Sr. Software Engineer - remote

Posted 3 years ago
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About Ceros

Ceros is an experiential platform that empowers the creation of bespoke, immersive digital experiences without code. We’re passionate about helping companies transform their static digital content into engaging experiences. From custom microsites to immersive interactive webpages, you can build it with Ceros. Publish and update live content and instantly embed it into your site or social media platforms such as Pinterest or Snapchat. Join us and be part of the movement to enable everyone to create experiences that matter.

Our customers include some of the world’s leading brands, such as Mashable, Bloomberg, Red Bull, United Airlines, and AIG.

We are well-funded and institutionally-backed by prominent investors including Sumeru Equity Partners, Grotech Ventures, Greycroft, and Starvest Partners.

The Role

Designing and building the Ceros platform is not an easy task. We require the best-of-the-best Developers, Designers, and QA Testers, ready to bring the functionality of desktop software to the web, often pushing web browsers to the limits of what’s currently possible.

Our codebase is 95% JavaScript and the Ceros product is comprised of multiple single-page applications with a client-heavy focus. We use libraries like jQuery, Require, and Backbone. The Ceros Studio is architected around the HTML5 Canvas element. We’re not language zealots. We believe in using the right tool for the job, and our current server-side infrastructure runs PHP, Node.js, Redis, AWS Aurora, Docker, Jenkins, etc. on the Amazon AWS cloud.

The Team

As part of the Ceros product team, you’ll be working with a small, cross-functional group of the most talented people you’ve ever worked with. We hire only passionate and creative people with a proven and unquestionable ability to execute, and every member of the team is equally responsible for moving the product forward.

We have a dynamic company culture that collaborates daily. We care deeply about the user experience, and we debate passionately about our ideas. When you work at Ceros, you check your ego at the door, and you aren’t afraid to be honest, especially to yourself. We take our jobs seriously but ourselves not so much -- whether it’s cracking jokes in the chat room or poking fun at the CEO’s atrocious spelling.

Key Responsibilities

  • Writing maintainable code (probably goes without saying)
  • Having your day ruined by functional QA testers who find every bug you write
  • Planning and leading high-complexity stories and epics
  • Reviewing story docs and offering insights on impacts to other parts of the application
  • Performing code reviews and helping to enforce our code and architectural standards
  • Participating as a primary on-call resource for service disruptions
  • Handling superfriend responsibilities with minimal assistance
  • Acting as release owner
  • Mentoring other software engineers
  • Suggesting new technologies and techniques to improve engineer productivity
  • Agonizing over the user experience until even a trained monkey could use the product
  • Collaborating with and mentoring your peers on security best practices
  • And finally, deploying your code to production and seeing the customer create something amazing and beautiful with it.

Key Things to Know

  • This is a remote role
  • We want you to start ASAP
  • This is a full-time position

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Stock options
  • Premium health insurance
  • 401K match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Unlimited vacation days
  • Wellness Fridays (Half Day Fridays)
  • Excellent gear (Macbook Air, external monitor, etc.)
  • Stipend for WFH set-up
  • Growth and learning opportunities
  • Virtual experiences in which Cerosians can collaborate, educate, and create social connections with one another

At Ceros, we are deeply committed to the recruitment, retention, and growth of diverse talent;uniting people from unique backgrounds in our shared passion for unlocking creativity through technology.

As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company.