Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Nextdoor

<h4><strong>#Team</strong><strong>Nextdoor</strong></h4> <p>Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at <a href="http://nextdoor.com/"><strong>nextdoor.com</strong></a>.</p> <h4><strong>Meet Your Future </strong><strong>Neighbors</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer at Nextdoor, you’ll join a focused team of developers, product managers, and designers who are passionate about using technology to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbor they can rely on. We are a small, high performing team of engineers that wear multiple hats and prioritize impact for our customers. We care about moving fast and delivering impact, without compromising on quality and reliability as guided by our&nbsp;</span><a href="https://engblog.nextdoor.com/engineering-principles-at-nextdoor-e82743b2ef2f"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Engineering Principles</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You will have the opportunity to learn from your co-workers and teach them. As a team, we will make each other better and build great software.</span></p> <p>At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.&nbsp;</p> <h4><strong>The</strong><strong> Impact</strong><strong> You’ll Make</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our engineering stack - this includes developing and improving frameworks across our backend services, in addition to making direct contributions to your team’s product area.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to writing code, you’ll help define the features that we build, through collaboration internally with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering leaders. We believe engineers should have a stake over all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, through helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, all the way through understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis. As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your responsibilities will include:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Backend development in a variety of languages/frameworks including:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Python/Django</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kotlin / JVM</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SQL</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GraphQL</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Redis</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Postgres</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kafka</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AWS</span></li> </ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mentoring a team of talented engineers designing and building the next generation of Nextdoor</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborating with product management, data science, and design to ensure we build the right things to maximize impact on neighbors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working with engineers in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and beyond</span></li> <li>Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises</li> <li>Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture</li> </ul> <h4><strong>What You’ll Bring To The Team</strong></h4> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High-initiative leader who can drive technical vision to enable the rapid iteration of Nextdoor’s product</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong coding and debugging abilities across multiple systems and domains</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience designing, building and deploying flexible backend systems at scale</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong desire to learn about new technologies and systems</span></li> </ul> <h4><strong>Rewards</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">165,000 to $250,000 </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p>At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.</p> <p>For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found <a href="https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Personnel-Privacy-Policy?language=en_US">here</a>.</p> <h5><span style="font-weight: 400;">#LI-Hybrid</span></h5>