Backend Software Engineer

Company: OpenPhone Technologies Inc
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

OpenPhone is looking to add to our small and passionate team of engineers who are building a state of an art communication platform over an already existing and popular protocol, telephony. For over a decade, business phones have stagnated in functionality and user experience while the rest of the software ecosystem evolved fast. Often these solutions are built around a legacy view of how the phone works or how people communicate. OpenPhone is taking advantage of this unique opportunity to bring the business phone out of the stone age and redefine what it does with a fresh perspective. What we build will set the bar for years to come. We are a well-funded company by investors who invest in companies that are an inevitable part of the future. You can--read more about that here . If you're looking to work at a disruptive company and build features that directly impact thousands of customers, welcome to OpenPhone. Things you'll do

• Create new backend services and APIs to support new features in the product
• Build, document and maintain tests, features and infrastructure
• Communicate and document architectural designs and requirements
• Help interview and recruit more talented engineers to OpenPhone
• Our backend is built on Node using Typescript.
• We use Kubernetes to orchestrate our infrastructure setup and deployment.
• The overall architecture is event-driven micro-services with RabbitMQ at the center of it.
• We use a variety of databases for different purposes: Postrges, Mongo, Elastic, and Redis. There's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. We're looking for an optimist with grit and determination, who is excited to face the challenges of a growing startup. OpenPhone is the type of company where you can grow, and we encourage you to apply to us even if you don't 100% match the exact candidate description. About OpenPhone OpenPhone --is a new type of business phone. Our mission is to help people communicate better and be more productive. We're backed by Y Combinator and the best venture firms including Slow Ventures, Kindred Ventures, and others. We're serving thousands of businesses around the world and growing quickly. We take a lot of pride in providing an exceptional customer experience and a product people love. Our customers rated us #1 on all possible categories on--G2 Crowd . We're a distributed team working from San Francisco, Seattle, Ottawa, Moscow, Manila, Phoenix, and Sydney. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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