Software Engineer, Microservices API

At GFiber, we believe in the power of great internet that lets people do more, helps communities get stronger and makes amazing things possible. We're not just growing to build better internet experiences, we're also building a welcoming place where people who want to make a difference can grow their careers.

GFiber is an Alphabet company that brings Google Fiber and Google Fiber Webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States. Our growing, inclusive team is expanding as we connect more cities and people.

What makes this job unique:

• Be part of a highly visible team responsible for developing critical Microservices APIs and infrastructure that supports various clients, including Android, iOS, Web, and internal applications.
• Learn and implement industry standard implementation patterns for building and maintaining Backend and Microservice applications.
• Startup culture: We work like a start up, iterate and deliver features with an MVP mindset.
• Be able to work at Alphabet while having the advantage of Google infrastructure and backing.
• Our leadership cares about culture, listens to feedback, and is transparent about decisions.
• GFiber encourages individuals of all backgrounds - especially those that are traditionally underrepresented in this industry - to apply.

Job responsibilities:

• Contribute towards the design and development of building scalable, robust, and industry-best-practice compliant backend applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product managers, UX designers, technical program managers, engineering managers and backend engineers, to successfully deliver projects with high quality and within the agreed upon timelines.
• Collaborate with Tech leads (TL) and Engineering Managers (EM) to create a healthy backlog of features and tech debt by working with cross functional teams - TPMs, Product team, etc.
• Be the owner for a focus area within the larger domain of the backend application ecosystem.
• Be responsible to review the code and enforce stricter code review processes to ensure that code is of high quality, consistent, and aligned with established coding standards.
• Monitor production issues and prioritize the current work by collaborating with TLs and EMs.
• Collaborate with junior developers and contractors to facilitate team expansion, offering necessary support for onboarding and bridging technical and domain knowledge gaps.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience in software design and development using Java
• 2 years of experience in building microservices APIs and infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of Database systems - RDMS, NoSQL, etc.
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a full stack developer with working experience in single page applications (SPA), Android or iOS applications.
• Experience as TL for a small/medium sized development team.
• Working knowledge of test automation tools like selenium to develop integration and E2E tests.
• Working Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines to build, deploy and test, virtualize dependencies for Microservices
• Enabler of new ideas, have a strong product mindset. Embrace bottom up ideation.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $133K - $194K + bonus + equity + benefits. As pay varies by location, your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

GFiber is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or Veteran status. Disclosure is voluntary, and this information will be kept confidential in compliance with Google's Candidate Privacy Policy. For more information please refer to our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and the EEOC's "Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal" (PDF).

It's important to us to create an accessible, inclusive workplace for everyone. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our accommodations for applicants form. Our candidate accommodations team will then connect with you to confidentially discuss your options.