Senior Engineer, Software - Kinship ID
Company: Kinship
Location: New York
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
WHO WE ARE Kinship is here to help everyone pet parent like a
pro. Why? Because our pets make us better humans, and we owe them
the best possible care. As the premier partner to a new generation
of pet parents, we use our data, products, and services to help
people be the best pet parents they can be. And we unite
changemakers in pet care to break down barriers, open new doors,
share insights, and advance our collective knowledge. All so we can
reimagine the pet parenting experience, up people's confidence, and
help the world find better ways to care. Kinship is a coalition
that includes:
- Adopt-a-Pet, the destination for finding homes for homeless
pets; we help animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue
groups, and pet adoption agencies connect their homeless pets to
millions of adopters a month -
- Our world-leading -Wisdom Panel--- genetic health screening and
DNA testing for dogs
- The award-winning -Whistle--- GPS dog tracker and health
monitor
- Pet Insight Project, -our ground-breaking science team that
uses AI to turn billions of data points into actionable
insights
- VETINSIGHT--- which gives modern pet parents the veterinary and
wellness guidance needed to make smarter, more informed health
decision for their pets.
- The Wildest, the destination that helps pet parents -keep their
cool in the wild world of pet parenting
- GoodFriend, -our recently-launched -marketplace for all your
pet's people
- PetStory, our platform that curates top services for pet
parents in Russia
- FluffyGo, the mobile-first platform is a one-stop solution for
science-minded pet parents in China -
- LEAP VENTURE STUDIO, our accelerator that supports innovators
and start-ups, allowing Kinship to bring new solutions to pet
parents Together, these teams and more work to set new standards in
pet care. And, as a part of Mars Petcare, they work to create a
better world for pets. Learn more at . - OUR TEAM - OneKinship
Engineering team is a critical part of our technology organization
and partners closely with our consumer and b2b engineering teams to
architect, build and manage a broad range of platform capabilities
that acts like a "glue" between different engineering functions HOW
YOU'LL HELP EVERYONE PET PARENT LIKE A PRO As the Sr. Software
Engineer of KinshipID team, you will be part of a team of engineers
that reports to Engineering Manager, KinshipID to build, manage and
scale a common platform that integrates various IDs across Kinship
portfolios with an outcome that drives consistency and leads to
deeper understanding of our cross-brand customer engagement. This
role will collaborate with our cross-brands such as Whistle, Wisdom
Panel, Vet Insights as well as our product/engineering partners
across Russia, China and other international locations to device a
common platform of IDs and feeds into our CDP (Customer Data
Platform). With this platform, you will drive seamless logged in
customer experience across all our brands. You will be directly
responsible to build, manage, scale our micro-services that power
such an experience. You are a hands-on engineer who has built
various mico-services at scale deployed across public clouds such
as AWS leveraging open source technologies and adept at using the
best algorithmic choice, proud of your craftsmanship to write
highly efficient code understanding time and space complexity (Big
O). THE PRO WE'RE LOOKING FOR - As Kinship people, we have three
pillars that set out how we aim to be--in our everyday work, and in
how we approach each other. We call these our Cultural Pillars. In
all of the roles that we hire for, we look for people who are
Optimistic, Purposefully Inquisitive, and Open to All. And for this
role, you'll need these skills to knock it out of the dog park:
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:
- You Have Courage : a willingness to bring forth a new idea,
engaging others across Kinship to support you, and taking risks and
action will full accountability
- You Learn at Pace: a consistent and fast work ethic to meet
growth goals, and the ability to evolve and pivot quickly from what
you've learned
- You Value Difference : a genuine belief in inclusion and
diversity is in your DNA, and it shows up in your work, and how you
work. -
- You are pragmatic thinker and outcome driven collaborator
- You are a coach and sees importance to mentor junior
engineers
- You are able to go technically deep as well as cover a wide
range of shared engineering capabilities TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- 7+ years of experience in software development with at least 2+
building platform capabilities
- Deep experience coding in multiple languages such as Java, C++,
Go, Python, Ruby etc.
- Good understanding of Customer Data Platform
- Good understanding of modern cloud friendly devops tools,
terraform, Infrastructure as Code
- Deep hands-on experience with relational as well as noSQL
database technologies at scale
- Deep understanding of end-to-end deployment architecture
including experience with CDNs, networking, distributed systems
that yields high availability, active-active topologies
- Experience with distributed caching technologies
- Comfortable with open source technologies and ability to
configure/tweak them for scale
- Experience in building API Management Platform
- Disciplined about writing well-structured, manageable code with
adequate documentation
- Hands-on experience on building high scale micro-services
- Hands on experience with AWS, GCP, Azure or comparable public
cloud
- Deep understanding of architectural tradeoffs optimized for
scale and throughput JOIN OUR PROS!
- Unique opportunities for a customizable career within pet
care
- A super collaborative, flat work environment with direct access
to our senior leadership team
- Work from the hottest cities across the world
- Dog-friendly workplaces -
- Medical, dental, vision, 401k match, and pet benefits for you
and your family
- Unlimited paid time off -
- Flexible work opportunities -
- Parental leave for the birth or adoption of your new human
child (and fur baby)
- Discounts on pet products, services, nutrition and veterinary
wellness plans
- Welcome kits with pet merch & Kinship swag
- An extensive onboarding program with a chance to meet all of
our leaders across Kinship
Keywords: Kinship, New York , Senior Engineer, Software - Kinship ID, IT / Software / Systems , New York, New York
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