Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are

We started our company to help others launch and run their own businesses, at any stage. The way we help is by keeping it simple and supporting entrepreneurs one step at a time. Put simply: our mission is to enable anyone to start, run, and grow their business while avoiding the common pitfalls that derail hopeful entrepreneurs. No more having to wade through forms, taxes, or ongoing state compliance.

We are a remote company based in Austin, Texas. We have team members from Florida to Oregon and all points in-between. Take pride in your work knowing that it shapes how people all across the country reach their goal of starting, running, and growing their business.

If the idea of helping people and working with a genuinely caring, supportive team excites you, then you’ve come to the right place.

The Role

In this role, you will work closely with engineers, product owners, and designers to own new product features and enhancements that change the lives of our small business customers. You’ll architect and implement high-performance and scalable backend systems using Python, Node, and Go, and build user experiences with React.

This position will report to the Engineering Manager - eCommerce and is a remote role.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality, predictable, observable code and deliver it to production

• Own the delivery of new products by working iteratively with the design, engineers and product owners to define and deliver new functionality

• Work in an agile, data-driven environment and have true ownership of the features you work on, from gathering requirements to delivering results

• Use data-driven decision making to improve your code (logs, usage analytics, monitoring)

• Serve as a technical leader and mentor for the engineering team, providing guidance and support to less experienced developers

• Contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team and across the organization

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant software development experience

• Experience shipping web-based products, working with designers and product owners to develop and deliver workflows and libraries

• Extensive experience with operations, API development, and modern service-oriented architecture

• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with the ability to articulate your decisions, whiteboard new solutions, present ideas concisely, and defend your ideas

• Excited about working with designers to create an amazing user experience

• Curious and comfortable learning new things and diving in where needed

• Familiarity with JavaScript and React

Our Technology Stack

• Python & Django

• PostgreSQL

• Google Cloud Platform & Kubernetes

• Go

• JavaScript (ES 6+)

• React 16.8+ / Redux / Apollo GraphQL

• Node.js 12+ / Express / Fastify

Remote Culture. A great company culture leads to happy employees, and happy employees lead to happy customers. We provide our employees with good salaries, benefits, equity, and interesting challenges that have a positive impact.

Let’s stay connected! We believe in staying connected, and we have a weekly “All Hands” meeting every week. We also have a social committee that hosts frequent events. We’ve held a virtual talent show, costume competitions, monthly lunch and learn series, Hackathons and more!

Benefits. The company offers various benefits to employees and their dependents, including medical, vision, dental, disability, and life insurance, as well as parental and military leave. Other benefits include an employee assistance program, 401k + match, annual bonus, pet insurance, and RSUs. Paid parking* and 10 paid holidays are also provided.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We believe in diversity, equity & inclusion. At ZenBusiness, every voice counts no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, location, or background. We celebrate the diversity of our teams, knowing that our products, services, and customers thrive best when we lean into and celebrate our differences.

Please check out our careers' page to learn more about our culture, benefits, and open opportunities.

*applicable to in-office employees