Senior Software Engineer

Position

Our roster has an opening with your name on it.

You are considered a technical thought leader for the Engineering organization. You are part of a community of our most senior Engineers, working with limited to no guidance and focusing on the organization’s most complex, ambiguous problems. You provide guidance to and influence decisions made by other Engineers within the vertical. You regularly interact with executives up to the C‑suite, distilling relevant information from a complex technical strategy and incorporating relevant business strategy into technical strategies.

As part of this role, you own the technical strategy for an engineering vertical, with responsibility for technical architecture and operational excellence. You take a leadership role on the vertical’s most important bodies of technical work. You balance a long view with short‑term demands, taking a pragmatic approach to system design. You embody the principle that simpler is always better, looking to reduce the complexity of the systems where you contribute.

You do not accept the status quo or restrict yourself to organizational boundaries – you influence other verticals’ and the organization’s “North Star” technical strategy, working with the Principal Community and other Engineering Leaders to drive decisions around programming languages, architecture, products, tools, approaches, and processes. You provide mentorship and guidance for other Engineers, serving as a role model and supporting their career progression.

• Take ownership of a vertical’s architecture, aligning the vertical’s Engineers on a common technical strategy.
• Take ownership of a vertical’s operational excellence, adopting a hands‑on approach to the resolution of the vertical’s most complex issues when needed.
• Write simple code, taking complex paradigms and implementing them in a way that Engineers at all levels can understand and contribute to. Insist on high standards for code quality while not letting perfection be an enemy of the good.
• Influence the strategy of the vertical’s teams, helping them understand how to make technical trade‑off decisions between short‑term business needs and long‑term technology needs.
• Drive engineering engagement best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality) and set standards for your vertical.
• Help others leverage your expertise by coaching and mentoring in your organisation, contributing to the professional development of Engineers within the vertical, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.
• Support the software as part of an on‑call rotation.

• Expert level experience building and designing highly scalable, fault‑tolerant and highly available systems.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across 50+ person Engineering verticals.
• Understanding of a broad range of complex data structures and algorithms.
• Expert level understanding of design patterns and architectural principles.
• Experience in making pragmatic trade‑off decisions between short‑term needs and long‑term needs.
• Experience in many modern programming languages, e.g., Java, Python, or any functional/OO programming language.
• Some expertise in modern front‑end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular) and the core web stack (JavaScript/Type Script, HTML5, CSS3), including proven ability to optimise for performance and responsiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence and best practices through influence.

Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth.
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love.
• Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game.
• Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel.
• Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms.

• Interesting work – working in a fast‑paced and ever‑changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons.
• A sense of achievement – our teams own their own software, and when that new…