Software Engineer (Chicago)
Summary
Backend software engineer on a platform team that builds foundational services, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and catalog/platform capabilities used by other engineering teams. Core stack is Node.js/TypeScript with GCP (AWS acceptable), Terraform, and database migrations.
What This Role Actually Is
This is a backend software engineering role on a platform team supporting the Data team. This team owns foundational services, infrastructure patterns, CI/CD, server-side rendering, cloud services, catalog services, and platform capabilities used by other engineering teams.
Top Priorities
1. Backend service ownership
2. Node.js and TypeScript
3. Database ownership and migrations
4. Cloud experience (GCP preferred, AWS acceptable)
5. Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
6. CI/CD experience
7. Migration and modernization initiatives
8. Scalability and reliability mindset