About the position
As an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. Seeing how people use the product is a priority and the way we get to the right answer. Engineers will have the opportunity to work closely with our team onsite to understand the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves. The Foundations team consists of detail-oriented engineers who drive innovation, enhance performance through technical excellence, and focus on results. We own the performance of Peregrine's mission-critical infrastructure as well as the high-risk, platform-spanning initiatives that create unmatched new capabilities. We value both ownership and collaboration-you will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers to drive them to completion. We believe that humility and empathy are essential for building the right solutions-you will collaborate directly with our deployment team and users as we iterate to solve their problems. Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision.
Responsibilities
- Take full ownership across our stacks, making impactful decisions.
- Create novel capabilities that span the platform and optimize subsystems for performance improvements.
- Re-architect the Elasticsearch cluster to improve response times.
- Own strategic initiatives that deliver industry-leading platform performance and capabilities.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams.
- Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and/or in the open-source community.
- Ability to write robust, well-tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users.
- Strong understanding of product development and navigating large codebases.
Nice-to-haves
- Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish.
- Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users.
- Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems.
- Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components.
- San Francisco or Washington DC based candidates strongly preferred (hybrid work is acceptable).
Benefits
- Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)
