Software Engineer - Backend at Sprout Social

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Dec, 25

Salary

195096.0

Posted On

30 Sep, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Java, Python, MySQL, NSQ, Hbase, AWS, Kubernetes, Object Oriented Programming, APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Agile, Collaboration, Code Review, Production Systems, Technical Design

Industry

Software Development

Description

Description Description Sprout Social is looking to hire a Software Engineer, Backend to the Engineering team. Why join Sprout’s Engineering team? With collaborative cross-functional teams that span mobile, front-end, back-end and site reliability engineering - the Sprout Engineering team is a place to sharpen your craft and solve hard problems with the smartest people in the industry. On a daily basis, we process tens of billions of requests and tens of billions of asynchronous events. We also ingest billions of social messages every day, and ship more than 1,000 production deployments every month. You’ll get to work on a “tech-giant” scale with smaller, supportive teams where every engineer has the chance to make an impact on our company, and our customers. The best part? In our industry, you often have to switch jobs or even companies to learn a new part of a tech stack or business. But at Sprout, our product is a suite, so you just need to move teams. You’re able to diversify your skills, which not only benefits your team - but also your career. What you’ll do Write clean, well-tested and reviewable code, leveraging technologies such as Java, Python, MySQL, NSQ, Hbase, AWS, and Kubernetes Partner with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements, complete feature work, and identify blockers Own the code you write and deploy to production, including identifying and communicating risks or issues Review pull requests and design documents from peers, while recognizing and applying established code patterns and best practices What you’ll bring We’re looking for a creative, collaborative, highly motivated, and inquisitive learner to help us deliver a great product to our customers. If you’re passionate about building and scaling reliable systems, we’d love to talk with you! These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role: 2 years experience developing and supporting software in a production environment 2 years experience programming in object oriented languages such as Java, C#, Python, or C++ Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate: 2 years experience using third party APIs and building resilient systems 2 years experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases How you’ll grow Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including: Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization. Deploy and make changes to our production systems. Interact with SQL or NoSQL data stores and messaging queues. Collaborate regularly with product managers and other product teams to deliver value to our users. Get regular team feedback on your work through code reviews and pairing. Proactively monitor the health of our services in production to ensure our customers always have a world-class experience Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by: Work with your team to create and prioritize quarterly team goals. Contribute to our Agile culture of continuous improvement through retrospective meetings and experimentation-oriented thinking. Build connections with members from other teams through guild meetings and chapter outings. Participate in technical design meetings with your teammates to walk through new feature ideas and system improvements. Work with product managers, UX developers, and front-end engineers to come up with the MVPs of new features. Be the first line of defense against product outages and bugs while on support duty. Maintain, scale, and build upon systems that handle hundreds of thousands of messages a day. Within 6 months, you’ll be making clear impact through: Create, deploy, and manage resilient systems. Build your engineering skills by attending in-house presentations, workshops, and training sessions. Form a career growth plan with your manager and work towards it. Decompose work into small, similarly sized units so that estimation is unnecessary. Identify technical debt and performance bottlenecks within our systems, come up with a plan to improve the code, and get it pushed to production. Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by: Integrate and use monitoring and alerting tools to know about problems before our users. Participate in architecture discussions with senior team members. Be “point person” on a project, including writing design documents, coordinating dependencies, and acting as domain owner. Actively mitigate risk of failed delivery and missed deadlines through courageous, transparent communication with colleagues and stakeholders throughout a project life cycle. Demonstrate ownership over the codebase, from design to maintenance and everything in between. Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager. Our Benefits Program We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes: Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including work location, relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. In the United States, we have two geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires are: Zone 1 (New York, California, Washington): $130,064 (min), $162,600 (mid), $195,096 (max) USD annually Zone 2 (All other US states): $118,200 (min), $147,800 (mid), $177,400 (max) USD annually The listed ranges represent the full earning potential in this position. Starting salaries for well-qualified new hires are typically around the midpoint of the range. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent, and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed. Base pay is only one element of an employee's total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit). Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employee’s full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package. Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity- race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Because Sprout Social is a federal contractor, we affirmatively recruit individuals with a disability and protected veterans. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report. If you require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the interview process or to submit your application, please email us at accommodations@sproutsocial.com. Include the nature of your request and your preferred contact information. We'll do everything we can to support your success during our recruitment process while upholding your privacy. Please note that only inquiries regarding accommodations will receive a response from this email address; other inquiries will not be addressed (e.g., you send your resume but are not requesting an accommodation). For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster and (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement. Additionally, Sprout Social participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. #LI-REMOTE Sprout Social Inc. and its subsidiaries process personal data submitted through your application to assess your qualifications for employment and to inform our hiring decision and, where applicable, for required governmental reporting. For more information, please review Sprout's Global Applicant Privacy Notice.

Responsibilities

Write clean, well-tested code and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and complete feature work. Own the code you write and deploy to production, while reviewing pull requests and design documents from peers.