Senior Software Engineer

at  Sojern

POSITION SUMMARY:

We’re looking for a driven and experienced Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join our expanding Platform Reporting team. In this pivotal role, you’ll leverage your deep expertise in database optimization to craft highly efficient queries and scalable database designs, ensuring top-tier performance for our customer reporting and visualization applications. As a key contributor, you’ll design, build, and maintain robust, full-stack reporting solutions that are both scalable and user-friendly, delivering real-time insights that empower our customers. Working closely with Product Managers, analysts, and fellow engineers, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping a reporting experience that directly meets evolving business needs.
If you’re passionate about building impactful applications and driving performance improvements, we’d love to have you on our team!

DISCLOSURE - PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

All candidates offered employment by Sojern may be subject to pre-employment requirements, including but not limited to a background check. Sojern is compliant with all federal and local laws with consideration to pre-employment requirements.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION:

At Sojern, we work to create a brave space that seeks out, embraces, and promotes diverse thoughts, beliefs, and experiences of Sojernistas globally.
We are building a workforce that represents the customer base we are serving and the world we live in. A diversified workforce is an innovative workforce. Just as there is no one typical traveler, there is no one typical employee. We foster diversity and inclusion across the company, actively seeking to amplify underrepresented voices and apply diverse perspectives to ensure products, policies, and programs are relevant for our employees and clients alike.

Embracing our differences and celebrating them moves us towards our goal of making travel inclusive of all. Sojern’s S-Groups (employee resource groups) are a core aspect of our culture, fostering belonging and connection, inspiring learning, and creating opportunities for all Sojernistas across the globe.

• SoEmpowered: Supporting, developing, and empowering those who identify as women at Sojern
• SoProud: Celebrating Sojern’s LGBTQIA+ community while creating an inclusive and safe space for community members
• SoWell: Advocating for balance in life and overall wellbeing and providing space and resources for Sojernistas with different needs
• SoConnected: Creating space, connection and resources for Sojern’s young and rising professionals
• Parents & Caregivers: Helping families thrive with our community of parents and caregivers
• Sojern Gives Back: Supporting underrepresented communities and social causes, striving to make a global and local impact

We also have employee-run Slack channels for those with specific interests, for example plant lovers, pets and more.
At Sojern, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Sojern is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please inform your TA Partner if you are requesting a reasonable accommodation

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies.
• Build responsive, intuitive user interfaces using frameworks like React, Angular etc.
• Develop and optimize back-end services, RESTful APIs, and microservices using Node.js, Python, Java or Go.
• Design, implement, and optimize database schemas for performance and scalability in relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, as well as NoSQL alternatives.
• Lead efforts to optimize database performance, including query tuning, indexing strategies, and schema design for high-traffic systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., product, design, and DevOps) to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to best practices for code reviews, testing, and version control.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing knowledge on best practices for full-stack development and database optimization.
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, testing, and deployment process.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, focusing on system performance, stability, and scalability.
• Participate in the entire Agile development lifecycle, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retros