Senior Software Engineer

About ELSA:

Founded in 2016, ELSA harnesses the power of generative AI to improve English communication skills globally with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Lisbon, Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore and Vietnam. With over 50 million users and 1 billion hours of anonymized data, our AI-driven language learning platform delivers hyper-personalized learning paths for both businesses and individuals, transforming lives and organizations through effective spoken English. ELSA is backed by leading investors including Gradient Ventures - Googles A.I. fund, Monk's Hill Ventures and Global Ventures.

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and deploying software that solves critical business needs. You will not only be a skilled developer but also a leader and mentor, guiding your team to deliver high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software. You will have the opportunity to shape the development pipeline, influence technic decisions, and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.

Hiring process:

Round 1: Technical Challenge (3 days)

Round 2: Technical Interview

Round 3: Culture fit

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

• Demonstrate thought leadership by contributing to technical design decisions that span vertically through the team's ownership.
• Overcome obstacles and setbacks, adapting to ambiguity, and communicating changes to plans effectively and in timely manner.

Infrastructure and Operations:

• You keep the CICD pipelines in good health, adjusting them as needed.
• You actively set availability and failure rate goals for services your team owns, and pursue them.
• Identify and influence the resolution of infrastructure issues to maintain a reliable and efficient soft environment.

Team Collaboration and Growth:

• You force multiply for your team by finding ways to enable them to do more each da
• Fostering an environment of knowledge sharing and collaboration within the team.
• Focus on enabling colleagues to solve problems independently rather than providing instant solutions.

Code and Quality:

• Your code quality is exemplary.
• Advocate for automating repetitive tasks to reduce errors, save time, and improve efficien
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of design patterns and architectural principles.

Continuous Improvement:

• Staying up-to-date on industry trends and technologies relevant to the team's work.
• Embracing experimentation and data-driven decision making for continuous improvement.

Customer Focus:

• Empathising with customer needs and translating them into technical solutions.
• Gathering and analysing customer feedback to inform product development and improvement.

Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fiel
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration and stakeholder engagemen
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to leverage data for strategic decision-making.
• In-depth understanding of software development best practices, methodologies, and SDLC in a high-speed setting using cloud computing.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
• Proficiency in technical decision-making and trade-offs, considering both short-term and long-term impa
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Experience with AWS and Microservice is an advantage
• Experience with Flutter app development is an advantage
• Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices is an advantage Engineering Manager

Benefits:

• Competitive GROSS salary
• Stock options
• Working time: Mon-Fri (Flexible working hour), remote/hybrid working
• Up to 16 days Annual leave, 1 Birthday leave, 1 Christmas leave
• Premium Health Insurance for personal and family (Generali)
• Free ELSA Premium courses to polish your language skills
• Fun energetic team; international & collaborative culture
• Opportunities to grow professionally and play a critical role to shape the next stage of the company's growth
• Experience the true spirit of a fast growing and well funded Silicon Valley startup

To Apply:

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