Senior Software Engineer

Los Angeles, California, United StatesRemoteFull TimeSenior$125,200–$184,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoHidden Gem · YC Startup

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GOAT Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their dynamic Engineering team. This role involves managing projects of significant scope, formulating game plans for feature delivery, making technical recommendations, and identifying/fixing bugs and performance bottlenecks. The engineer will also coordinate with other technical and product teams and contribute to team processes like code reviews. The position requires 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong preference for Ruby on Rails, though Python, Go, PHP, or Java are also acceptable. Experience with e-commerce/web applications and familiarity with web services, tradeoffs, and design patterns are essential. The role emphasizes learning, autonomy, and handling increasing responsibility.

At GOAT Group, the Engineering team is an integral part of our dynamic company. By joining the team, your skills will be front and center, working alongside other passionate individuals to solve problems and build software. From launching compelling new consumer experiences, tackling global logistics challenges to scaling infrastructure to facilitate our rapid growth – technology is essential to driving our vision forward. The work you do will change the way the world shops, while also empowering entrepreneurs, including individual sellers, brands and boutiques.

**In this role, you will:**

* Manage projects and problems of significantly larger scopes
* Formulate an efficient game plan for delivering a stable, well-tested feature on time
* Make technical recommendations that improve the codebase while minimizing risk
* Identify and fix (or ideally avoid) bugs and performance bottlenecks
* Coordinate and communicate seamlessly across other technical and product teams
* Be a helpful and supportive presence on the team, contributing to code reviews, and other team processes

**We are looking for:**

* Bachelor’s degree preferred
* 5+ years of experience in software engineering with Ruby on Rails (Python, Go, PHP, or Java are also acceptable)
* Experience with e-commerce/web applications
* Familiarity and comfortability with the technologies, the tradeoffs, and the design patterns emerging in web services
* A quick learner, a self-starter, ability to work autonomously, and be willing (and able) to handle the pressures of an increasing level of responsibility

GOAT Group uses geographic pay tiers based on the employee’s home state to align compensation with market differences across the U.S.\
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Hiring Range:\
Tier 1 (Includes states such as California, New York (including New York City), Washington, Illinois and other higher-cost markets)\
$147,200 - $184,000 USD\
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Tier 2 - (Includes mid-cost markets across the U.S.)\
$132,800 - $166,000 USD\
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Tier 3 - (All other U.S. locations)\
$125,200 - $156,500 USD

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