Staff Software Engineer - Application Stack

4 Months ago • 10 Years +

Software Development & Engineering

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer - Application Stack, you will be responsible for scaling distributed applications, making architectural trade-offs using synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, writing high-quality code, and delivering solutions with speed and quality. You will develop scalable, high-volume applications that operate 24/7. You will also provide technical leadership, drive best engineering practices, and collaborate with product owners to understand requirements and deliver complete solutions. This includes ensuring service stability, reliability, scalability, and security. You will produce unit-tested and code-reviewed software, and be involved in design and implementation of microservices, API/Endpoint architectures, and event-based workflows.

Good To Have:

Proficiency in Rust, Go, Python, NodeJS
Experience with Kafka at scale
Experience with no-SQL datastores

Must Have:

10+ years of software engineering experience
Experience with GCP (or AWS)
Expert in Java
Experience in building infrastructure and web services at scale
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design
Proficient in microservices-based architectures
Experience with event-based / pub-sub workflows
Strong background in databases
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

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This is a remote-based position in Mexico located in Mexico City or Monterrey.

Calix provides the cloud, software platforms, systems and services required for communications service providers to simplify their businesses, excite their subscribers and grow their value.

Our team is growing and we're looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Application Stack.

Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
Develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
Provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs. Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity.
Work closely with product owners to understand, analyze product requirements, provide feedback, and deliver a complete solution.
Technical leadership of software design in meeting requirements of service stability, reliability, scalability, and security
Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics or equivalent experience.
10+ years of highly technical, hands-on software engineering experience.
Practical understanding and usage of GCP (or AWS) Cloud platform and services.
Expert in Java. Proficiency in other languages like Rust, Go, Python, NodeJS is a plus.
Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale.
Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Strong, creative problem-solving skills and ability to abstract and share details to create meaningful articulation.
Proficient in design and implementation of microservices-based, API/Endpoint architectures
Strong background in designing and developing event-based / pub-sub workflows & data ingestion solutions. Proficiency and hands on experience with Kafka at scale (or similar) desired.
Strong background in transactional databases and good understanding and experience with no-SQL datastores.
Organized and goal-focused, ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills