Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: (Salary information not provided)

Common Room is a customer intelligence platform designed to capture buying signals and provide companies with AI enrichment and automation. This enables businesses to connect with the right person at the right time with the appropriate context. The platform addresses challenges posed by fragmented solutions, complex tech stacks, and unactionable intent data by consolidating buying signals into a single system. Common Room facilitates the tracking of the entire customer journey, matching signals to individuals and accounts, and automating actions. The company has secured over $50 million in funding from prominent investors such as Greylock, Index, and Madrona, and benefits from the backing of experienced operators from industry leaders like Figma, Stripe, Airtable, Slack, Notion, and Loom.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Autonomy: Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively seek assistance when necessary.
• Backend Expertise: A strong inclination and capability to manage and execute large projects with a primary focus on backend development.
• Teamwork: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with experienced engineers, including application and front-end developers.
• Pragmatic Judgment: Sound judgment in evaluating tradeoffs and selecting appropriate tools for problem-solving, avoiding an overemphasis on trendy technologies.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with stable and supported technologies such as AWS, Postgres, and Node.js.
• Customer Focus: A commitment to using customer problems as the foundation for system design and the creation of simple, effective solutions.
• System Awareness: Understanding of critical system considerations including observability, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Develop APIs to empower other engineers in solving customer-related problems within the product.
• Ensure the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of Common Room’s core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and systems.
• Identify opportunities and actively participate in significant company-building initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning regarding the product, business, and technology.
• Independently take ownership of and deliver on features from conception to completion.

Application Instructions

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Company Information

• Mission: To establish the first customer intelligence platform tailored for contemporary B2B companies.
• Core Values: Simplicity, Passion, Trust, Each Other, and Customers.
• Key Investors: Greylock, Index, Madrona.
• Notable Backers (Alumni): Operators from Figma, Stripe, Airtable, Slack, Notion, and Loom.