Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job Description

The Role 

For this Software Engineer role, we’re looking for somebody who will drive major projects in unlocking new end-to-end capabilities for our users while building scalable, secure, and maintainable production systems. At Pano, team members take ownership of what they do, and our approach to problem-solving relies heavily upon creativity, communication, and collaboration. 

The ideal candidate is humble, hungry, and people-smart. They have experience building backend solutions and a firm understanding of industry frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages, including Java and Python.


What you’ll do
  • Work with your teammates to build highly scalable solutions that enable positive impact for our users and our business
  • Develop new features as well as tools, frameworks, and workflows in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
  • Drive new projects, from conceptualization to deployment
  • Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality, maintainability, security, and application design
  • Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
  • Participate in on-call rotation to respond to, triage, mitigate, and resolve production issues 
  • Create run-books, metrics, and dashboards

  • What you’ll bring
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a backend Software Engineer
  • 3+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced SaaS or a similar business environment
  • Experience with server-side Java and Python software development, with modern frameworks and methodologies, such as Spring and Django
  • Proficiency with SQL, RDBMS (ideally PostgreSQL), and familiarity with ORMs
  • Ability to visualize a proposed system and be able to build it
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in complex systems
  • Ability to communicate effectively within the team and across the organization while sharing insights and updates and collaborating to achieve project goals

  • Preferred skills
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, such as GCP and AWS
  • Familiarity working with Linux-based systems as well as containerization and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached, and Varnish
  • Familiarity with common DevOps tools and practices, such as Git and CI/CD
  • Familiarity with SOC2 / ISO 27001 security frameworks
  • Preference for someone who can work in the Pacific / Mountain time zones