    • SlackCollaboration
    • ZoomCollaboration

Location

New York, NY

An Insider's view of Kustomer

What are some social events your company does?

We've started a tradition we refer to as Kamp Kustomer - a yearly in-person retreat where we come together in fun locations like the Poconos to reconnect, build trust within our teams, and collaborate. It's a great chance to unwind from the daily routine and we always return with renewed energy and focus.

Catherine

Senior Technical Writer

What projects are you most excited about?

I am eager to work on the most complex use cases of our clients. These opportunities are where I can best demonstrate my skills and the power of the Kustomer platform. As a customer service-focused platform, Kustomer offers endless possibilities, and it’s rewarding to see the memorable customer service experiences our clients are able to create.

Megied

Solutions Engineering

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

Something that I’ve learned during my time at Kustomer is the power of embracing your team’s knowledge. As professionals in the workforce, we’re often pushed into thinking that we need to know everything and work in a silo. Everyone at Kustomer embraces collaboration and supporting each other through their projects. It’s very special in that way.

Lauren

Customer Success Manager

What unique initiatives do you have that encourage innovation?

Kustomer's new path forward brings generative AI advancements to the platform. Generative AI's new approach to building personalized context in our features leverages inputs and outputs within our data. A core tenet of ours is building these features in a responsible and ethical way by respecting privacy and security principles above all else.

Patrick

Software Engineering Manager

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

The People/Talent teams are working hard to add 50+ people to Kustomer in 2023! The challenge of finding great teammates who can help us be a better company than ever before is no small feat. We work hard to ensure that everyone we hire brings something unique to our Krew and is excited to work with others in order to make our vision come to life.

Tanya

Chief People Officer/ Chief of Staff to the CEO

What are Kustomer Perks + Benefits

Kustomer Benefits Overview

Kustomer offers an array of benefits including competitive salaries, stock options, 100% healthcare coverage, 401K, commuter benefits, and a generous vacation policy.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
OKR operational model
Pair programming
Remote work program
Diversity
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Our Employee Resource Groups have goals in place and meet once a month. Employees are encouraged to attend meetings - our three ERGs are: Women of Kustomer, KustomBlack, and KustomerAllies.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Kustomer hosts a holiday company outing annually.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Kustomer offers employees professional development opportunities like the ability to attend job related conferences and seminars.
Lunch and learns
Brown Bag Lunches once a month, to learn more about the Women of Kustomer
Promote from within

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