Principal Architect, Features

Job Description

• Our stack includes: Python, Flask, Jinja, ES6, Vue.js, Sass, Webpack, Redis, Docker, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Memcached, Nginx

What you ll do

• Live by and champion our values: #day-one, #ownership, #empathy, #humility.
• Be the go-to expert for platform technical solutions; work with product and engineering teams to understand roadmap priorities, innovate and evolve Recharges platform.
• Drive design and implementation decisions using principles and best practices. Make decisions that move the architecture forward; create best practices and implement new technologies to solve Recharge s technical challenges as they arise.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to make sound technical decisions and help build effective engineering practices.
• Champion good habits (development techniques, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and agile habits); improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Write Python code focused on scalability, testability, supportability and maintainability. Find and address performance issues throughout the application. Participate in architecture, code, security and operational reviews.
• Drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Identify and introduce new technologies that elevate the platform.

What you ll bring

• Typically, 12+ years of progressive development experience, ideally in both enterprise and start-up environments
• Preferred industry experience in Payments, E-Commerce, Subscriptions, Fin Tech, or similar
• Experience driving customer-centric technical design decisions for highly scalable features and systems
• Leadership and mentoring skills across all Engineering levels
• Passionate about building impactful and simple solutions to solve customer problems
• Experience with Cloud Platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Experience with Docker, auto-scaling, serverless infrastructure
• Excellent asynchronous communication skills and ability to work remotely in a high growth organization
• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience

Engineering at Recharge

• Our values set our tone and pace! We make every day count as if it were Day One. Our collective success is driven by our individual Ownership. We communicate with care and Empathy. And we approach every task with a learners open mind and Humility.
• We look for engineers who have strong coding fundamentals, are pragmatic about getting work done, focus on the customer, understand scale, are adaptable to growth and change, and are self-sufficient enough to thrive in a remote-work environment. Our Engineering Interview Process is designed to focus on these key attributes while giving candidates a candid view into what it s like to work here.
• Our interview process begins with an informational conversation, followed by one-on-one interviews with cross-functional teammates, and concludes with meeting a technical leader. Teammate sessions include hands-on-keyboard technical assessments as well as reviews of relevant projects and career experience.
• Technical challenges make everyday a growth experience and leadership opportunity for teammates at all levels. We serve increasingly sophisticated e-commerce merchants who need new, flexible, feature-rich APIs. We process billions of dollars in recurring payments and we continually expand to support new e-commerce platforms, payment types, geographies, currencies, data capabilities, and advanced e-commerce workflows.
• Engineering culture at Recharge is inclusive and people focused. This focus is on our merchants, their shoppers, and our teammates. We move fast, deliver quality low-risk changes to production multiple times a day, and work with high trust and efficient collaboration.
• Our stack includes: Python, Flask, Redis, Docker, GCP, Terraform, SQLAlchemy and MySQL

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