Staff Backend Engineer, Content API

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: New York
Posted on: October 19, 2024

Job Description:

ABOUT THE ROLEContent Cloud at Peloton enables Peloton members' out-of-class experience. We have built to move faster and scale safely with minimal effort. The core of this mission is creating the best member experience in the tech industry for the entire spectrum of Peloton's technology. We work across an incredible range of technology domains: hardware, firmware, web, mobile, backend, data, messaging, content, streaming, and machine learning. We get to apply these to craft a platform of products millions of customers love worldwide. We seek an engaged and enthusiastic Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead) to join our Count Cloud API team. You will join a team where everyone shares a common interest in designing, running, and maintaining our high traffic. We have a mix of microservices and monolithic API applications (written in Python and Kotlin) while striving for simplicity and high development speed. The team's mission is to ensure the smooth functioning of our core. YOUR DAILY IMPACT AT PELOTON

• Technical Leadership: Staff Software Engineers lead complex projects, providing technical direction and ensuring that engineering teams meet project goals. They are involved in high-level decision-making regarding the technical strategy of the organization.
• Project Oversight: They oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that they align with business objectives and technical standards. This includes evaluating existing processes for optimization and collaborating on prototype development.
• Mentorship: A significant part of their role involves mentoring junior engineers and providing sponsorship to help them advance in their careers. This includes sharing knowledge and best practices while fostering a supportive team environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Staff Software Engineers work closely with various teams, including product management and design, to ensure cohesive project execution. They must effectively communicate technical requirements and facilitate discussions among stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: They are responsible for maintaining high standards in software development, including implementing quality control measures throughout the project's lifecycle. This may involve resolving structural design issues and ensuring compliance with industry standards.YOU BRING TO PELOTON
  • 8+ years of experience developing high-performance, highly scalable backend cloud application systems
  • Proven experiences in owning the deployments of systems into production
  • Expertise in Kotlin, Python, or similar languages
  • Enjoy triaging low-level system issues and have a knack of introducing automation where you see gaps
  • A valued teammate in a dynamic, autonomous, cross-functional agile team that inspires others
  • Experience mentoring engineers with the team-focused mentality for success
  • Experience with multiple database engines (Postgres, MySql, DynamoDB)
  • Experience with request processing such as REST, gRPC, or GraphQL
  • Exposure to various web services frameworks such as Spring, Flask or similar
  • Have experience using monitoring and metrics to support KPIs and performance of APIs
  • Communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Hands-on experience decomposing monoliths into microservices
  • Hands-on experience designing and building event-driven architectures#LI-RF2#LI-HybridThe base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position based at our New York City headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including individual performance, business objectives, and if the location for the job changes. Our base salary is just one component of Peloton's competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan as well as other region-specific health and welfare benefits.As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing for our employees and their family. To achieve this goal, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:- Medical, dental and vision insurance- Generous paid time off policy- Short-term and long-term disability- Access to mental health services- 401k, tuition reimbursement and student loan paydown plans- Employee Stock Purchase Plan- Fertility and adoption support and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave - Child care and family care discounts- Free access to Peloton Digital App and apparel and product discounts- Commuter benefits and Citi Bike Discount- Pet insurance and so much more!Base Salary Range$208,505-$245,300 USDABOUT PELOTON:Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), provides Members with expert instruction, and world class content to create impactful and entertaining workout experiences for anyone, anywhere and at any stage in their fitness journey. At home, outdoors, traveling, or at the gym, Peloton brings together immersive classes, cutting-edge technology and hardware, and the Peloton App with multiple tiers to personalize the Peloton experience [with or without equipment]. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has millions of Members across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, and Austria. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.At Peloton, we motivate the world to live better. "Together We Go Far" means that we are greater than the sum of our parts, stronger collectively when each one of us is at our best. By combining hardware, software, content, retail, apparel, manufacturing, Member support, and so much more, we deliver an exhilarating fitness experience that unlocks our members' greatness. Join our team to unlock yours.Peloton is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Peloton, where all team members, applicants, and other covered persons are considered on the basis of their personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all practices and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email: applicantaccommodations@onepeloton.comPlease be aware that fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers may be circulated on the Internet in an attempt to obtain privileged information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Peloton does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page and all communications from the Peloton recruiting team and/or hiring managers will be from an @ email address. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of Peloton, please email applicantaccommodations@onepeloton.com before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.Peloton does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Agencies should not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Peloton employees or any other organization location. Peloton is not responsible for any agency fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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