Sr. Software Engineer
Role Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer at UpCodes, you will be involved in end-to-end development across the web product, handling everything from API design and devops to frontend and AI. You will mentor junior engineers and ship features that impact 800k monthly active users, working in a fast-paced startup environment with frequent releases. This role requires a broad technical scope and hands-on involvement across the stack.
Perks & Benefits
This is a fully remote position, offering flexibility in location with likely asynchronous collaboration typical of tech startups. You'll have significant impact on a high-traffic platform, opportunities for career growth through mentoring and diverse projects, and a culture focused on shipping features quickly with close market connection. Benefits may include learning new technologies and working on innovative projects like LLM integration.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE
As a foundational member of our engineering team, you'll be involved in end-to-end development on features across our web product.
We have a frequent cadence of shipping new features and a close connection to our market. With 800k monthly active users spending hundreds of thousands of hours on the platform, each contribution and feature you ship will have a meaningful impact for the users.
Since we're a startup, you'll have to be willing to get your hands dirty with (and learn) everything across the stack: API design, devops, frontend, data engineering, algorithms, AI, startup engineering, analytics, etc. You'll also mentor junior software engineers.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
5+ years of experience building web apps
Clean simple code, even when solving complex problems
Good systems design and architecture knowledge
Good knowledge of the software life cycle, including code reviews, testing, team organization
Ability to balance business concerns with engineering considerations
Ability to learn new tech quickly
Experience mentoring junior engineers
Experience interacting with multiple stakeholders
Enjoyable to work with
TECHNOLOGY STACK
Python, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Redis, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, AWS, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Pinecone, OpenAI
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Craft plan to measure and improve our search engine
Improve and migrate our data model for the content we host
Migrate our NLP algorithms over to use LLMs
Do thorough, prompt code reviews
Implement developer tools to help with code quality
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