OneSignal

Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Backend

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Customer Engagement, Mobile and Web Push Notifications, Messaging Platforms, SaaSIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote (United States - California, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington), UK, Singapore
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified (Implied: Competitive)

OneSignal is a leading omnichannel customer engagement solution, powering personalized customer journeys across mobile and web push notifications, in-app messaging, SMS, and email. On a mission to democratize engagement, we enable over a million businesses to keep their users - including readers, fans, players and shoppers - engaged and up to date by delivering billions of messages daily. 1 in 5 new apps launches using OneSignal! We support companies in 140 countries, including Zynga, USA Today, Bitcoin.com, Eventbrite, Tribune, and many more - from startups and small businesses just getting off the ground to established companies communicating with millions of customers. We’re Series C, venture-backed by SignalFire, Rakuten Ventures, Y Combinator, HubSpot, and BAM Elevate. We offer remote work as the default option in the United States in California, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Washington. As well as in the UK and Singapore - with plans to expand the locations we support in the future. Some roles are hybrid roles and will be listed as such. We have offices in San Mateo, CA and London, UK, and offer flex seating options for employees to work together in-person where we don't have offices. Hiring in Singapore is done in partnership with a local PEO. OneSignal has a lot of the great tech startup qualities you'd expect, but we don't stop there. Our massive scale and small team, emphasis on healthy life balance and kindness in all our interactions, and focus on ownership and personal growth make OneSignal a uniquely great place to work. Our blog contains more information about the OneSignal Engineering career ladder, and our diverse team.

About The Team

We are hiring backend engineers across a few teams at OneSignal, including Integrations, Analytics, and User Data. We have Senior and Staff level positions available. Your leveling and team fit will be evaluated in the interview process.

What You'll Do

  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and fellow engineers to rapidly scope, build, and ship high-impact features that our customers love.
  • Design and deploy high-scale, efficient distributed systems that solve our customer's toughest problems.
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through peer code reviews, operational enhancements, and architectural decisions and reviews.
  • Lead projects and write technical design documents and specs, while also having an active, hands-on role in implementation and coding.
  • Participate in our on-call rotation and work with the team to efficiently resolve production issues and ensure the system scales smoothly to meet our customers' growing demands.
  • Drive innovation by exploring cutting-edge technologies and championing their adoption, transforming how we build and deliver software.

What You'll Bring

  • 6+ years of professional software development experience
  • Experience building backend microservices

Skills

Backend Development
Scalability
Distributed Systems
API Design
Cloud Computing
Performance Optimization
Messaging Systems
Web Technologies

OneSignal

Customer engagement through push notifications

About OneSignal

OneSignal offers a platform for customer engagement through push notifications, helping businesses connect with their customers via mobile and web notifications. It operates on a freemium model, providing basic services for free and charging for premium features like machine learning for message optimization and detailed analytics. The platform is user-friendly, allowing setup in about 15 minutes and capable of sending billions of notifications daily, including behavior-based triggers. OneSignal stands out with its open-source SDKs and accessible API, aiming to empower businesses to engage their customers effectively.

San Mateo, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$81.7MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Consumer SoftwareIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Remote-first collaboration
Focus time
Flexible vacation
Health, dental, & life
Home office & wellness stipend
Learning & development stipend
Fun offsites
Sweet swag

Risks

Increased competition from market leaders like Airship and CleverTap threatens market share.
Dependency on ActiveCampaign integration poses operational risks.
Freemium model may limit revenue growth if premium conversion rates are low.

Differentiation

OneSignal offers a seamless multi-channel messaging experience for customer engagement.
The platform uses machine learning to optimize message delivery times and personalization.
OneSignal's open-source SDKs and API accessibility appeal to developers.

Upsides

Growing demand for personalized engagement solutions boosts OneSignal's market potential.
Integration with ActiveCampaign enhances OneSignal's push notification capabilities.
SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance strengthen OneSignal's security credentials.

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