Senior Backend Developer

The Role

Clearstory is on the lookout for a dynamic Senior Back-End Engineer to play a pivotal role in advancing our mission of transforming the construction industry. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of expanding our integrations with industry-leading financial solutions and driving the growth of our open API.

As we continue our rapid expansion, you'll be instrumental in enhancing our existing integrations with industry giants like Procore, CMiC, Autodesk, HCSS, Vista, and more, while also spearheading the development of new, out-of-the-box integrations. This role is perfect for someone passionate about growth, eager to make a significant impact in a real-world industry, and excited to be part of a fast-growing tech company that our customers love.

You'll report to our Integrations Team Lead but will also work closely with our CTO, Head of Integrations and Partnerships, and have direct collaboration with our integration partners and customers. If you're ready to scale our rocketship and be a key player in our journey, we'd love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

• Work closely with our Product Development team members to define, create and maintain our new API while supporting existing integrations with our partners and customers.
• Develop comprehensive documentation to make it incredibly easy for partners and customers to leverage our API.
• Optimize API performance and reliability to handle high volumes of data transactions and ensure minimal downtime.
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to secure API access and protect sensitive data.
• Work seamlessly with Clearstory’s integration partners to solve problems and identify opportunities for better performance.

Strategic initiatives you will be contributing to

• Have an immediate impact on company growth but helping us accelerate our product roadmap by integrating with industry leading ERP and project financial solutions. We know exactly what we need to build we just need to execute!
• Enhancing our existing integrations, for instance with Procore, PlanGrid and CMiC, to provide more data and features for our customers. Building net new integrations with other leading financial products in our industry.
• Creating the next generation of our publicly available API that will be used by customers and industry partners to integrate with Clearstory

Requirements

As a great fit for this role you will have...

• 5+ years of software development experience developing external APIs used by customers and partners, preferably in a startup environment
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Golang
• Proven track record delivering tuned SQL queries and optimized data store use
• Experience breaking down complex problems and working out clever solutions in a team
• Extensive experience conducting peer code reviews
• Experience writing test cases (integration/unit) for code and extensively testing your work

In addition to that, we want to talk if you have...

• Node.js (Typescript) experience
• Pub/sub experience
• Familiarity with ETL pipelines
• Familiarity with SDLC concepts and working in an environment that meets SOC 2 Type II requirements, GDPR, CCPA, etc.
• FinTech or ConTech experience
• Previous experience in the commercial construction industry either in-the-field or on the software side

About You

We want you to be a part of the Clearstory success story so as you engage with us and our team members, it would be helpful for you to understand some of the core characteristics of our team - hopefully, many of these resonate with you!  

• Embody our core values
• Be Curious
• Customer Obsession
• Keep It Simple
• Raise the bar

• Passion and enthusiasm for your work and the Company
• Loves to take the initiative

• An upbeat, positive, and good-to-be-around attitude.
• Sense of humor.
• Is a “doer” with a hands-on approach
• Very high energy.
• Commitment to excellence.
• Operationally focused - thinking about the entire business and not just your role.
• Bright, quick, articulate, able to influence without direct authority, excellent presentation and interpersonal skills, and able to adapt to different outside constituencies.
• Ability to influence peers, operational managers, and executive team.
• People willingly seek out your advice in the planning phase of decisions.
• Strong entrepreneurial nature and approach.
• You foster trust and accessibility.
• Strong prioritization skills.
• Aggressive drive with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to build relationships and earn the respec