Buffer
Software Engineer
Buffer
$125k - $216k
Worldwide (Remote)
ReactJS
NodeJS
Typescript

Software Engineer

Overview

Buffer is hiring software engineers to join their dynamic, lean, and fast-moving engineering team focused on consistent delivery of value to delight customers.

Job Description

Buffer is a company that makes social media and brand building software for small businesses, creators, and individuals, with a mission to provide essential tools to help small businesses get off the ground and grow. Buffer is a fully distributed team that values transparency, diverse backgrounds, and unique differences, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

  • - Enter Buffer’s Talent Pool and join a fully remote and mission-driven team
  • - Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, customer advocates, and marketing managers
  • - Participate in designing systems through active participation in working groups (guilds or communities of practice)
  • - Work on product-led growth strategy, offering a comprehensive free plan and growing through providing enhanced capabilities on paid plans
  • - Engage in experimentation and make data-informed decisions for future features or enhancements

Required Skills

  • - Experience with core technologies: ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript, PHP, GraphQL, MongoDB, Swift, SwiftUI, Objective C, Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, AWS, Kubernetes, Datadog, Terraform, Docker, Github Actions
  • - Comfortable working across the stack and with multiple APIs and data sources
  • - Passionate about writing simple, maintainable code with a balanced approach to product engineering
  • - Write and maintain tests, appreciate the importance of working with legacy codebases
  • - Product-minded with empathy for customers, passionate about creating delightful customer experiences
  • - Experience instrumenting high-quality data for feature usage analysis
  • - Strong communication and collaboration skills, enjoy sharing knowledge with teammates

Benefits

  • - Competitive salary with cost of living adjustment
  • - Work remotely with flexibility
  • - 4-day workweeks with a flexible, meeting-free fifth day
  • - Health insurance for all team members
  • - Home office setup with a laptop and $1000 for setup
  • - 'Growth mindset' fund for learning and development
  • - Minimum of 3 weeks' vacation per year
  • - Savings plan match with 3% company match
  • - Profit sharing among team members
  • - 16 weeks of fully paid family leave for new parents
  • - Free Kindle and all the free books you like
  • - Fully paid 6-week sabbaticals after every 5 years with Buffer

About the company

Buffer is a product built to help our customers get off the ground and grow via organic marketing, and the Buffer team is an optimistic and gratitude-filled group of remote workers scattered around the world and dedicated to creating a product our customers will use and love.