Senior Software Engineer

Whisker•Auburn Hills, MI

1h•Onsite

About The Position

Whisker is redefining what it means to live with cats—designing intelligent systems that remove friction, elevate the everyday, and celebrate the quiet brilliance of feline companionship. Today, Litter-Robot leads the category. Tomorrow, an entire ecosystem that expands what’s possible for cats and the people who love them. We believe the future is feline. And we’re imagining that future today. We work onsite 4+ days a week, with our team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and Juneau, Wisconsin. Our team of 700+ passionate pet people thrives on collaboration, innovation, and the occasional office cameo from a four-legged friend. What You’ll Do: The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for ongoing AWS IoT development, integrations with third-party IoT products, co-management of our agency partner, system debugging and more. The Sr. Software Engineer will also provide support to the mobile application team when developing new interfaces and debugging issues.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent in experience
2+ years of TypeScript
4+ years of experience developing backend services with AWS
4+ Experience with AWS systems: DynamoDB, IAM, IoT Core, ECS, Kinesis, Lambda, API Gateway
4+ years of experience with Python
4+ years of experience with containers
4+ years of experience with GraphQL
4+ years of experience with OAUTH
Experience shipping software products to market
Ability to work closely with design staff and to implement design direction
Ability to take ideas from concept to prototype
Ability to write clean code with an emphasis on maintainability
Ability to work in cross-functional teams
Maintains confidentiality of proprietary information
Ability to maintain a professional atmosphere in a fast-paced environment with numerous interactions and interruptions
A high degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to motivate others
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with Team Members and colleagues

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience as a team leader
Familiarity with IoT systems / hardware integrations
Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools
Familiarity with Magento (1 or 2)

Responsibilities

Leads and mentors junior Software Engineers
Collaborates with stakeholders to define project requirements and objectives
Architects scalable and high-performance systems
Provides technical guidance and makes decisions regarding technical aspects of projects
Maintains and expands AWS IoT environment
Develops new features or bug fixes for backend solutions
Develops new IoT integrations for connected hardware products
Works with design team on implementing new application designs
Performs unit and functional testing to ensure the quality of your work
Works with the support team to identify and resolve issues
Experiments and creates proof of concept prototypes for new features
Assists with development of new features or bug fixes for mobile apps
Will perform additional responsibilities when required