Staff Software Engineer

At Qwilr we're on a mission to revolutionise what web documents can do. To do this, we are creating a sophisticated platform upon which to innovate with data and web technology.

We've transitioned from monoliths to micro-services, pursued cloud-native distributed architecture designed to stand the test of time and scale, and have aggressively replaced old technology. And just as importantly, we've grown a sense of identity and purpose along the way as we seek balanced clarity across our disciplines.

If you want a combination of making an outsized impact, learning world-class Cloud Engineering and working in a great culture that values your voice and balance, we look forward to hearing from you. With your help, our best work is ahead of us!

What we're working on

• Building out our distributed architecture to scale our product and support a growing Engineering org. There are many designs and decisions still to be made!
• An integrated data pipeline and architecture for analytics, telemetry and events, for customers and internal use (perhaps you also want to check out our Staff Data Engineer position?)
• An external integrations platform for developers, CRMs and other automation use-cases, that will connect Qwilr into customers' workflows, their constellation of tools, and enable what they couldn't do before
• Continuing to improve our market-leading collateral capabilities (this example and the very page you're reading!) to give businesses the tools they need to sell their services and close more deals

About you

• You're talented, humble and empathetic
• You love teamwork. You enjoy collaborating with others, in and outside of Engineering, to achieve something greater than any of us can alone
• You can also work independently, to reliably deliver your part of the puzzle! 🧩
• You're pragmatic in your approach to engineering problems, knowing there are always trade-offs and different times for different approaches
• You care about building and operating reliable, scalable, maintainable systems and you care about the overall customer experience
• You're always learning, keen to hone your craft and improve your team
• You want to work on, and have a say in, a product that can meaningfully impact people's businesses, across the world

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:

• Lead the delivery of projects and be intimately involved with shaping and implementing major product features — and new products — with other Engineers, Product Managers, Designers and folks across the company
• Help design, build and operate the platforms that will be our scalable, robust and extensible technology foundation. This will involve distributed architecture (data + microservices), new technologies and refining our practices for testing, deployment and ops
• Teach others what you know and be a mentor and model of engineering practice, always collaborating for the best solution
• Learn what's important to our customers — by participating in customer calls, measurement through analytics, etc. — to help us serve them and win in our market
• Be skilled in our tech stack (or equivalent, from your experience):
• React, TypeScript, Node.js
• MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Druid, Redis
• Kafka, Elasticsearch, Honeycomb, Prometheus
• All things K8s and AWS

 

​Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other folks in minority groups tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit. You can find more about diversity and inclusion at Qwilr here.