Staff Engineer

April 16

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BoomPop is a company focused on supporting small businesses by offering a platform for virtual events and event planning services. They partner with over 100 small businesses, with 95% of their hosts being small businesses of 10 people or less. BoomPop emphasizes cause-driven initiatives, supporting sustainability, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Their services include full-service event planning, rush planning, AI-powered event assistance, guest management, and curated pre-built events. BoomPop's platform has helped small businesses earn significant revenue by hosting virtual events, particularly during the pandemic. They are committed to high data security standards and offer budget estimation tools and city guides to facilitate event organization.

11 - 50 employees

🤝 B2B

🏪 Marketplace

💰 $14M Series A on 2022-11

📋 Description

• A seasoned Staff Engineer and Architect who excels technically and has a sharp instinct for design, user experience, and business physics. • As the driving force behind our technical direction, this role requires someone to wear multiple hats - that of a visionary, a strategist, and a hands-on developer. • This position is tailored for a player/coach who can lead the engineering team with authority and vision while still engaging in the nitty-gritty of hands-on coding and problem-solving. • Guide the engineering team in system architecture and design and act as a technical leader • Develop and implement a technical strategy aligned with business goals. • Make strategic tech choices for immediate and future needs, guiding the team in technology adoption and optimization decisions, considering cost and performance. • Drive and inspire innovation that propels our company and address emerging business needs. • Be at the heart of our product's journey - through ideation, development, deployment, monitoring, and continual enhancement. • Set the benchmark for coding and design practices within the organization, ensuring adherence to best practices and optimal performance. • Champion the importance of testing by establishing best practices in unit and automation testing. • Ensure the development process prioritizes test-driven approaches to guarantee software reliability and performance. • Stay up-to-date with industry benchmarks, trends, and emerging technologies, ensuring our tech stack and approach is always ahead of the curve. • Foster a culture of growth by providing guidance, conducting code reviews, and nurturing the professional development of the engineering team. • Lead the creation and updates of detailed technical documentation, ensuring transparency and knowledge dissemination of our systems and processes.

🎯 Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience • 7+ years of experience delivering systems and applications • 3+ years of experience in a Staff, Principal, or Architecture role. • Solid foundation in writing scalable code following best practices of accessibility, performance optimization and instrumentation. • Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns • Strong experience with relational database design, implementation, and analytics • 3+ years of React & Node.js experience • 3+ years of experience architecting solutions on AWS • 2+ years of experience with infrastructure as code: CDK, Cloudformation, Terraform, etc • Experience with test automation: unit/integration/functional testing • Experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines • Experience supporting backend systems related to AI/ML, LLMs, and NLP

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity, with tons of room for career growth • Company sponsored 401(k) • Generous PTO • Paid parental leave • Flexibility to work from anywhere • Amazing team offsites + events every quarter • World-class medical, vision, and dental plans with 100% employee contributions covered + 80% dependent contributions covered • $50/month phone stipend • Occasional Travel: Connecting is in our DNA, please note that we anticipate roughly 3-4 nights of travel per quarter for this role.