CS - Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (React/Node/AWS)

IMPORTANT: At the moment we are only considering candidates located in Latin America. Please do not apply if you are not located in Latin America.

About EmpiricalEmpirical empowers early and growth stage tech companies to create the right products in the right way by providing two pivotal services:

• Product & Technology Leadership: Our clients entrust critical decisions to our network of top-tier US-based CTOs and CPOs. We provide fractional, project, or advisory based support, combining highly experienced talent with a flexible approach.
• Product Development Teams: We provide our clients with high performing, senior product development talent through a scalable staff augmentation model and ongoing support. We focus on Latin America to find exceptional talent, with time zone and cultural compatibility.

We are proud to be a people first company, where we prioritize building meaningful, long lasting human connections with clients and team members alike, while embracing diversity and uniqueness. With this foundation and our focus on talent, we help create great products that people love.
Our values

• Care about people first
• Strive to add value always
• Lead with integrity
• Have fun every step of the way

The OpportunityOur client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in building an innovative Carbon Planning platform that helps global enterprises power emissions reduction. This platform serves some of the world's most recognizable companies, representing over $1T in market value, helping them reduce risks, save costs, protect revenues, and manage emissions aligned with business objectives and sustainability goals.
What you'll be doing

• Drive the development of core systems that power the platform's Planning, Scenario Modeling, and Analytics capabilities
• Execute the full software development lifecycle; technical analysis and design, development, and unit test phases
• Identify, deliver, and drive improvements and innovations within the software
• Work across the stack to successfully deliver value to customers
• Become a subject matter expert in travel and expense data and planning software systems
• Provide technical leadership and share knowledge, for instance, through code reviews, pairing, ADRs, and presentations

Your qualifications and experienceMust haves

• Online availability during their collaboration hours: 9am - 1:30pm Eastern Time
• Hands-on experience with database-centric applications
• Expertise in SQL - Example interview question: "Given a sales table, write a query to find the top three products with the highest total revenue and the associated revenue."
• Expertise in TypeScript - Example interview question: "Write a function that accepts a list of book IDs, fetches the details for each, and returns the results sorted by title."
• Experience leading a project, team, or initiative - Example interview question: "Tell me about a time when the scope changed on a project you were leading. What decisions did you have to make?"
• Ability to debug hard problems from the browser all the way down to the database

Nice-to-haves

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) systems
• Software maintenance, production-readiness, observability, and scaling
• AWS: S3, RDS, EC2, IAM, Fargate, etc.
• Identity providers: Auth0, WorkOS, Stytch, etc.
• Defining and upholding SLAs for operational processes you support
• Data Warehousing and ETL pipeline development: Airflow, Debezium, Databricks, etc.
• Additional programming languages: Python, Rust, Java, Go, Haskell, Elixir, etc.
• AI/ML forecasting algorithms
• Data Science
• Global, enterprise SaaS development
• Cloud platform providers: Vercel, Fly.io
• 5+ years of software development experience in JavaScript web applications
• Data-intensive, asynchronous, distributed systems
• Greenfield development: going from 0 to 1
• Working in an agile development environment using git and agile project management tools
• Learning other coding languages and patterns quickly
• Report development in data visualization tools: Tableau, Power BI

What we expect from you

• 100% alignment with our core values!
• Ability to work independently while being a highly collaborative team player
• Comfortable working with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment
• Strong critical thinking skills and a pragmatic approach towards solving problems
• Ability to work independently and get things done with minimal direction
• Drive projects from start to finish in a fast-paced environment
• Strong documentation and verbal/written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented and highly collaborative team player

What we offer

• Remote/flexible work
• Highly competitive compensation in US dollars
• Opportunities for personal and professional development; mentorship, coaching and training as needed
• Ongoing, 40 hours per week dedication
• The opportunity to be part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts

Why work with us?

• We pride ourselves on our core values and have proven that putting people first creates a thriving and collaborative work environment.
• We seek to accommodate and balance individual needs with client needs, understanding each one of us is unique.
• We offer benefits such as remote/flexible work, selective paid training, mentorship programs, referral programs and more.
• We are selective in the projects we take on to ensure our teams are engaged in challenging, meaningful, enjoyable opportunities that will provoke creativity, innovation and growth!