Senior Software Engineer II, Platform UI (Remote USA)

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<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Who We Are</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro is the leading audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform on the market. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://G2.com">G2.com</a> and Gartner Peer Insights.<br><br>At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!<br><br></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Why This Role is Exciting</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are looking for a highly motivated senior software engineer to lead large, strategic, and complex projects on our Platform UI team. This position demands a high level of leadership, mentoring other engineers and helping to design and architect scalable solutions for the entire engineering organization. In this role, you will face a huge array of challenges - from building scalable systems to designing new product features. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to collaborate with others but can also work independently to take an idea from concept to implementation. We're a hardworking, energetic team that is passionate about our customers and believes that to be successful we should never stop learning: learning about our customers, our product, and how to build better software.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and ship product features end-to-end</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to write clear and well defined design documentation</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Mentor fellow engineers</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead application architecture decisions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software bugs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Implement back-end APIs in Node.JS</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work on our Ember SPA front-end</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Participate in an Agile software development life cycle</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Write well-designed, maintainable & testable code</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Be product-minded and think about the customer</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work with JavaScript, Node.JS, Ember, Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, etc.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Attributes of a Successful Candidate</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">8+ years of experience developing web-based applications</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with a modern front-end framework (Ember, Angular, React, Vue, etc.)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience creating platform-level components (forms, tables, design systems, etc.)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience writing REST / JSON APIs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience writing software tests</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to solve technical problems independently</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Motivation to work hard and always be learning</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Preferred Skills</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with Node.JS and modern ES6 or TypeScript</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with Ember.JS</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working on SaaS web applications</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bonus: Docker or Kubernetes experience</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Perks (United States)</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comprehensive employee health coverage</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">401(k) with company match</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Competitive compensation & bonus program</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non-exempt)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Time off for your birthday & volunteering</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Employee resource groups</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Parental Leave</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>*perks may vary based on eligibility/location</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our Company Values</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.<br></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br><em>Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.</em><br><br><em>We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"> </p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>#LI-Remote</strong></p>

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