Senior Software Developer, Reach & Relevance

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Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow.  

We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge. 

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.

We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook.

We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.

At Stack Overflow, our Senior Full-Stack Software Developers are expected to be able to work independently, assist their teammates, and mentor more junior developers. As a senior developer you will perform as a high productivity engineer working  with multiple team members across multiple disciplines and technologies. 

Recent projects we're very proud of include:

• Creating a brand new product to facilitate communication with authors of widely known technologies.

• Rebuilding our entire onboarding flow to increase user adoption

• Creating self serve work flows to enable ad-hoc customers

• Building a feature to report and quality control ads on the Stack Exchange network

You'll work primarily in our main tech stack of C#, ASP.NET, and Microsoft SQL Server, with supporting technologies like Redis, TypeScript, and Elasticsearch. If you’re not familiar with our specific tech stack, we'll pair you with mentors who will help you bridge the gaps. As a company dedicated to increasing developer knowledge, we’ll give you the resources and support you need to develop mastery in your craft. 

Skills and Requirements

We expect to see:

• Extensive programming skills in your language of choice (not necessarily ours) and a track record of getting stuff done. You are adept at shipping high quality, well-tested code in a fast paced environment.

• 5+ years of full-stack web development experience with any major server-side stack, databases, and modern front-end (JS, HTML, CSS). Experience in our stack is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, or Kanban. You’ve been on teams that practice Agile and you understand why it’s beneficial for the team. 

• A track record of leading and mentoring less experienced developers. You are eager to teach others and invested in the growth of your team.

• Self-motivating, self-directing, and a great communicator (written and oral). You thrive in an environment that grants you a lot of autonomy to explore creative solutions.

• Excellent problem solving skills. You excel at analyzing and solving problems using technology.

We like to see (but not required):

• Experience working remotely and/or working with teams that are distributed geographically.

• An active Stack Overflow profile, open source code, example projects that you're proud of (whether open source or worked on at a previous job), or any other evidence of your passion for building great software.

• Knowledge of how Stack Overflow works from our blog, podcasts, and other public artifacts. Ideas about how to evolve the platform and increase our impact on the developer community are even better.

• Experience with community-based applications and business to business systems.

• Skills working with large amounts of data or high traffic applications

Base salary will range from:

$150K - $175K USD 

What You’ll Get in Return:

• Competitive Base Salary 

• Generous paid vacation

• Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days

• Equity (RSUs) for all employees at all levels

• Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees

• Company-paid Life Insurance

• Health & wellness stipend

• Home Internet stipend

• Professional allocation for your growth and development

• Home office allowance of $2,000 (for remote employees) with an additional $450 allowance on each anniversary date

• Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive

Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. 

For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.