Staff Software Engineer

**About Ergeon**

We are disrupting the trillion-dollar construction industry with technology, making it possible for almost any profession to operate remotely. Our company is the only startup combining the strengths of technology and remote work to solve the challenges of residential construction. Our software and data engine allow our remote team to offer customers a user-friendly local experience. We have integrated 3D CAD modeling, video, satellite mapping, appointment scheduling, real-time pricing data, regulations data in our suite of ERP software and mobile apps. Our software powers a growing all-remote team of hundreds of staff members, brought together by our shared values of being kind, investing in people, and being lean. You can read more about our all-remote engineering team here: Cracking the Code for All-Remote Engineering Teams

With the belief that everyone has a right to professional growth and respect regardless of their location, we proudly have staff (aka Ergeoneers) in dozens of countries, with a great score and recommendation rating on Glassdoor. Come join us to make construction friendly and accessible

Ergeon: [er - g
- eon]

Erg = unit of work or energy

Eon = billion years

Ergeon is founded by CS Ph.D. serial entrepreneurs Jiayue (Jenny) He and Odysseas Tstatalos. They picked this name to symbolize their joint passion for using tech to revolutionize work.

**Overview of the Role**

We are looking for an experienced, collaborative and mature staff software engineer to join our development team. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will have direct impact on the company's success by architecting our software systems, creating and encouraging team-wide software development best practices, driving strategic technical improvements, interviewing and mentoring other engineers.

As a staff engineer, you will collaborate closely with our Product team and senior leadership to outline the technical roadmap for the team, and plan the team skill/ capacity needs to deliver on our ambitious Product roadmap. You will also have input in the selection of new team members and help onboard them so we can continue growing at a fast pace.

**Responsibilities**
- Participate in the development and implementation of scalable system design, architecture principles, requirements, and standards
- Produce maintainable code following the best OOP/OOD practices in agile environment, leading by example
- Develop innovative approaches to technical software development problems
- Architect important systems and anticipate strategic and scaling-related challenges via thoughtful long-term planning
- Set direction for the team and help guide engineering vision
- Build and sustain good working relationships with team members and help them by solving complex problems, reviewing code, and sharing feedback
- Mentor engineers and help everyone level up

**Compensation**
- Annual salary between $65-$110 thousand USD, depending on experience and location

**Desired Skills and Experience**

Must have
- Ability to set technical and cultural standards for engineers
- Solid CS fundamentals, with one or more area of deep knowledge and experience (Python/Django preferred)
- Good understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Deep care for user experience and producing high quality code
- Solid SQL knowledge (Relational Databases - Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, etc...)
- Javascript/Typescript experience
- Ability to multitasking, problem-solving, and working cross-functionally in a dynamic environment
- Availability during the morning Pacific Time (6am-10am)
- Comfortable working remotely with a distributed team

Nice to have
- Experience with ReactJS
- Experience with containers technologies (Docker, etc.)
- Experience working with Linux
- Experience with clouds (AWS preferred)
- Experience working in a distributed team
- Experience with Scrum or other agile development process

**Benefits**
- Stock options
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Laptop replacement of up to $2,000 reimbursed after 1 year of full time work and every 3 years after
- $400 reimbursed annually for learning, software/hardware or workplace improvements and fitness related spending
- Headset reimbursement
- Company-sponsored English lessons