Cape

Staff Software Engineer, Product Platform

Who can apply: Only open to applicants in: New York, Virginia.
Location as listed by the employer: “Hybrid: New York, NY; Hybrid: Arlington, VA”
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About this role

Cape is hiring for a Staff Software Engineer, Product Platform role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience building and operating scalable backend systems in one or more modern languages (we're primarily a Go shop).
  • A strong foundation in Computer Science - algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems demonstrated through the systems you've built.
  • Hands-on distributed systems experience: you've designed and operated services that communicate through queues and async workflows, and you know idempotency, retries, and schema migrations from production experience.
  • Experience leading a significant re-architecture or migration on a live system, end to end.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills - you work through designs and decisions in writing and bring others along.

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.