Senior Software Engineer

Company: PubNub
Location: Seattle
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

PubNub powers apps that bring people together in real-time for remote work, play, learning, and health. Thousands of companies use PubNub's developer platform and APIs as the foundation for their online chat, virtual events, geolocation, remote control, and real-time updates, at a massive global scale. Since 2010, PubNub has invested in the tools and global infrastructure required to serve customers like Adobe, DocuSign, Peloton, and RingCentral, delivering SOC 2 Type 2 security and reliability while meeting regulatory needs like HIPAA and GDPR. PubNub has raised over $130M from notable investors like Raine Group, Sapphire, Scale, Relay, Cisco, Bosch, Ericsson, and HPE.PubNub is proud to be a EEO employer.Job SummaryThis role is responsible for designing, developing, operationalizing, sustaining and scaling PubNub's Data Stream Network. This includes our secure, distributed messaging bus as well as all adjacent services and data pipelines including Storage/Playback, Presence, Access Management, Push Gateways and more.As a senior developer you will be working closely with product management to design and develop awesome new features that our customers will love. You'll be working with existing services and you'll be building new ones from scratch. You'll make sure that your code lives up to our high quality standards and we always maintain our customer SLAs.We are a strong team of Engineers and Architects who are low on drama and high on results. Our mission is to provide highly available systems with uptime, performance and scale that extend the possibilities of real-time applications and data. We do this with resilience and speed providing our customers with the trust and confidence to deliver disruptive applications with groundbreaking user experiences.We focus on innovation and teamwork. Consequently, we place the team ahead of the individual when solving problems and celebrating achievements. If you are on a journey to seek a team whose modus operandi is to swarm hard problems and deliver great outcomes, we are your destination!Responsibilities

• Design and build REST/gRPC APIs, interfacing with various backend systems. The APIs are consumed directly by our customers as well as other internal systems.
• Champion adherence to best practice development methodologies across the entire team and help establish standards.
• Work collaboratively with other Engineering teams, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to develop new features and create customer value.
• Ensure a high level of test coverage for all code written, including unit and automated regression tests.
• Remain flexible, stepping in to help out during unexpected situations, while completing your own coding deliverables and code review responsibilities.
• Always maintain the "level head" but raise energy and motivate team members as necessary.
• Interview, mentor, listen-to, and collaborate with other server-side software engineers.Experience & Skills Required
  • 3+ years of experience building REST/gRPC APIs.
  • 5+ years working with modern languages like Golang, Python, JavaScript, Rust, etc.
  • Deep understanding of developing applications in a containerized environment, e.g. twelve factor application development, configuration as code, etc.
  • Strong Object Oriented design skills with deep knowledge of architecture and design patterns.
  • Expert knowledge of best practice software development methodologies and coding standards.
  • Previous experience with Test Driven Development and heavy use of Unit Testing frameworks strongly preferred.
  • You should implicitly understand the challenges involved in running enterprise-grade systems at scale.
  • Ideally experienced managing application deployments with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Several years experience with NoSQL DBs like Cassandra, Redis, CouchDB.
  • Strong command-line abilities in Linux, Unix or OS X.
  • Working knowledge of networking concepts, protocols and security (TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, NTP, DNS, TLS etc).
  • Natural empathy and consideration of team members' requests, spoken or not.
  • Accurate prediction of task completion timelines, their complexity and possible problems.
  • An innate, heightened urgency to complete projects on time and with high quality.Bonus Qualifications
    • BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field
    • Experience with container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, ECS or Mesos
    • Experience developing applications in Rust, or other functional languages
    • Past experience in public cloud deployments (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Rackspace, SoftLayer, etc.).
    • Experience with profiling and optimizing servers and data access.
    • Previous startup or small company experience.
      
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