Senior Software Engineer

About the role

You will be a key contributor to frontend and backend engineering on cloud software systems on the Spotter team, which is a highly cross-functional group that designs our sensing systems and the applications that connect them. You’ll work alongside other software engineers and collaborate directly with hardware and firmware engineers to build features in applications like spotter.sofarocean.com and APIs (see docs.sofarocean.com) that interact with our hardware products: Spotter, Smart Mooring, next generation platforms, and Sofar’s open hardware connectivity stack Bristlemouth www.bristlemouth.org.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside other software engineers and collaborate directly with hardware and firmware engineers to build features in applications like spotter.sofarocean.com and APIs (see docs.sofarocean.com).
• Own features across the stack and should be comfortable architecting solutions from the data storage layer to UIs.
• Ship a cohesive, performant and impactful product that improves the health of our oceans and planet.
• Automate some processes for configuring and updating a wide range of remote hardware devices in order to make it easier for users to manage their systems safely without contacting support.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience in modern cloud environments.
• Significant professional experience with Typescript, React, & Postgres.
• Owned the full lifecycle of features from conception and architecture, through development and testing, release with CI/CD, monitoring and alerting, to maintenance and optimization.

Qualifications

• Comfortable owning a feature end-to-end with minimal spec.
• A clear and empathetic communicator who enjoys collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers, and scientists.
• Rapidly acquire new technical skills and knowledge in a fast-paced, high-delivery environment.
• Mentor others in an open, respectful, empathetic manner, including through thoughtful code reviews.

Skills

• Passionate about building a product with a positive impact on the world.
• Product engineer mindset with deep customer empathy and strong opinions.
• Love the ocean and have a connection to it that you could strengthen by joining Sofar.

Benefits

• Gorgeous Pier 28 office where we test systems in San Francisco Bay.
• Lunch provided 3 days a week.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO, plus one company-wide office closure week.

Pay

• Estimated Salary Range $140,000-$179,000 + stock options.

Schedule

• This role will be working onsite at our Pier 28 office at least 3 days per week and reporting to our Senior Engineering Manager.