Staff Back-End Engineer

Why Glassdoor?

Our mission is to help people everywhere find a job and company they love. In the process, we're transforming the workplace experience through the power of transparency and further cementing ourselves as the worldwide leader in employer branding and insights. By choosing a career at Glassdoor, you'll be directly contributing toward our vision for a world where transparency empowers the workforce and motivates companies to become better employers.

Please note: This role may be open to remote hiring. Our office locations are in San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; London, UK; and Dublin, Ireland.

About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional Staff Back-End Engineer to play a senior role in preparing the Glassdoor Community platform to grow rapidly in the next couple years. As a Staff Back-End Engineer, you will be instrumental in the architecture, design and implementation of the back-end components required to support such an ambitious platform growth goal.

What You'll Do

1. Implement and maintain back-end components to support the current and future needs of the Glassdoor Community platform.
2. Lead the architectural design discussions and decisions for the back-end components.
3. Write high-quality, maintainable code in TypeScript and JavaScript.
4. Identify and address performance bottlenecks in the existing backend infrastructure.
5. Work closely with the team to plan and implement scalable solutions that can handle constant userbase growth.
6. Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and implement end-to-end solutions.
7. Provide technical guidance and support to ensure alignment with overall business goals.

What You'll Bring

1. A commitment to add to our culture of DEI.
2. You have at least 4+ years of professional experience in production applications (back-end).
3. You are an independent, hard-working, responsible professional comfortable working in a distributed team spread across multiple time zones.
4. Technical expertise in technologies: NodeJS, Typescript, MongoDB, Redis, Restful API design/implementation, AWS EC2, S3, SQS, and EB.
5. Basic skills and general understanding of: GraphQL, Agora Voice, Twilio WebRTC or any other WebRTC technology, Docker, Basic Linux server administration skills, SocketIO, Sendgrid or similar email sending technologies.
6. Experience building micro services or migrating monolithic applications into micro services, AngularJS and SQL databases/warehouse databases (Snowflake, Redshift) is a plus.
7. Production experience with any CI/CD tool.

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary Range*: $168,000.00 - $252,000.00 ++

1. Glassdoor base salaries are targeted to the market 75th percentile for technical roles and the 65th percentile for non-technical roles. In other words, 65-75% of comparable organizations in our industry will pay less.

Annual Bonus Target**: 10%

1. Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews.

Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU):

1. Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, RSU grant awards are presented bi-annually to exceptional performers.

Health and Wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents.

1. Generous paid time off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with paid injury/illness leave and paid family emergency leave.

Work/Life Balance: Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year.

Investing in Your Future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility and family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services.

Our Company Values and Commitments

1. Transparency: We are open and honest. We share information – the good and the bad – so we can continuously learn, collaborate and make the right decisions.
2. Innovation: We actively pursue new and different ways to further Glassdoor's mission.
3. Good People: We work together with integrity, respect and compassion for one another.
4. Grit: We are resilient, inventive and fearless.
5. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We are dedicated to building a company that is more diverse and representative of society at large.

Glassdoor is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law.