Senior Software Engineer-Node.Js

Who We Are

Simpplr delivers exceptional AI-powered employee experiences at scale. It is the only platform that unifies employee engagement, enablement, and self-service to provide every employee with a seamless and personalized experience so they can do their best work from anywhere. Organizations use our forward-looking, adaptable products to deliver personalized experiences that inspire and engage their employees. Wherever people work, Simpplr enables them to flourish.

Trusted by more than 700+ leading brands, including Penske, Snowflake, Moderna, Eurostar, and AAA, our customers are achieving measurable improvements in employee engagement, productivity, and accelerated business performance.

Simpplr is headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA with offices in the UK, Canada, and India, and is backed by Sapphire Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Tola Capital. Learn more at simpplr.com.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for experienced software engineers to join our team in India to help build the future of work. Successful candidates will be working closely in a cross-functional team with other engineers, product managers and our UI/UX designers. They will be responsible for owning development projects from start to completion; this includes helping plan features, build services and deploy infrastructure.

Your Job Responsibilities

What you will be doing:

• Work in a talented cross-functional team to develop new user-facing features using TypeScript/ JavaScript on both the frontend and backend. If you've never used TypeScript/ Javascript before, don’t worry, we'll help you learn.
• Ensure all code is thoroughly covered by automated unit tests and end-to-end tests and that all features meet quality checks before deployment. Quality is incredibly important to us and everybody is responsible for it.
• Contributing to the constant improvement of practices and processes in the team.
• Research new technologies and tools and share your learning with the rest of the team.
• Participate in agile ceremonies; regularly and sustainably delivering value in two-week sprints.
• Work with our existing AWS platform team to deploy infrastructure using Kubernetes
• Help influence the overall architecture and direction of the application.

Your Skillset

What makes you a great fit for the team:

• You are user focused – we solve our customer’s problems together; everybody has a say in planning, design & execution.
• You are a problem solver with exceptional analytical skills and high attention to detail
• You’re familiar with both relational databases and NoSQL solutions and you know when to use each.
• 4+ years of overall experience with at least 2+ years of experience deploying and maintaining applications on any cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• You love identifying new technologies, patterns, and techniques and planning out how we can apply them to improve productivity, code quality and user experience.
• Affinity for profiling and analyzing code to identify areas for improvement.
• Good understanding of CI/CD, unit testing, and automated end-to-end testing.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of functional programming patterns.
• 3+ years of experience in backend development with strong focus on NodeJS .
• Experience in building microservices-based architectures
• Ability to deliver in a global team environment with members working remotely in various time zones and locations
• You have excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to handle both executive-level discussions as well as technical deep dives
• You thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, successfully handle ambiguity, and have experience working with Agile methodologiesExcited by working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Able to occasionally travel to our other offices in Toronto, Brighton and San Francisco.
• Able to lead by an example and operate in an environment promoting diversity, inclusion and respect

We’d especially love to hear from you if:

• You have proven excellence in writing readable and efficient TypeScript/ JavaScript code.
• Your current or previous avatars include working with product based startups
• You have prior experience in working with microservices-based architectures
• You are absolutely focussed on building the best user experience for your end users

Simpplr’s Hub-Hybrid-Remote Model:

At Simpplr we believe that when work is good, life is better and that belief guides all we do. Including how we approach our flexible work model. Simpplr operates with a Hub-Hybrid-Remote model. This model is role-based with exceptions and provides employees with the flexibility that many have told us they want.

• Hub - 100% work from Simpplr office. Role requires Simpplifier to be in the office full-time.
• Hybrid -Hybrid work from home and office. Role dictates the ability to work from home, plus benefit from in-person collaboration on a regular basis.
• Remote - 100% remote. Role can be done anywhere within your country of hire, as long as the requirements of the role are met.