Sr. Software Development Engineer, Meeting Intelligence Platform

About Highspot

Highspot is pioneering the category that is fundamentally changing the way companies increase sales productivity. On a mission to transform the way millions of people work with sales enablement, Highspot is committed to building breakthrough software with a spark of magic. We believe a great place to work is about more than the work – it’s about what the company stands for, and how it authentically represents its values in the real world. To this end, we have put intentional focus on creating equitable workspaces for each of our employees. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels a deep sense of belonging and is empowered to be an agent of change, with the ability to transform themselves, their workplace, and their world.

About the Role

Come and help us build a next generation Meeting Intelligence platform which focuses on Highspot’s coaching capabilities by delivering an AI-enhanced conversational intelligence platform that integrates meeting data into the feedback loop, creating differentiated value for customers. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will bring their creativity and experience to Highspot to help us build software with a spark of magic. This is a role that works closely with Product Management, Design, and Frontend Engineering. While we don’t expect you to be an expert in all of these technologies, some of the languages and tools we use to build Highspot include Ruby, MongoDB, PostgreSQL,React , Next.js, Solr, AWS, Docker, Kafka and Kubernetes. 

• Develop new product features and functionality with the highest quality Define and meet scalability, uptime, performance, and security goals
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. 
• Partner cross-functionally with UX and Product Management to create the best software possible 
• Take on the role of a technology leader in our most challenging cross-functional projects
• Support the professional growth of others by actively mentoring individuals 
• Leverage your extensive knowledge and experience to exert technical influence over multiple teams, enhancing their productivity and effectiveness through sharing
• Resolve major customer technical issues in production, Contribute to internal and external technical documentation
• Set technical strategy and oversee development of high scale, reliable infrastructure systems.
• Mentor top technical talent
• Design processes (e.g. postmortem review, incident response, on-call rotations) that help the team operate effectively and never fail the same way twice

• Have 8+ years of relevant industry experience, 3+ years leading large scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead
• Are obsessed with distributed systems at scale, infrastructure reliability, scalability, security, and continuous improvement
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Have a passion for supporting internal partners like research to understand their needs
• Have excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Possess deep knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, and Azure

• Have expertise in Ruby
• Have built scalable ML systems in a cost effective way
• Technical expertise: Quickly understanding systems design tradeoffs, keeping track of rapidly evolving software systems

Base salary range: $166,000 - $272,000. Employees are eligible to receive stock options and may also receive other forms of compensation.

The above represents total expected compensation for this role. Actual compensation will depend on various job-related factors, including, but not limited to, location, experience, and job qualifications.

Highspot also offers the following employee benefits for this position:

-Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits

-Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

-401(k) Matching with immediate vesting on employer match

-Flexible PTO

-8 paid holidays and 5 paid days for Annual Holiday Week

-Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)

-18 weeks paid parental leave

-Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health

-2 volunteer days per year

-Commuting benefits 

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Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disability status, political affiliation, veteran status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

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