
Senior Full Stack Engineer - Engineering Foundation (REMOTE) at Discogs. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, the ideal candidate will play a pivotal role within our squad of dedicated engineers, contributing to the creation of software and services for the Discogs product. In this position, they will serve as a technical subject matter expert, advancing our technology vision and promoting best practices in development and testing to support Discogs' transformation and growth strategies. Their ability to effectively multi-task across various projects and quickly adapt to new areas of code, even those outside their prior knowledge and experience, will be essential. Additionally, they will provide strong technical leadership and mentorship to enhance the skills and capabilities of their fellow team members, fostering a collaborative and motivating environment across all squads.. Location. This is a remote position. . Open to candidates located in OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL. Compensation. Starting Base Salary: $120,000 - $127,500 yearly. Who We Are. Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community. What You’ll Accomplish. . Plan, develop, and deploy server-side and client-side software in sprint cycles.. . Observe, debug and optimize production systems with thousands of concurrent users.. . Research new frontiers, prototype implementations and share knowledge.. . Communicate openly and collaborate frequently with Product and Engineering teams to quickly deliver high quality products that maximize value to the Discogs ecosystem.. . Take responsibility over large, complex features from concept to design to delivery with no guidance. . . Maintain, rebuild and adapt legacy codebases alongside modernizing our stack. . . Assists team with estimation and prioritization of development efforts.. . Coaches and mentors other engineers by providing recommendations, technical oversight, code reviews and feedback.. . Other duties as assigned.. . What You’ll Contribute. Minimum Experience and Education. . 5+ years of experience developing software solutions. . Building, operating, troubleshooting and optimizing production systems under load.. . Delivered software using Python and JavaScript with frameworks.. . Interface with relational databases using SQL.. . Using Git and conducting code reviews within a sprint SDLC.. . Familiarity with Build systems, DevOps and CI/CD procedures.. . Familiarity with cloud services.. . Thorough understanding of HTTP APIs.. . Possess advanced knowledge in your specialization to be able to guide and mentor team members. . . Experience designing and leading a software project from requirements to delivery with no guidance.. . Experience completing a significant refactor of an existing software project.. . Experience independently researching and leading technical discussions with peers.. . Thoroughly understands the business vision, mission, and strategy and how their code supports and affects business outcomes.. . Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from key stakeholders and decision makers.. . Working knowledge of taking a large complex project, breaking it down into sub-tasks, and completing those tasks as required.. . Shows initiative and seeks evidence in data to support ideas.. . Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university in math\computer science related field, or equivalent work experience. . . Preferred Experience. . . Use of containerization and orchestration technologies, Docker and Kubernetes.. . Node.js, FastAPI, React, GraphQL, Kafka, Flask, Redis, Memcached. . AWS, DataDog, Cloudflare Workers, WP Engine. . Microservices, distributed/edge systems and event driven architectures.. . ADA / WCAG Compliance. . Company Location: United States.