Staff Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY

As a Staff Software Engineer joining our fast-growing Engineering team, you will actively influence the vision and implementation of architecture, design and features for Velocity’s Global Work Platform. You work with problems that span across multiple internal and external systems, actively participate in major technology decisions, and drive continuous improvement through proposing and building improved processes and systems for efficiency and velocity. You are the tech lead of an engineering pod and you actively partner across functions and teams, bringing a big-picture perspective of the organization’s technology and evolution. As we continue to substantially scale our world-class platform built on AWS to delight customers and enable our operations partners, progress in migrating from monolithic to microservices architecture, and collaborate in defining and tackling diverse technical challenges of a PaaS model solution, you bring technical leadership to the team in breaking down and solving highly complex technical problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop software solutions that meet the needs of our customers and align with the company's overall strategy.
• Work with the product and design teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software on time and within budget.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure that all code adheres to the company's coding standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with other engineers to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Continuously improve the performance and scalability of the company's software products.
• Stay current with new technologies and industry developments to ensure that the company's software products remain competitive.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall growth and development of the engineering team.
  

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

• Bachelor's  (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field such as physics or mathematics, or equivalent technical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in software development preferred.
• Strong experience in one or more programming languages such as TypeScript,JavaScript, Java or Elixir
• Experience with development frameworks such as Node.js and React
• Experience developing full stack web applications
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Please note: In the spirit of winning together, the position will be based in Denver, Colorado and in-office collaboration is required for at least one day per week.