Senior Back-End Engineer
Awardco
Awardco is reimagining the workplace to be more rewarding, supportive, and fun for everyone. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the employee experience industry, our mission is to help employees love what they do, love where they work, and get recognized for their efforts—especially our own employees! And as winners of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, Best in Brightest in the Nation, and Great Place to Work, we do much more than talk the talk.
Our development team is very lean. Lean software development (agile development) is an essential methodology for our development processes, and each member of our team is trained in agile software development methods and is capable of leading a team that adheres to these processes. The Awardco engineers are responsible for an array of duties, including managing the development of new features, changes to our existing code, and improving overall product performance by optimizing existing workflows and code blocks. We expect our development team to be dynamic, display leadership qualities, bring fresh ideas to improve the product, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to expand the recognition and incentive industry.
We have multiple Engineering roles open at the moment. Please only apply to the position you feel most aligns with your career goals.
What you will do:
- Design and implement new features
- Maintain and iterate on released features
- Peer code review
- Mentor junior engineers
- Participate in recruiting and hiring engineering team members
- Collaborate with the team to develop and promote engineering best practices
What you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- 5+ years work experience in back-end web development
- Experience in a general purpose programming language including but not limited to: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python; C# experience is preferred
- Interest and ability to learn other programming languages
- Experience working with data structures and algorithms
- Experience working with relational databases, including designing performant data models and queries
- Track record of solving complex problems, designing creative strategies, and delivering a significant impact as a member of a team
- Demonstrated technical leadership
- Willing to commute to our HQ in Lindon, Utah.
- Authorization to legally work in the US
- Working proficiency in verbal and written English
Why Awardco:
- One of the fastest growing companies in the nation: 3x Inc. 500, 2x Deloitte Technology Fast 500, 2x Mountain West Capital Network Fast 100, 3x Fast 50 (Utah Business), and 3x UV50 Fastest Growing Companies (BusinessQ), to name just a few.
- Great Place to Work certified, one of the Best and Brightest companies to work for, and ranked on the Salt Lake Tribune's Top Workplaces.
- A revolutionary, client-approved product.
- Leadership that listens.
- New 200,000 sq. ft. headquarters.
Awardco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.