Software Engineer, Backend
About the Team:
The backend engineering team at ActionIQ plays a critical role in building and operating our big-data platform and core product offering. We develop the Scala code base used by our backend systems and low-latency APIs to support a growing feature set and customer requirements. You’ll work in all areas of the software development life cycle - from ideation and brainstorming, writing and reviewing design docs, implementation and test automation, all the way to deployment and monitoring of the product in our production AWS environment. As a member of the team, you’ll work collaboratively with other engineers, product managers, and architects to deliver and support a platform which ingest, models, queries, and delivers multiple terabytes of streaming and batch data everyday.
One year from now you will have (what has been accomplished):
- Learned to build and operate software in a distributed microservices environment
- Become highly proficient in the Scala programming language and AWS.
- Worked closely with others to design, build, and deliver several impactful features
- Enjoyed many Thursday lunches around NYC with coworkers from across the company
Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively in an agile team to design, implement, test, deploy and support new high-priority features.
- Use a variety of observability tools to diagnose, mitigate and fix issues in our production distributed systems.
- Learn, grow, and continuously improve - strive to make good practices better, knowing that there is no best practice.
- Follow good engineering practices through all phases of the SDLC.
Requirements
- A four-year Bachelor's degree
- At least 1 year of experience as a software engineer using any programming language
- Love to work in a team environment with other engineers and product managers
- An excitement to join a culture of constant learning and improvement as an individual and member of your team.
Our work is broad and complex in nature - please don't rule yourself out if you do not meet every requirement.
Benefits
- Work with a fun, inclusive, and smart team of people as we build a NYC-based enterprise software company!
- Competitive compensation package, including significant equity component
- Backed by top-tier VCs (Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, FirstMark Capital)
- Top notch health insurance benefits, including 12 weeks paid parental leave for both parents.
- We are currently working remotely due to COVID-19, but we will be opening a beautiful new office right on Madison Square Park! All NYC-based employees will have the option to return to the office 3 days per week beginning after Labor Day on an “opt-in” basis. We plan to officially reopen our office in the beginning of 2022.
- Check out our latest blog post here to learn how we designed our return to work plans.
ActionIQ is committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and diverse organization. We embrace equal opportunity for all applicants and seek to foster a culture of belonging for our employees. We recognize and appreciate that the more inclusive we are, the better we will function as a team. AIQ welcomes qualified applicants of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or family status, disability, military veteran status, and any other status or background. Join us on our journey to build a product that will help our customers deliver memorable experiences that will drive loyalty and growth.