Senior Software Engineer

Survey 160 seeks a remote Senior Software Engineer to be a cornerstone member of our small but growing team. Survey 160 is a research company that builds and uses proprietary software to conduct live interviewer SMS surveys for elections, public policy, academic, and commercial topics. The Software Engineer will work with our engineering team to build new features for a well-designed, robust, scalable platform. Through this work, you will help Survey 160 achieve its mission of providing accurate and actionable public opinion research at affordable costs.

This role is ideal for someone with prior experience and interest in software development and who is passionate about tech, software development and advancing progressive values.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• In collaboration with engineering team, contribute to server development and maintenance of microservices

• Take ownership of select new features, from conception to deployment

• Improve existing codebase

• Develop needs assessments, user stories, program specifications, and prototypes

• Write, test, debug, integrate, and ship high-quality, well-documented code, both your own and others’

• Investigate customer issues and support data integrity of relational database

• Create and promote clear documentation

REQUIREMENTS

• Multiple years of prior experience working on commercial software engineering within an agile deployment environment

• Up to date in modern programming methodologies, languages and tools

• Ability to program in modern Python and Javascript, and at least 1 other major language (C, C++, Java, etc) and experience writing containerized applications

• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL (preferably PostgreSQL), and database interaction strategies for applications

• Experience developing with cloud computing platforms and knowledge of microservices deployment strategies

• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking & communication skills

• Self-motivated and able to work remotely (don’t we all now?)

• Believe in building an inclusive community with and for your coworkers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with specific elements of our tech stack, including a Python/Flask API, React JS frontend, PostgreSQL database hosted on Google Cloud Platform, Redis, Python-Celery

• Experience with messaging APIs (e.g. Twilio, Bandwidth)

• Experience working collaboratively with teams of engineers, product managers, and other key stakeholders

LOCATION

Survey 160 is a fully remote company; all applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and be able to virtually meet with other team members during US time zone working hours.

COMPENSATION

The salary range is between $90,000 and $120,000, depending on experience.