Software Development Engineer-1

Job Description

Neighbors (https://ring.com/neighbors), launched in 2018, is a hyperlocal social networking app providing real-time crime and safety alerts from neighbors and public safety agencies. With Neighbors, you can always know when and where things are happening in your area, and share updates to keep you and your community informed. The Neighbors app is available on iOS (4.8 stars), Android (4.6 stars), recently launched on Web, and is also included as an embedded experience within the Ring app. Neighbors is used by millions of people each month.A day in the lifeContent Engineering is responsible for the management of all content on the Neighbors Platform. Team responsibilities include building a toolset for moderating User Generated Content, tools to ingest and publish news and safety information from third party partners, and tools for the Neighbors News Team to curate and publish News and Safety alerts.About the hiring groupThe team owns services that have been built primarily in Go, and Python, regularly utilize Lambdas as part of an event driven architecture, and are responsible for delivering a combination of backend services and web tools used by internal customers (Neighbors Administrators, and Neighbors News Team).The moderation tooling includes a machine learning (ML) component ripe for future investment and the team leverages a rich set of AWS services that are used in the team s solutions including: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Kinesis, API Gateway, Cloudwatch, Elastic Search, Lambda, Cloud Auth, Redshift, Athena, along with Amazon s standard Builder Hub Tools. The team consists of a combination of backend, full-stack, and front end developers.Job responsibilitiesThe role:As a Software Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of core applications and services within the Neighbors team at Ring. This role will work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers (mobile, front-end, backend), product managers, designers, and marketers to design, test, learn, and iterate on solutions in a fast-paced environment.You will: Be responsible for the development and maintenance of core services Work with team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility Participate in the architecture and design of new features, from conception to launch Help to improve engineering processes and tools to increase team effectiveness Be part of an agile development process to deliver high-quality software Be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the technical direction of services, against the feature roadmap Work with extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best execute on the product., Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field, with strong Computer Science fundamentals 1+ years of experience building successful production software systems. Full stack experience is a bonus. 1+ years of experience with OO design/development skills 1+ years of experience with REST service architecture 1+ years of experience in a variety of modern programming languages (Java, Go, C/C++, Python) Master s degree in Computer Science or related field Experience working with AWS services (S3, CloudFormation, DynamoDB, EC2, CloudWatch, Kinesis, SQS, etc ) Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations Strong communication and interpersonal skills

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