Senior Full Stack Engineer - Engineering Foundation (REMOTE)

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, the ideal candidate will play a pivotal role within our squad of dedicated engineers, contributing to the creation of software and services for the Discogs product. In this position, they will serve as a technical subject matter expert, advancing our technology vision and promoting best practices in development and testing to support Discogs' transformation and growth strategies. Their ability to effectively multi-task across various projects and quickly adapt to new areas of code, even those outside their prior knowledge and experience, will be essential. Additionally, they will provide strong technical leadership and mentorship to enhance the skills and capabilities of their fellow team members, fostering a collaborative and motivating environment across all squads.

Location

This is a remote position. Open to candidates located in OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL

Compensation

Starting Base Salary: $120,000 - $127,500 yearly

Who We Are

Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community

What You’ll Accomplish

• Plan, develop, and deploy server-side and client-side software in sprint cycles.
• Observe, debug and optimize production systems with thousands of concurrent users.
• Research new frontiers, prototype implementations and share knowledge.
• Communicate openly and collaborate frequently with Product and Engineering teams to quickly deliver high quality products that maximize value to the Discogs ecosystem.
• Take responsibility over large, complex features from concept to design to delivery with no guidance.
• Maintain, rebuild and adapt legacy codebases alongside modernizing our stack.
• Assists team with estimation and prioritization of development efforts.
• Coaches and mentors other engineers by providing recommendations, technical oversight, code reviews and feedback.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Contribute

Minimum Experience and Education

• 5+ years of experience developing software solutions
• Building, operating, troubleshooting and optimizing production systems under load.
• Delivered software using Python and JavaScript with frameworks.
• Interface with relational databases using SQL.
• Using Git and conducting code reviews within a sprint SDLC.
• Familiarity with Build systems, DevOps and CI/CD procedures.
• Familiarity with cloud services.
• Thorough understanding of HTTP APIs.
• Possess advanced knowledge in your specialization to be able to guide and mentor team members.
• Experience designing and leading a software project from requirements to delivery with no guidance.
• Experience completing a significant refactor of an existing software project.
• Experience independently researching and leading technical discussions with peers.
• Thoroughly understands the business vision, mission, and strategy and how their code supports and affects business outcomes.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Working knowledge of taking a large complex project, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing those tasks as required.
• Shows initiative and seeks evidence in data to support ideas.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university in math\computer science related field, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Experience

• Use of containerization and orchestration technologies, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Node.js, FastAPI, React, GraphQL, Kafka, Flask, Redis, Memcached
• AWS, DataDog, Cloudflare Workers, WP Engine
• Microservices, distributed/edge systems and event driven architectures.
• ADA / WCAG Compliance

What We Provide

• Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program
• 401(k) with employer match
• 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure
• 18 weeks paid leave for birth moms
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption
• Monthly wellness allowance
• Annual professional and personal development allowance
• Work from home office set-up and expense allowances
• Flexible work location opportunities
• Employer matching toward charitable contributions

What We Believe In

Discogs’ mission is to serve the music fan in everyone. We represent a diverse and inclusive community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. We know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. Our global team reflects our global community.

Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants needing accommodation to apply should contact us at 503-597-6340

Discogs does not promote job openings through text messaging. If you receive a text message claiming to offer a position at our company, please disregard it as fraudulent. For a list of our actively open positions and to apply, please visit the official Careers page on our website: https://www.discogs.com/about/careers

If you apply for this role, you will be required to upload a resume, cover letter, and fill out a few questions regarding your application. Once submitted, our hiring team will review your application and contact you if you are selected for an interview. Whether you are successful or not, we will store your application and data in our system for a maximum period of one year from the application date in case another role becomes available that you are suitable for. If you have any questions or concerns about us storing this data and/or the period of time, please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond to you within 30 days.