Senior Software Engineer - Backend

As a Backend Engineer at Sift you’ll play a critical role in delivering the experiences that help thousands of users navigate and understand their organization. You’ll work closely with our product and engineering team to build robust backend systems that provide smart quick and innovative experiences to our end users.

About the role

• Develop and test very complex software solutions with minimal direction

• Release and validate software developing new deployment patterns as necessary

• Lead software support incident resolution and blameless reviews

• Develop code modules and patterns useful within the team

• Conduct exploratory or experimental work to develop prototypes

• Guide code and design reviews for the team

• Provide software documentation and demonstration for technical and non-technical audiences

• Mentor team members on any of the above

About you

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing production-ready web applications
• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript and TypeScript
• Extensive experience building web APIs with Node.js
• Proficiency in SQL databases such as Postgres
• Experience with test-driven development including unit and end-to-end testing
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Comfort in a fast-paced and cross-functional startup environment
• Eagerness to learn grow and take ownership of your work
• Experience utilizing AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot ChatGPT or similar. You enjoy using AI to boost productivity improve code quality or streamline development workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and workflows
• Experience integrating generative AI functionality into an application and/or developing AI chatbots
• Experience building integrations into sources of people data such as HRIS systems identity systems or collaboration systems
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Knowledge of React React Router and component libraries like Material UI
• Experience building mobile apps with React Native

What you’ll get

Our team members fuel our strategy innovation and growth so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you but your family too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.

About us

At Sift we believe people are the most valuable asset of any great organization. But at large companies it’s often difficult to truly understand the breadth and depth of talent. That’s why we built Sift - a dynamic modern people directory and org chart that makes it easy to discover connect with and leverage the skills and experience of thousands of colleagues. Today Sift is trusted by over 100 companies across industries including software technology financial services and entertainment. Sift is a proud member of the Rocket Family of Companies. We combine the energy of a fast-growing startup with the resources and stability of a larger holding company.

This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time.  Decisions related to employment are not based on race color religion national origin sex physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity or expression age military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.  The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.  Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team at [email protected]. 

What We Do

Rocket Companies® is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business now known as Rocket Mortgage® which was founded in 1985. Today we’re a publicly traded company involved in many different industries including mortgages fintech real estate automotive and more. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard.