Staff Software Engineer

Hellman & Friedman$146K — $195K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience
  • Proven track record in leading and developing full-stack solutions
  • Expertise in React and modern JavaScript frameworks
  • Deep knowledge of Node.js and TypeScript for production applications
  • Experience designing backend services with REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Strong knowledge of SQL with ORM experience
  • Cloud-native development experience, preferably with AWS
  • Ability to leverage AI tools for workflow acceleration.

Responsibilities

  • Build and develop solutions for the e-commerce platform
  • Ensure a high-quality online shopping experience in collaboration with marketing
  • Capture and use data analytics to inform business decisions
  • Communicate effectively with operations for fulfillment and shipping coordination
  • Collaborate with QA engineers on quality end-to-end testing
  • Develop reporting services and internal tools to enhance capabilities

Benefits

  • Mission-driven culture fostering growth and inclusivity
  • Comprehensive rewards package supporting wellness and security
  • Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for employees
  • Opportunities for networking and mentorship through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Full Job Description
What you'll do

SimpliSafe's Enterprise Information Systems team is on a mission to improve how our customers learn about our product, interacting with our website and other sales channels throughout the sales funnel. Our teams ensure that customers quickly receive their home security system to meet our company mission of Every Home Secure. From informing our customers about our product, providing a seamless checkout experience, and delivering that product to their door, our team is focused on delivering the best experience for our customers powered by a platform focused on testability, performance, and reliability.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll help shape the future of our e-commerce codebase by focusing on developer experience and long-term engineering vision by:
  • Building solutions for our e-commerce platform including design, development, testing, and deployment
  • Using the best tools for the job; creating right-sized, tested, and reliable services to meet the needs of the customers and co-workers
  • Working with marketing teams to ensure a high quality, fast, and easy online shopping experience for our customers
  • Working with our data analytics team to ensure we are capturing and leveraging the information we need to drive business decisions
  • Working with operations teams to communicate with fulfillment and shipping services that power our warehouses
  • Working with our QA engineers to ensure we run quality E2E tests during each stage of CI/CD
  • Building reporting services and self-service internal tools for use by others to expand SimpliSafe's capabilities
About You
  • 8+ years of professional experience developing software and business solutions
  • Ability to provide examples of leading or developing full-stack solutions from concept to completion
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers, drive technical decision-making, and set standards that elevate the team's engineering quality
  • Expert experience with React and modern JavaScript frameworks (Remix, Next.js, React Router), including rendering strategies (SSR, CSR, SSG) and scalable client/server architecture design
  • Experience with design systems, component libraries, and structuring a large scale React application
  • Deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, with a strong track record of building and scaling production applications
  • Experience designing and implementing backend services with REST and GraphQL APIs using frameworks like NestJS or Express.js
  • Knowledge of SQL including experience with ORM (TypeORM, Prisma, or others), query optimization, and schema design
  • Experienced cloud-native developer (AWS preferred), focused on creating scalable services using performant architecture patterns and tools including infrastructure as code technologies
  • Experience leveraging AI tools and integrations to accelerate development workflows and automate business processes
  • A collaborative team player with Agile experience and a commitment to continuous delivery of high-quality software
  • Passion for building new things as well as integrating with existing data and third party systems
Nice To Have Skills
  • E-Commerce experience, commercetools a plus
  • Knowledge of containerization including Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
  • Experience with Contentful or other CMS including content modeling
  • Experience with A/B testing platforms such as Contentful Personalization or Optimizely
  • Familiarity with OpenTelemetry or APM tooling (Grafana, New Relic, Datadog) applied to Node.js server performance
What Values You'll Share
  • Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
  • Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
  • No Ego - Maintaining a "no job too small" attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
  • One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
  • Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
  • Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.
What We Offer
  • A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
  • A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here)
  • Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.

The target annual base pay range for this role is $146,600 to $195,500.

This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages, including base pay, taking into consideration employees' job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and other relevant business factors.

Beyond base pay, we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.

We're committed to fair and equitable pay practices, as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.

About Hellman & Friedman

Goodman Manufacturing is an American company operating as an independent subsidiary of Daikin Group, the world's largest manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products and systems. The company, founded in 1975 and based in Waller, Texas, manufactures residential heating and cooling systems. Goodman is located just outside Houston,Texas, in the $417 million Daikin Texas Technology Park.
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