Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)
Coinbase$180,625 - $212,000/year
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI, Enterprise Software, SaaSIndustries
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in product engineering with 2 years as a TL/M
- BA/BS in computer science, or related degree
- Experience building and shipping scalable features across frontend and backend
- Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-knit and cross-functional environment
- A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
- A user-centric and empathetic mentality for building products
- Experience on a consumer grade web app frontend, preferably React based
- Love authoring easy-to-hold and future-proof REST APIs, OpenAPI is a plus
- Experience building distributed CRUD level functionality, ideally both SQL and NoSQL
- Comfortable in or desire to master Golang, Java and TypeScript
Responsibilities
- Oversee the entirety of your greenfield features from inception to implementation, experimentation, launch and beyond
- Revolutionize the current experience by incorporating AI into the product
- Provide leadership and mentor more junior engineers
- Work with designers, product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to understand our problem space and create elegant solutions
- Architect REST APIs that are backed by stable, scalable server side implementations and maximize web client flexibility for rapidly meeting evolving product requirements
- Write robust code that’s efficient, easy to read, maintain and test
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the work location or remote policy for this role?
This role is hybrid, requiring 3 days a week in one of our Bay Area offices.
What experience level is required for this position?
Candidates need 5+ years of experience in product engineering with 2 years as a TL/M.
What technical skills are required for this role?
Required skills include experience building scalable features across frontend and backend, consumer-grade web app frontend preferably React-based, authoring REST APIs, building distributed CRUD functionality with SQL and NoSQL, and comfort with Golang, Java, and TypeScript.
What is the company culture like at Glean?
Glean fosters a customer-focused, tight-knit, and cross-functional environment where engineers thrive by working with designers, product managers, data scientists, and others to create elegant solutions.
What makes a strong candidate for this Lead Software Engineer role?
Strong candidates have a BA/BS in computer science or related degree, a proactive and positive attitude to lead and take ownership, a user-centric and empathetic mentality, and experience providing leadership and mentoring junior engineers.
Glean
AI-powered search tool for workplace productivity
About Glean
Glean enhances workplace productivity by providing an AI-powered search tool that works across all applications within a company. This tool utilizes deep learning-based Language Models to understand natural language queries, allowing users to find information more easily. It continuously learns from the specific language and context of a company, improving the relevance of search results without manual adjustments. Additionally, Glean offers a chat assistant that can analyze and summarize information from various company documents and conversations, further increasing efficiency. Unlike many competitors, Glean's focus on natural language processing and its ability to adapt to a company's unique context set it apart. The goal of Glean is to streamline information retrieval in the workplace, making it accessible and efficient for all types of organizations, from startups to large enterprises.
Palo Alto, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$637.1MTotal Funding
SERIES_ECompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
501-1,000Employees
Benefits
Healthcare - Happy and healthy go together. We cover medical, dental, and vision for you and yours.
Competitive compensation - Have a real stake in your job and your future with competitive stock options.
401(k) - We make it easy to save for the future today by contributing to a 401k.
Flexible work - We work 3 days a week in the office, though we believe in folks working where they can be most effective.
Company events - We work hard and play hard - from weekly happy hours to our annual company retreat.
Unlimited PTO - Flexible hours, PTO, company-wide summer and winter break shutdown
Transparent culture - By default we keep things open and accessible so we can make better decisions together, faster.
Learning and development - We offer a learning stipend to help you grow and achieve your goals.
Free meals - With lunch and dinner options every day, no need to work while you’re hungry.
Risks
Inflated valuations in AI could lead to financial instability for Glean.
Competition from tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon pressures Glean's market share.
Opening a new office in Bengaluru may strain resources and impact operational efficiency.
Differentiation
Glean uses AI to enhance workplace productivity with a unique search tool.
The platform integrates with enterprise data, providing personalized, context-aware search results.
Glean's AI assistant offers analyses and summaries, reducing time spent on information retrieval.
Upsides
Glean's $260M funding round doubled its valuation to $4.6 billion in 2023.
The rise of hybrid work models increases demand for Glean's seamless information retrieval tools.
Growing data privacy emphasis allows Glean to offer robust, compliant data hosting options.
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