At Constant Contact, we are seriously awesome people who take ownership and make an impact by operating with the mindset, integrity and courage of a small business owner. There’s something so profoundly rewarding about knowing that your work is empowering people everywhere to pursue their dreams. Here, we all play an integral part in helping business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profits and individuals to succeed by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online. We’re energized by new challenges and new possibilities-and we’re just getting started!
Are you a Next.js expert who thrives on building high-performance, scalable web experiences? We have an opening for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our agile Front of Site team and help evolve the engine behind constantcontact.com. In this role, you’ll dive deep into Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and microservice-driven infrastructure to enable sophisticated personalization and seamless user provisioning. If you’re a collaborative problem-solver who values progress over perfection and is excited to mentor others as we master new technologies together, we’d love to have you on the team!
This role also emphasizes observability and performance monitoring, requiring experience with OpenTelemetry and HyperDX to ensure system reliability and visibility.
What You'll Do:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and distributed systems that power critical business applications.
- Develop backend and frontend systems using Node.js / Next.js and Java.
- Integrate and optimize web services through Cloudflare and Cloudflare Workers for performance, edge computing, and security enhancements.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, ensuring high deployment reliability and automation.
- Orchestrate containerized workloads in Kubernetes, optimizing for performance and scalability.
- Implement observability solutions using OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, for distributed tracing, metrics, and logging.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams using Jira and Agile methodologies to plan, track, and deliver engineering work.
- Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, architectural improvements, and automation opportunities.
- Demonstrate initiative and autonomy in identifying, planning, and executing new projects.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
Who You Are:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in cloud-based environments.
- Extensive experience in Node.js, with experience in Next.js for modern frontend development.
- Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing for observability and real-time monitoring.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and API design.
- Experience with Cloudflare and Cloudflare Workers for edge computing and security optimizations.
- Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining workloads on Kubernetes.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical abilities.
- Proven ability to operate with autonomy and deliver results with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Bonus Points:
- Familiarity with Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar monitoring and alerting systems.
- Understanding of performance tuning, system security, and cloud cost optimization.
- Prior experience mentoring or leading small engineering teams.
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The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education and work location. In addition, some roles may be eligible for additional on target commission pay or bonus. The compensation package includes health and welfare benefits including paid leave.
Why You’ll Love Us:
- We celebrate one another’s differences. We are proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion, and we're always working hard to strengthen and improve this culture. We have programs in place that bring us together on important issues and provide educational opportunities for all employees.
- Join the experts. If you're passionate about supporting businesses and organizations, you won’t find a better spot to share your talent. We’re dedicated to improving the quality of our product from a customer standpoint and have a true desire to enable the success of businesses, non-profit organizations, and community groups.
- You’ll have opportunities to grow your career. We encourage and support our team members to learn different aspects of the business, take on stretch assignments, seek coaching opportunities and professional development opportunities.
- A generous paid time off policy and a competitive benefits package that supports the health and well-being of you and your family
At Constant Contact, we’re all about work flexibility and are proud to serve our customers as a hybrid workforce. Our hybrid work model combines the convenience of remote work with access to our great office locations to collaborate in-person, participate in live trainings, and socialize with colleagues.
Application Deadline: 30 days. We may fill this job opening prior to the deadline if a candidate is selected by us.
Vision6 Pty Limited is an affiliate of Constant Contact, Inc. and a part of the Constant Contact group of brands.
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