Software Engineer, Platform

| Chicago
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About Sittercity

Sittercity, a Bright Horizons company, is a technology platform working to reimagine the child care industry. Finding, hiring and managing high-quality, trustworthy and enriching child care has never been simple, for parents or caregivers. We want to change that. At Sittercity, you can imagine and create solutions that will revolutionize a multi-billion industry and bring relief to parents and care providers alike, all while having a lot of fun! Boost your career as we launch into our next phase of growth and help build a platform that changes the way child care works.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer at Sittercity, you will bring your knowledge of modern web technologies to architect and build a fast, responsive and intuitive web and mobile experience for our users. While we’re looking to bring on a multitude of engineers across all of our cross-discipline teams, or “squads”, this exciting opportunity focuses on a team dedicated to platform initiatives.

Our Platform Squad ensures our technology is modern while also building common services for our product squads. The platform squad has a technical focus taking on larger refactorings, common solutions, upgrades and developing tooling to make the lives of other engineers simpler.

Additionally, you will work closely with the Product Squads to improve and extend our platform capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product managers, designers and various stakeholders across the business to conceptualize and build new features.
  • Brainstorm with fellow team members to estimate the feasibility and implementation strategies of deliverables.
  • Work within Ruby on Rails and Go environments to maintain and extend our current applications.
  • Design and develop API contracts to be consumed by stakeholder clients
  • Architect and build robust software using modern web technologies.
  • Mentor other engineers and help with code reviews.
  • Participate in our on-call schedule that all engineers participate in.

Required Qualifications

  • Familiar with Ruby on Rails and/or Go
  • 1-3 years as a Software Engineer 
  • Have a positive attitude and a desire to learn and teach 
  • Comfortable working with monolithic codebases while trying to refactor into a more modern service architecture 
  • Great communication and project management skills. We value well rounded engineers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiar with Google Cloud or AWS 
  • Experience with modern front end frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, etc.)

Employee Benefits

Recognized as a Chicago Innovation Award winner and one of the best places to work by Crain’s and Built In Chicago, we offer an inclusive, innovative, and fun environment that rewards passionate and curious individuals. You will receive the following benefits:

  • Support for flexible and remote working environments
  • Generous paid time off policy, including sick and holiday
  • Industry leading parental leave
  • Health, dental, vision, disability, life, and 401(k) matching
  • Sittercity membership, back up child/adult/elder care, and child care center discounts
  • Tuition assistance, college coach, and enhanced family support
  • Company events, social outings, and volunteer opportunities

Sittercity is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or familial status, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, or any other basis as prohibited by federal, state or local law. Sittercity participates in E-Verify and background checks all employees.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
    • GolangLanguages
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • KotlinLanguages
    • RubyLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • SwiftLanguages
    • RabbitMQ Languages
    • GraphQLFrameworks
    • Ruby on RailsFrameworks
    • Vue.jsFrameworks
    • RxSwiftFrameworks
    • ElasticsearchDatabases
    • MySQLDatabases
    • PostgreSQLDatabases
    • Google CloudServices
    • CanvaDesign
    • FigmaDesign
    • ZeplinDesign
    • AirfocusDesign
    • UserZoomGODesign
    • ClubhouseManagement
    • WordpressCMS
    • BrazeCRM
    • GSuiteEmail

Location

231 S LaSalle Street, Chicago , IL 60604

An Insider's view of Sittercity

How does your team reward individual success?

Our shoutout channel is probably the most joyful corner of our Slack. Our team is constantly going above and beyond, and it’s a space to celebrate those individual wins. It’s also a reminder of all the awesome work done by those outside of who I typically work with!

Josh

Senior Product Designer

What projects are you most excited about?

While we have a lot of exciting projects happening, one in particular I am very excited about is a new product offering. We worked on a lightweight MVP earlier this year and are now iterating on another version. While it helps solve a problem for our users, it also improves our technology with a new way of building GraphQL API's.

Mike

Director of Engineering

How does the company support your career growth?

Sittercity has allowed me to take on different projects and claim ownership in order to grow. They've supported my career decisions, like moving from operations to customer success. Every project I do matters and contributes to our overall success. Not only has Sittercity helped my career growth, they've helped me grow outside of work as well.

Justine

Trust and Safety Team Lead

What are Sittercity Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
We volunteer with several local organizations that align with our work; a few are Cradles to Crayons, UCAN Chicago, and Connections for Abused Women and their Children (CAWC)
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
All employees are required to attend Unconscious Bias training through our parent company, Bright Horizons.
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Being apart of Bright Horizons we are able to offer many benefits relating to child care. All employees are eligible for a 50% daycare discount, back- up child/elder, and free Sittercity membership.
Generous parental leave
We offer 12 weeks of 100% paid gender neutral parental leave following birth, adoption, or fostering of a child.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Adoption Assistance - reimbursement of up to $2,500 for the adoption expenses for each child that you adopt.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
We are passionate about supporting both virtual and in-person events (when possible). This ranges from company picnics, happy hours, and karaoke nights to virtual Drag Bingo, trivia, and game nights!
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Every Wednesday, Sittercity sponsors your lunch with a $20 Grubhub credit.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
We have monthly Lunch & Learns that are open to everyone on the team. They range from bringing in an expert in the field to showcasing some of our team's awesome talent and expertise.
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

What highlights our perks and culture at Sittercity is that we have a genuine interest in our team on a holistic level. Whether through their development at Sittercity or interests outside of work, we make sure to support them through it all. Taking time for a few classes? Awesome, we'll make sure to support the need for some extra time. Do you have to take the kids to their dance recital or karate lessons? That is so cool (but, really, let us know if we can come and cheer on your kiddos). In need of a mental health day? Absolutely take the time that you need! This is a judgment-free zone. Your Sittercity Team will be ready to support and cheer you on so you can come to work as the best version of yourself, bringing your strongest work and passion to the team.

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