Senior Software Engineer, Application Experience

Algolia is set to enable every company to create world-class Search and Discovery experiences with an API-first approach. Performance and Scalability is at the heart of our mission: we power 1.5 trillion searches a year, for 10K+ customers all over the world.  If you're a problem solver, able to think outside the box and eager to nurture others and learn from them, then this is your next challenge!

The Team

The Application Experiences team ensures a frictionless experience around strategically important integrations Algolia has with Shopify and BigCommerce. This team will level up our existing integrations and evolve them into channels that Algolia can use to deliver new products to customers.

Our integrations with Shopify and BigCommerce offer the best Search and Discovery experiences natively for any stores on these platforms and are mission-critical channels for Algolia to drive revenue and continuously shape the future of eCommerce. 

The Opportunity

The team is looking for an experienced individual who is well versed in defining, building and operating scalable architectures, with proven strengths in cross-team collaboration, taking solutions all the way through delivery to adoption by other engineering teams.

As a member of the Application Experiences team, you will have a direct impact on Algolia’s revenue stream. You will play a pivotal role in architecting and implementing systems that play a central role across all of Algolia’s products. You will also play a role in training/mentoring junior members of the team.

Your role will consist of: 

• Architecture, design and develop external and internal experiences for our products: especially our Shopify Application 
• Take ownership, research, explore and deliver world class experiences
• Build integrations with external APIs, connectors and API clients: eq., data ingestion pipeline for ecommerce integrations, Shopify Application, etc.

• Be a technical mentor and help the team grow
• Help define engineering best practices and processes
• Work closely with the rest of the R&D team to deliver the tools they need to develop next-generation products


You might be a fit if you have:

• Strong knowledge of Golang
• Knowledge in some of the following languages: Ruby, NodeJs, Python
• Experience with at least one of the following frameworks React
• A passion for shipping quality code
• You have an eye for great user experiences (UX)
• Experience with eCommerce integrations or building public Shopify apps for eCommerce store owners
• Experience at our current stage and beyond ($50-200M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure).

We’re looking for someone who can live our values:

• GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment
• TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership 
• CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
• CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
• HUMILITY- Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

Team’s current stack:

• Golang, GCP/GKE, pubsub, bigquery, bigtable, CircleCI, terraform
• API Clients: JS, Go, Ruby, RoR, 
• NodeJS, TS, React, Shopify Polaris

Algolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects US market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Remote US: Base Salary Pay Range$160,000—$210,000 USD

REMOTE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. We know community comes in many forms and strive to create opportunities for intentional in-person connection in our offices and