Software Engineer - Code Understanding [IC2]

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Familiarize yourself with Sourcegraph’s codebase, understanding the architecture and the problems it solves for our users.
• - Start contributing to our current focus areas by working on tasks related to the end-to-end user experience.
• - Engage with your team members, learning from their experiences and sharing your insights to contribute to the product’s direction.
• - Take ownership of smaller features and ship them, focusing on improving user engagement and satisfaction.
• - Collaborate with your teammates and design engineers to translate user feedback into product requirements and begin to influence the product’s future direction.
• - Ship features across the stack, from React and SvelteKit frontends, through GraphQL APIs, to backend services written in Go.

Required Skills

• - Proficient in Go and have exposure to scaling and concurrency.
• - Proficient with TypeScript and JavaScript frameworks; experience with React and SvelteKit is a plus.
• - Some knowledge of GraphQL.
• - Comfortable with Docker and familiar with Kubernetes.
• - Comfortable interacting with relational databases; PostgreSQL experience is a plus.
• - Comfortable with the command-line interface and bash scripting.
• - Experience working closely with Product and Design teams.
• - Comfortable in a multi-service environment.
• - Familiar with macOS and Linux platforms.

Benefits

• - Above-average salary
• - Equity options
• - Generous perks & benefits