Sr. Software Engineer – Developer Platform

Remote from
🌐 Anywhere
Annual salary, USD
174,000
Job function
Software Engineering
Job type
Full Time,
Job posted
Apply before
31 Oct 2024
Industry
Computer Software

About ConvertKit

Sustainable growth tools for creators.

ConvertKit is an email-first operating system for creators who mean business. We help creators grow and monetize their audience with ease. For coaches, YouTubers, authors, podcasters, and other creatives, there isn’t a better marketing hub to rely on to grow audiences, automate email marketing, and sell digital products – all within one platform. More importantly, there isn’t a team more committed to helping creators earn a living.

We’re on a mission to help creators earn $1 billion using our creator marketing platform. We have always been 100% independent and 100% remote. We are proud to have built a product that our customers love, and we look for people who have enthusiasm and belief in our mission, vision, and values to join our team.

The ConvertKit culture is one where emotional intelligence is valued, radical candor is encouraged, and where everyone works together to uphold a set of shared team principles.

The Role

You’ll join a team of engineers responsible for building out the extensibility platform that furthers our mission to help creators to earn a living online. TheΒ ConvertKit developer platformΒ enables creators to bring their existing apps and integrations right into ConvertKit, and we’re just getting started building a thriving ecosystem.

This group cares deeply about creators and helping them along their journey. We’re looking for an engineer with an ownership mindset who has deep engineering expertise building developer platforms, empathy for the creators that we serve, and is eager to work on a deliberately small, fast-paced team that ships consistently.

Responsibilities

  • Own solving problems across the full stack in collaboration with your team
  • Actively participate in driving the technical direction of our codebase
  • Collaborate with team members across the organization
  • Proactively communicate with cross-functional stakeholders, especially in product, engineering, and design
  • Maintain existing, well-loved platform functionality and features

Requirements

  • At leastΒ eightΒ years building software in a team environment or equivalent experience. Years of experience doesn’t always capture expertise, so we encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate you’re well versed in building software in a team environment.
  • At leastΒ fiveΒ years working professionally on a Ruby on Rails application.
  • Experience working with JavaScript and React (or comparable framework)
  • Experience building and/or integrating with aΒ developer platform (likeΒ ours!), app store, or marketplace
  • Proven ability to design and architect software applications to handle scaling challenges and optimize performance under increased load
  • Comfortable working remotely in an autonomous environment – you don’t mind asking questions and problem solving in public communication channels
  • Able to work in US time zones – you don’t have to live in those time zones, but you have to be able to collaborate with your teammates during those times
  • Belief in our mission, vision, and values

Nice to Haves

  • Experience writing data-intensive systems that are accessible, scalable, maintainable, and performant
  • Experience working withΒ MySQL and/or Elasticsearch

Compensation + Perks + Benefits

ConvertKit has standardized salaries based on position, no matter where you live. For this role, we’re hiring at aΒ level 4 ($174,000). Level is determined based on experience and our interview process.

Other benefits include:

  • Profit Sharing
  • ConvertKit equity
  • 401k with a 5% match
  • Monthly medical benefits up to $1,850 a month toward premiums. Dental and vision premiums covered 100%
  • $4,000 equipment allowance for your first two years, $3,000 budget every following two years
  • Individual learning + development budget ($3,500/year)
  • Gender affirming benefits
  • Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually
  • Twenty (20) days of paid time off during each year of employment
  • Paid paid vacation: An after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation where you’re fully unplugged from work
  • Ten (10) paid holidays a year
  • Two weeks of paid sick time each year, including mental health + well being days
  • Twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave and flexible scheduling in your child’s first year
  • Up to six weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster after six months of employment, two weeks of each paid leave in your first six months
  • Winter Break Closure: ConvertKit closes for a week at the end of December, giving everyone a collective break to enjoy the holiday season.Β Essential support services remain available, with teams coordinating to ensure coverage during this period
  • Four-week, paid sabbatical after five years with the team

How to Apply

We know that most people hate interviewing (we relate!). We aim to make it as good of an experience as we can, and part of that includes keeping you informed during the process.

Here’s what you can expect from the process:

  1. 30 min – Recruiter screen
  2. 45 min – Hiring manager screen
  3. Work sample
  4. 60 min – Working session with the team
  5. 60 min – Culture contribution chat
  6. 30 min – Hiring manager wrap-up

To get started, complete this application, including answers to the questions on the next page.Β We read every single application, and your responses to our application questions help put your experience into context

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What position is ConvertKit hiring for?

ConvertKit is hiring a remote Sr. Software Engineer – Developer Platform from 🌐 Anywhere

What type of employment does ConvertKit offer?

This is a Full Time role.

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