Hi, I'm Julia, Engineering Manager at Customer.io. I'm seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Engineering team.

Customer.io is looking for collaborative senior scaling developers who love solving interesting puzzles & are excited to help us build a scalable platform that our customers love. Our small, remote-first team is fun-loving, passionate, & highly effective. We offer many opportunities to grow & refine your skills while having a significant impact. Our team members have backgrounds in various industries, from AdTech to Gaming. We believe embracing our unique perspectives & expertise is the key to our success as a collaborative team.

As a distributed company, we value diversity & are committed to giving you the flexibility & freedom to work from anywhere in the world on a schedule that fits your family & your life.

Some things you'll do

• Be a model & mentor for writing well-architected, well-tested, & easy-to-understand services in Go that help our customers easily send timely & relevant messages at scale.
• Apply your unique perspective to help us define & build the next generation of features & infrastructure needed to help our customers & company flourish.
• Work with our tech support teams to diagnose operational issues & help our customers achieve their goals with our product.
• Take an active role in a friendly, supportive team that encourages you & the company to grow as individuals, professionals, & teams.
• Mentor your coworkers through code review, pair programming, team collaboration, & training to help improve our collective knowledge & best practices.

What we're looking for

• A track record of delivering performant & scalable distributed applications on cloud infrastructure in Golang
• A collaborative mindset backed by excellent communication skills & a desire to help us make great decisions in an empathetic & respectful way
• Experience working with customers & applying a deep understanding of their needs to produce timely solutions to their real-world problems.
• A solid understanding of scalability problems & experience building out performant distributed applications on cloud infrastructure.
• Comfort working in UNIX environments & applying modern collaborative development practices.
• Experience in working with RDB systems, preferably MySQL.
• Ability to deliver high-quality solutions quickly & without mentorship.
• Experience working within a distributed company is preferred.
• Preferably 7+ years of relevant experience
• Able to work core hours of 8AM-11AM EST to interact with the team.

About Customer.io

Our mission at Customer.io is to power automated communication that people like to receive. Today over 7,600 internet businesses use Customer.io to manage, send, & track the performance of emails, SMS, push notifications, & in-app messages. Unlike typical marketing platforms, Customer.io helps businesses increase relevance by using behavioral data: what people do or dont do when logged in to a web or mobile app.

We are offering a starting salary of $160,000 - $184,000 USD (or equivalent in local currency) depending on experience & subject to market rate adjustment.

Benefits at Customer.io include:

• Unlimited PTO - we encourage at least 20 vacation days (in addition to holidays & sick days) so that you can unwind, unplug, & recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (including adoption & foster care)
• 100% paid insurance premiums for you & your dependents
• 401k retirement matching - up to 5% dollar-for-dollar match to retirement contributions
• $1,500 annual healthy lifestyle budget (for gym memberships, classes, fitness equipment)
• $250/monthly Remote Work Stipend to be used for home internet, cell phone, & other miscellaneous remote work costs
• $300/month co-working space rental reimbursement
• $2,000/yearly professional education budget for conferences, courses, workshops, books, etc.
• $1,500 home office budget to make sure your working space is ergonomic & just what you need to do your best work!
• One month sabbatical after five years at Customer.io
• We also have opportunities to meet in person with your peers throughout the year

All final candidates will be asked to complete a background check & employment verifications as part of our pre-employment process.

Customer.io recognizes the stifling impact of systemic injustice on diverse communities. We commit to using our influence to increase inclusion & equity within the tech industry. We strive to build an inclusive team culture, implement bias-free hiring practices, & develop community partnerships to expand our global impact.

Join us!

Check out our careers page for more information about why you should come work with us! We are passionate about our core values of Empathy, Transparency, Responsibility, & Awkwardness & are looking for new coworkers to share & build that passion!

How to apply

Apply at the link below & tell us why you're interested in the position! ****We plan to respond to all applicants with a status update about your application.

Here's what you can expect from our hiring process:

1. 30 minute video call with a Recruiter
2. 60 minute Technical Interview with two members of our engineering team
3. Take Home Assignment
4. 60 minute Assignment Review Call with two members of our engineering team
5. 60-minute Interview with Hiring Manager