Software Engineer - Graph [IC3]

Job Description

Location

🌎  While we are an all-remote company and hire almost anywhere in the world, we have a preference for someone to reside in the following locations for this role. However, if you feel qualified, we welcome you to apply regardless of location. No matter what, working hours must overlap with UTC +8 for at least 8 hours/week.

Preferred locations:

• Remote, European timezone 

Why this job is exciting 

As a software engineer on the Graph team at Sourcegraph, you will play a key role in improving how developers understand and navigate complex codebases. Your main contributions will include building advanced compiler-type indexers and robust backend APIs and services. This role requires a mix of skills in distributed systems, end-to-end development, database optimization and programming language specifics. 

You’ll be part of a small but impactful team that is essential to the developer experience worldwide. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. You’ll have the chance to work on cutting-edge technology challenges and make a real difference in the software development community. We seek an engineer who is passionate about advancing the industry standard for engineering productivity by helping engineers understand codebases faster and creating world-class context for AI.

📅 Within one month, you will…

• Actively drive bug fixes and small enhancements in both our code indexer and backend APIs
• Embed in the teams processes and partner with team members to learn and make immediate impact

📅 Within three months, you will…

• Develop and maintain compiler integrations and distributed systems primarily using Go, focusing on scalability and reliability across multiple programming languages.
• Actively shape the direction and participate in the planning of the features we're going to build

📅 Within six months, you will…

• Driving significant features such as cross-language precise navigation, dependency graph analysis or auto-inference of how to build and compile customer projects automatically.
• Make a significant impact by being a key contributor and help us improve our existing engineering practices.
• Feel confident working more autonomously, leaning into our values, especially customer-driven, teamwork and high agency.

About you

• Strong background in software engineering with a particular interest in compilers, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with or willingness to learn Go, and a demonstrated ability to become proficient in new technologies.
• Prior involvement with small teams that manage a wide surface area of functionality is highly desirable.
• Appreciation for deep dives into specific technical silos, with the capability to contribute effectively to broad architectural discussions and decisions.
• Exposure to distributed system design and a solid understanding of its challenges and intricacies.

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with compiler construction or integration is a significant plus.

Level

📊 This job is an IC3.  You can read more about our job leveling philosophy in our Handbook.

Compensation

💸 We pay you an above-average salary because we want to hire the best people who are fully focused on helping Sourcegraph succeed, not worried about paying bills. As an open and transparent company that values competitive compensation, our compensation ranges are visible to every single Sourcegraph teammate.

Your salary is determined by your pay band for the IC3  job level. For determining pay bands, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources, along with your location zone, and target the high-end of the range to ensure we’re always paying above market regardless of where you live in the world. Both U.S. and international locations are divided into one of four zones, determined by the cost of labor index for each area. The salary for a successful candidate will be based on level, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and location zone. Please note that the salaries below may be adjusted in the future.

💰 The target compensation for this role is based on the IC3 pay band for your zone. The start of the IC3 pay band for each zone is listed below:

Zone 1: $170,000 USD
Zone 2: $136,000 USD
Zone 3: $102,000 USD
Zone 4: $68,000 USD

Please speak with a recruiter for additional information regarding zone locations.

📈 In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity (because when we succeed as a company, we want you to succeed, too) and generous perks & benefits.

Interview process

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role (you can read more about the types of interviews in our Handbook). It may look like a lot of steps, but rest assured that we move quickly and the steps are designed to help you get the information needed to determine if we’re the right fit for you… Interviewing is a two-way street, after all! 

We expect the interview process to take ~6 hours in total.

👋 Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better…

• [30m] Recruiter Screen
• [20m] Hiring Manager Intro
• [45m] Technical Screen / Resume Deep Dive

🧑‍💻 Team Interview Stage - we then schedule an all-day onsite interview to delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team, including cross-functional partners…

• [60m] Coding Exercise
• [60m] Coding Exercise
• [60m] System Design
• [45m] Cross-functional Team Collaboration Interview / Values Interview

🎉 Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round, where you gain a better understanding of our business and values holistically…

• [30m] Leadership with a co-founder 
• We check references and conduct your background check

Please note - you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process.