Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Backend
OneSignalJob Summary
At OneSignal, we are hiring Backend Engineers to join our Integrations, Analytics, and User Data teams. As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer, you will collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and fellow engineers to build high-impact features. You'll design and deploy large-scale distributed systems, lead projects, and contribute to continuous improvement through code reviews and architectural decisions. The role requires experience in backend microservices, Rust/Golang, noSQL databases like ScyllaDB or Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and designing RESTful APIs or gRPC endpoints. We offer a competitive salary ranging from $160k to $210k annually, along with equity and comprehensive benefits.
Company Benefits
- ✓Competitive equity program
- ✓Comprehensive and inclusive benefits
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About The Team:
We are hiring backend engineers across a few teams at OneSignal, including Integrations, Analytics, and User Data. We have Senior and Staff level positions available. Your leveling and team fit will be evaluated in the interview process.
What You'll Do:
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and fellow engineers to rapidly scope, build, and ship high-impact features that our customers love
Design and deploy high-scale, efficient distributed systems that solve our customer's toughest problems
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through peer code reviews, operational enhancements, and architectural decisions and reviews.
Lead projects and write technical design documents and specs, while also having an active, hands-on role in implementation and coding
Participate in our on-call rotation and work with the team to efficiently resolve production issues and ensure the system scales smoothly to meet our customers' growing demands.
Drive innovation by exploring cutting-edge technologies and championing their adoption, transforming how we build and deliver software
What You'll Bring:
6+ years of professional software development experience
Experience building backend microservices at scale
Experience with a statically typed language, preferably: Rust and/or Golang, or a strong willingness to learn these two languages quickly
Experience with ScyllaDB, Cassandra or similar noSQL databases
Experience with distributed system event streaming framework such as Apache Kafka
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience designing RESTful APIs and/or gRPC endpoints
Have a good understanding of clean software design principles
We value a variety of experiences, and these are not required. It would be an added bonus if you have experience in any of the following:
Experience with Ruby/Rails
Experience with continuous build in an Agile Environment
Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
The New York and California base salary for Senior Software Engineer full time position is between $160,000 to $180,000, and Staff Software Engineer full time position is between $190,000 and $210,000. Your exact starting salary is determined by a number of factors such as your experience, skills, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, we also offer a competitive equity program and comprehensive and inclusive benefits.
