About Us:
ELSA is a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2015. It debuted at SXSW in March 2016, where it won the SXSWedu launch competition, and now has over 50M+ downloads in over 195+ countries. ELSA is a leading, AI-powered language learning platform that teaches people how to speak English confidently to be better understood and tell their story.
Reports To: Engineering Manager
Summary:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and deploying software that solves critical business needs. You will not only be a skilled developer but also a leader and mentor, guiding your team to deliver high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software. You will have the opportunity to shape the development pipeline, influence technical decisions, and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.
Hiring Process:
- Round 1: Technical Challenge (3 days)
- Round 2: Technical Interview (Online)
- Round 3: Culture fit (Online)
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership:
- Demonstrate thought leadership by contributing to technical design decisions that span vertically through the team’s ownership.
- Overcome obstacles and setbacks, adapting to ambiguity, and communicating changes to plans effectively and in a timely manner.
Infrastructure and Operations:
- You keep the CI/CD pipelines in good health, adjusting them as needed.
- You actively set availability and failure rate goals for services your team owns, and pursue them.
- Identify and influence the resolution of infrastructure issues to maintain a reliable and efficient software environment.
Team Collaboration and Growth:
- You force multiply for your team by finding ways to enable them to do more each day.
- Fostering an environment of knowledge sharing and collaboration within the team.
- Focus on enabling colleagues to solve problems independently rather than providing instant solutions.
Code and Quality:
- Your code quality is exemplary.
- Advocate for automating repetitive tasks to reduce errors, save time, and improve efficiency.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of design patterns and architectural principles.
Continuous Improvement:
- Staying up-to-date on industry trends and technologies relevant to the team’s work.
- Embracing experimentation and data-driven decision making for continuous improvement.
Customer Focus:
- Empathising with customer needs and translating them into technical solutions.
- Gathering and analysing customer feedback to inform product development and improvement.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Seek a Front End Engineer with a strong understanding of full-stack development and willing to expand your expertise to be a full stack engineer.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to leverage data for strategic decision-making.
- In-depth understanding of software development best practices, methodologies, and SDLC in a high-speed setting using cloud computing.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
- Proficiency in technical decision-making and trade-offs, considering both short-term and long-term impacts.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop team members.
- Experience with AWS and Microservice is an advantage
- Experience with Flutter app development is an advantage
- Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices is an advantage
- Proficiency in English
Benefits:
- Competitive GROSS salary
- Sign On Bonus
- Stock options
- Working time: Mon-Fri (Flexible working hour), remote/hybrid working
- Up to 16 days Annual leave, 1 Birthday leave, 1 Christmas leave
- Premium Health Insurance for personal and family (Generali)
- Free ELSA Premium courses to polish your language skills
- Fun energetic team; international & collaborative culture
- Opportunities to grow professionally and play a critical role to shape the next stage of the company’s growth
- Experience the true spirit of a fast growing and well funded Silicon Valley startup
To Apply:
- Apply now to maximize your talents and make a real impact! Send your CV to [email protected] or Linkedin
Software Solutions Specialists
We are a lean and mean team of software solutions specialists. We like to delve into cutting-edge technologies. We prize Resourcefulness, Teamwork, and Happiness at work. It's satisfying and cool to work smart, quickly, efficiently, and effectively.