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Remote - North America, South America, Europe

  • (Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, UK, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Spain, Austria, Slovenia, Czech R, Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland)
  • We are targeting GMT +1 to GMT -8 in the countries identified with core overlapping hours of 10am-1pm Eastern Standard

At Stack Overflow, our mission is to empower the world's developers. Every day, millions of engineers come to us to get answers to their programming questions, collaborate better with their teams, and find their next dream job. As the world continues to transform with technology as a leading force, we're driven to make Stack Overflow a place where everyone who codes feels welcome to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

At Stack Overflow, our Developers are expected to be able to work independently and assist their teammates. 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
  • Redesigning our job board to make navigation easier and more efficient

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.
  • 3+ 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

What you'll get in return:

  • Competitive Base Salary
  • 20 days paid vacation
  • Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
  • Stock options
  • Completely free health insurance (no copay, no premiums)
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Employees will never be poked with a sharp stick
  • If you want to work remotely.... We'll reimburse you up to $2,000 to set up a great home office.

If you want to work in our office... You'll be in our headquarters in New York City, and enjoy additional benefits like free lunch every day prepared by our own in-house chefs, transportation reimbursement, and all the espresso you can drink.

Work Environment:

We're a remote-friendly team. Whether you work remotely or work out of our New York office (re-opening September 6, 2021, and won't require employees to return to the office for the rest of the year), you'll be part of a remote work culture that emphasizes online communication (Slack, GitHub, Hangouts, Zoom, Stack Overflow for Teams).

  • Employment is conditioned upon successfully completing a background check and having the appropriate legal right to work.
  • Diverse teams build better products.

Legally, we need you to know this:

Stack Exchange, Inc. does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity.

But we want to add this:

We strongly believe that diversity of experience contributes to a broader collective perspective that will consistently lead to a better company and better products. We are working hard to increase the diversity of our team wherever we can and we actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of it.

Summary
Company name: Stack Overflow
Remote job title: Software Developer, Reach & Relevance
Job tags: advertising, business services, labour, media, recruitment
  • location or timezone

    North America, South America, Europe
  • category

    Software Development
  • posted

    920 days ago

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