What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Software Developer (Messaging) position at bandwidth?
Who We Are:
Bandwidth, a prior “Best of EC” award winner, is a global software company that helps enterprises deliver exceptional experiences through voice, messaging, and emergency services. Reaching 65 countries and over 90 percent of the global economy, we're the only provider offering an owned communications cloud that delivers advanced automation, AI integrations, global reach, and premium human support. Bandwidth is trusted for mission-critical communications by the Global 2000, hyperscalers, and SaaS builders!
At Bandwidth, your music matters when you are part of the BAND. We celebrate differences and encourage BANDmates to be their authentic selves. #jointheband
What We Are Looking For:
We’re looking for a Sr. Software Developer (Messaging) who will lead by example in designing and developing solutions for reputation management and number provisioning.
You are the right candidate if...
- You enjoy having a mission-focused, solving complex problems at scale, and working closely with stakeholders to improve the customer experience continually.
- You enjoy an iterative, MVP-first team that collaborates well and is sensitive to customer needs.
What You'll Do:
- Create and maintain REST APIs (Java/Spring), customer-facing dashboards (React), and the infrastructure (AWS) that powers it all.
- Lead solutions from start to finish, collaborating across teams to iteratively ship value.
- Work with a team of developers with experience with distributed services and full-stack systems.
- Mentor junior developers, conduct productive code reviews, and maintain collaboratively-defined standards across the team as you create products.
- Work closely with product managers to create solutions that deliver the power to communicate.
- Enjoy full end-to-end ownership of your services, from design to operations and monitoring in production.
What You Need:
You are the right candidate if…
- You have 5 years of experience building web services in a modern programming language (such as Java, C#, or Go)
- You’ve built and deployed applications for the cloud, preferably AWS
- An understanding of network protocols, HTTP, and REST
- Experience working with distributed systems
- Experience with relational and non-relational database systems
- Experience with scale and performance optimization
- Experience with test automation patterns and frameworks
- A 4-year technical degree or equivalent experience
Bonus Points:
It would also be really great if...
- You have expertise in Java and Spring.
- You have experience with AWS (ECS, API Gateway, S3, SQS), Messaging Brokers (Kafka, ActiveMQ) and Kubernetes.
- Some experience with front-end development, preferably with React
The Whole Person Promise:
At Bandwidth, we’re pretty proud of our corporate culture, which is rooted in our “Whole Person Promise.” We promise all employees that they can have meaningful work AND a full life, and we provide a work environment geared toward enriching your body, mind, and spirit. How do we do that? Well…
- 100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
- All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
- PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
- Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
- “Mahalo moments” program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
- 90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.
Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but not sure if you’re 100% qualified? Do you feel you can work to help us crush the mission? If you answered ‘yes’ to both of these questions, we encourage you to apply! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to be a part of the BAND.
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