Staff Engineer, Developer Experience

Provi
Chicago, Illinois
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Job Description
Provi is innovating the 240-billion dollar alcohol industry—do you want to be part of something game-changing? We were a hungry team in 2016 when we started and we’re still a hungry team, living our values— Host, Serve, Deliver and Celebrate—every day. We make sure that as the company grows, our people grow too and we’d love to have you on board.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. But guess what? No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. Trust your experience and apply!

As our Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience you will be responsible for creating a productive and enjoyable development environment for our engineering teams, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance. You will be working with cross-functional teams to develop, enhance and maintain our development, deployment, and testing pipelines. The ideal candidate should have excellent programming skills, deep understanding of software architecture and design patterns, and strong familiarity with the tools developers need so they can be focused on the products they’re building without being bogged down by the specific details of the environment.

We are a small group of highly capable engineers who value autonomy, good judgment, and timely execution in our peers. We work hard to strike the careful balance of delivering high-quality products rapidly that are also well-architected and sustainable long term. Our products are delivered and evaluated iteratively with a singular focus on finding the very best outcomes for our users and their business.

What you will be doing:

    • Define and prioritize initiatives to improve the developer experience across our engineering teams
    • Develop and execute a roadmap for improving developer tooling, documentation, and processes
    • Collaborate with developers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to identify requirements and constraints for developer experience initiatives
    • Work closely with our DevOps team to ensure that development infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and efficient
    • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, feedback, and experimentation
    • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
    • Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other team members
    • Troubleshoot and debug software issues as they arise
    • Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with new technologies and best practices
    • Mentor junior team members and share knowledge with the wider team

What we hope to see in your experience

    • 8+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on developer experience and deploying software in the cloud (AWS) as part of a remote team
    • Experience with open source software development and community engagement
    • Strong understanding of web application development, including RESTful APIs, MVC, and frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
    • Experience with software testing and automated testing frameworks
    • Familiarity with database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis)
    • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, able to identify and prioritize issues and opportunities
    • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
    • Experience leading and mentoring other engineers is a plus
$175,000 - $210,000 a year
What you can do at Provi:

Make an impact:
Work directly with the management team to help grow the business.
Find your groove and grow: Provi keeps growing and you should too. Expand your skill set, diversify your experience and develop along with us.
Enjoy competitive benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K with match, Commuter Perks, Long/Short Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Unlimited PTO and ½ day Fridays in the Summer.
Flexibility at work: We are remote first but have a great office in downtown Chicago for employees to use.
Be a part of something big: Join a dynamic and innovative team that is working to change a major industry.

Provi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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Provi
Web Development
Full Time
Onsite
Competitive
See Description for Experience
2 years ago