Date Posted

10/16/23

Job Role

Engineer

Organization Type

Technology Provider, Vendor or Service Provider

Location

Remote

Salary Range

$41,000-$60,000 | $61,000-$80,000

How to Apply

For information about the position or to apply, contact info[at]survey160[dot]com.

Are you a great problem solver who takes pride in your work and in making a difference? This is a chance to gain experience building for scale and seeing impactful work in production. Please apply! Candidates of color, women and non-binary candidates, and LGBTQ candidates are especially encouraged. Survey 160 recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. Survey 160 celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Software Engineer (Backend)

Survey 160 | Remote | Permanent

Date Posted

10/16/23

Job Role

Engineer

Organization Type

Technology Provider, Vendor or Service Provider

Location

Remote

Salary Range

$41,000-$60,000 | $61,000-$80,000

Position Summary

Survey 160 seeks a remote 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 early in their career with experience and/or 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

  • 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

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

  • Ability to program in Python (preferably v3.5 and above)

  • Knowledge of relational databases and SQL (preferably PostgreSQL)

  • Experience developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (e.g., Flask, Django)

  • Familiar with git, github, and source control workflow

  • 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)

  • Understand how microservices run together on cloud technologies/SaaS (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure)

  • Familiarity with modern DevOps protocols

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

  • Experience with Agile project management techniques

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 $55,000 and $75,000, depending on experience.

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