Staff Software Engineer (Fullstack Javascript)

Introduction

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer for one of our core CMS product teams in central Stockholm, to help us shape the future experiences of Optimizely’s products and offerings. These are exciting times: We’re at the top of industry analyst rating, we have just released a SaaS version of our CMS with the innovative Visual Builder. Our engineers are excited to take the product they love and have been working on for many years to the next level. And here is your opportunity to join them, as we are expanding these teams.

In this opportunity we are looking for a technical leader with full stack competence. The ideal candidate would lead the development of a world class SDK for our services in full stack Javascript, as well as contribute to APIs and SDKs for additional tech stacks. You would be joining a group of teams with many very senior engineers with diverse skills, so personal and cultural fit will be a key differentiator alongside skills and experience.

As a Staff Software Engineer you have significant experience and have expert level knowledge across multiple areas and technologies. You have most likely worked in both developer, lead/architect, and potentially team lead roles.

You are self-motivated and like to collaborate with your colleagues to find the best solution that solves the problem, considering architecture, cost of development and cost of ownership. We value building robust solutions that can live on and evolve over many years, while always prioritizing spending our time on what provides the most value possible to our customers. You are comfortable with working in a fast-moving agile environment and working closely with User Experience Designers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders.

We work in hybrid mode and collaborate closely, in the office as well as from home. We value work-life balance and while we are a global company and collaborate across time zones we prioritize respecting local working hours, family commitments as well taking care of your physical and mental health. We believe you will learn a lot here, we also believe that you bring new knowledge and ideas to us. We want you to thrive here for a long time, as many of us have. Optimizely is the best place to be your best!

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will...

• Act as a technical leader in your team, on everything from ideation through architecture and design to implementation and support of the products and services.
• Act as the engineering owner for epic level initiatives, from discovery and refinement through implementation to delivery, leading other participating engineers.
• Proactively engage with other technical leaders as well as product managers and other stakeholders to drive business outcomes not only for yourself but for your entire team and beyond.
• Use your passion for continuous learning, experimenting and insight into industry developments to contribute towards innovative technologies and software paradigms.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuously drive software engineering development lifecycle improvements in your team as well as cross-team.
• Take ownership of the quality of the product as well as responsibility to coach and mentor other members of the team.

About You

• You have at least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar, or corresponding level of relevant education.
• You have at least 10 years of experience working professionally with modern development practices, of which at least 2 years in a senior or technical leadership position.
• You have multiple years of experience building full-stack web applications covering both client side and server side using modern frameworks.
• You have significant experience with full stack Javascript websites, e.g. Nodejs/NextJS, server side rendering, static site generation etc.
• You have significant experience with at least one additional full stack, e.g. ASP.NET, React + .NET or other frontend + backend combinations.
• You have expert level knowledge in at least one of the tech stacks.
• You have previously found satisfaction in being a force multiplier for your colleagues, trusting others to continue your work as well as building on the work of others. You are a real team player who enjoys solving problems together, and a great communicator.
• Ideally you have built full-stack Javascript applications backed by a (headless) CMS or other backend accessed via GraphQL, REST or similar API.
• Ideally you have also built web applications on services as Vercel, Netlify or similar.

Experiences with the following are also advantageous..

• Designing and building APIs (GraphQL, REST) as a supported product (e.g. not just for a specific web application project).
• Designing and building SDKs, in particular for (full-stack) Javascript.
• Modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
• Building, maintaining and supporting a SaaS service at scale.
• Containers and container/service orchestration
• Developing on cloud services, in particular Microsoft Azure
• Micro-frontend architecture

Competencies