SDE II - Remote

About RudderStack

At RudderStack, we are redefining enterprise-scale data collection and routing. We are building a customer data platform (CDP) on the customer's own data warehouse. Our open-source, developer-first approach is the first of its kind. We understand the outsized impact customer data has on businesses, and we understand the challenges and pain points. We are looking to solve the customer data management problem in enterprises, once and for all, in a secure, compliant and cost-effective way.

RudderStack collects data from 30+ sources, can transform events on the fly, and routes to 150 different marketing, sales, product, analytics applications all with one snippet of code.

We’re backed by Insight Partners, Kleiner Perkins and S28 and have raised a total of $82 million in funding. Our customers include Crate + Barrel, Acorns, PrizePicks, and Cars.com. We process critical customer data for some top companies around the world, and are looking for ambitious individuals to join our team and help shape the future of our product.

What we are looking for

• A minimum of 3+ years of software development experience
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms, and CS fundamentals
• Strong coding and problem-solving skills
• Strong understanding of NodeJS with typescript
• Strong understanding of SQL databases
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, AWS services
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks—particularly ReactJS—is a plus

Responsibilities

• Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production
• Quickly produce well-organized, optimized, testable, and documented source code
• Build scalable software systems
• Review code work for accuracy and functionality.
• Interact with product managers and convert their vision into technical solutions

Here are examples of things we've worked on:

• Built 200+ integrations using a variety of methods, including REST APIs, SOAP services, file uploads, and streaming architectures.
• Engineered scalable data pipelines capable of processing billions of events, ensuring seamless transformation and ingestion.
• Implemented support for multiple authentication mechanisms, including OAuth, API keys, and certificate-based authentication, across integrations.
• Developed a highly accurate alerting system that processes diverse error responses, achieving 99% accuracy in failure detection.
• Tools you would use day to day: NodeJS, ReactJS, React Hooks, Prism (ORM), Timescaledb, Postgres, Redis, Snowflake
• Secure coding practices that are SOC-2 compliant

How we achieve results:

• Empathy, for the problems encountered by our customers.
• Collaboration with product, design, and other engineering teams to achieve results.
• Care deeply not only about the quality of your and the team's code but also about the customer experience
• Curiosity and understanding, for investigating causes and finding effective solutions.
• Output driven to provide value to our customers in a significant, measurable, and positive way.
• Focus on writing testable, performant, bug-free code to provide the right solutions to the problems.

Why work for us

• We are a remote-first team. We have our engineering teams located in US, India and EU.
• It would be a challenging, grounds-up opportunity for you. You get a chance to work on challenging problems along with amazing engineers. If you outperform, you will experience an extraordinary career growth due to our rewarding culture.
• We are a high-performance team of data, security, and marketing experts, who have spent a lot of time working with large-scale data at enterprises in Silicon Valley & India. We are looking to solve the customer data management problem once and for all in a secure, compliant, and cost-effective way.