Sr. Backend Developer

Sagetap is a rapidly growing startup that is changing the way software vendors bring products to market. We are building a marketplace that enables b2b software vendors to identify, validate, and iterate their product and go-to-market strategies directly with target technology buyers & end-users in a non-sales setting. The Sagetap platform combines access to these practitioners with a suite of SaaS tools to help software vendors collect, analyze, and take action on non-customer sentiment in a meaningful way.

Sagetap investors include NfX Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Emergent Ventures.

Sagetap is looking for an experienced, curious, and collaborative backend developer to join our fully remote engineering team. As a senior member of an engineering- and innovation-first company, you will be empowered to discuss, design, and implement solutions throughout our platform from ideation all the way to production.

You should be interested in utilizing and advocating for good coding practices, writing code that is testable, observable, and maintainable. Ideally you have thoughts about how systems and code ought to be architected, what tools are best for the job, and how to best collaborate with others to achieve a common goal.

You will have the opportunity to work with many interesting technologies such as Kotlin, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, AWS, and Terraform to build an innovative and evolving product with a team of open and friendly engineers. You will also be given the opportunity to transform this into a full-stack role if you have experience or interest in the front end.

What You Will Do

• Write code in Kotlin (and perhaps other languages down the line) to develop our back end systems
• Communicate clearly with our business and product partners to better understand their requirements, and then help plan, scope, and execute upon them
• Be an advocate for best practices around testing, design, observability, etc. to maintain the long-term quality and stability of the platform
• Collaborate with, learn from, and teach others on the team about languages, tooling, techniques, etc.

What we are looking for:

• 4+ years of software engineering or relevant experience
• Proficiency in programming with Kotlin or similar languages (e.g. Java, C#)
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and confidence with core SQL Experience with git or other version control systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services preferred)
• Application architecture and design patterns, experience in building RESTful APIs
• An empathetic mindset (for our users and the rest of our team), the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively, and a willingness and desire to learn
• Experience in an online marketplace is strongly preferred

This is a full-time, permanent position reporting to the Head of Engineering. This role is a remote position, and can be based in any location. Since our distributed team works primarily across US time zones, US-based applicants are preferred. We offer comprehensive insurance benefits to our employees and their qualifying dependents, in addition to flexible vacation, a 401(k), parental leave, and a suite of optional benefits and perks programs.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Stock options.
• Fully remote. Work from anywhere! However, we do like to have a significant overlap in working hours, so you should be willing to work on a schedule between UTC-9 and UTC-5.
• Reasonable flexibility in hours. We’re a fully remote team across multiple timezones and with various responsibilities, so this is more of a “code in main" than “butts in seats” sort of workplace. As long as you’re around for calls, can chime in when folks need help, and execute upon your commitments, then it’s up to you when, where, and how you work.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous vacation and holiday policy.
• Remote office equipment budget.

Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed. We work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.