Software Engineer - Developer Platform

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 305,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

The Developer Platform team focuses on creating a delightful developer experience that empowers engineers to build their features quickly and safely. We own the developer toolchain including the development environment, CI, and CD. We build paved roads so that product engineers can focus their efforts on building features that serve our neighbors and drive our business. We create building blocks and abstractions that make the easy things work out of the box and the hard things possible. We make it easy for developers to build secure and performant applications so they can focus on what to build and not how to build it. We have a solid foundation to build on top of as 75% of the Nextdoor codebase is covered by strict MyPy typing. We also use the latest technologies including Python 3.11, Django 4.1.3, and asyncio while running in AWS on Kubernetes.

Some of our recent projects include:

• Enabling engineers to remotely debug their code from within their IDE.
• Addressing flaky tests.
• Tuning production deployments to balance speed, cost, and reliability.

Some potential future projects may include:

• Remote development environments with native IDE support.
• Enhancing the quality of codebase through linting engines such as Ruff.

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience, providing a flexible experience for our valued employees.  

As a member of the Developer Platform team team, you will be responsible for driving changes to improve the developer experience at Nextdoor.

Some of the areas you might focus on are

• Improve the speed and reliability of our CI infrastructure
• Increase the velocity of our deployments
• Enforcing best practices through the use of linters
• Enable developers to effectively debug their Python applications
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values  

• 3+ years of experience working on highly scalable Python applications
• Passion to bring best in class developer tools to Nextdoor
• Customer first mindset
• Ability to debug and identify root causes for issues in production

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $153,000 to $212,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.