Staff Software Engineer

Overview At SolarWinds, our mission is to build the best-in-class observability products across multiple deployment and market spaces. We are passionate about translating infrastructure and application data into meaningful insights for our customers. We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Engineer to help design, build, and test solutions necessary to enhance our products. Come join us! As a Staff Engineer, you will help oversee and create innovative solutions that enable us to deliver world class software to our customers. You will work with equally experienced engineers, while also mentoring junior engineers on how to be successful. We care deeply about code quality, and your role will allow you to help us maintain and improve those related processes. We follow Agile software development, so you’ll be delivering value quickly and iteratively. Our engineering teams are committed to a healthy work-life balance. We offer strong compensation packages and autonomy in your work life. You will be working alongside skilled colleagues exclusively on our next-generation product experience using state-of-the-art, modern technology. Responsibilities A successful Staff Engineer should demonstrate specialized engineering knowledge in building software. Your expertise should translate into streamlined and cost-effective processes. Responsibilities may include: Working on platform-level tasking, having a heavy emphasis on cross-team collaboration Evaluating existing processes and procedures to identify areas that need optimization Building, setting up, and improving systems and procedures Working on front-end and back-end tasks Utilize software to perform efficient planning, designing, and development Keeping abreast of developments and innovation in the area of specialization Providing guidance and mentoring for other engineers when designing and implementing features Writing proposals to gain internal feedback on an idea ahead of implementation Understanding the “big picture” when breaking a problem down into small chunks of work Willingness to learn and champion new things as the product grows and technologies change Participating in the Agile lifecycle (stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retro) Performing quality control through code reviews Collaborate across the organization (architecture, UX, SRE, front-end/back-end engineering, etc) Working with teams across the globe (accommodating time-zone challenges) Qualifications The right candidate is great to work with, enjoys collaboration, is adept at building software for a SaaS environment, is well-equipped to spread knowledge, and cares a lot about his or her craft. At least 5+ years of professional experience building high-performant, high-quality, and reliable software Excellent oral and written communication skills Experience building software in a Node.js environment Ability to build scalable and performant solutions History of writing maintainable code which includes unit tests and has an emphasis on clarity Expertise in learning new technologies and familiarity with: Node.js, TypeScript, React, npm, GraphQL Experience in designing and consuming various APIs Very comfortable working with Git version control Experience and desire to work in a fast-paced environment Comfortable working remotely using Slack as our “office” Bonus Requirements Has previous experience working as a Staff Engineer Excited to learn new technology outside area of expertise Follows and promotes Agile methodologies Experience in observability Passionate about delivering high-quality solutions, always