Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

• We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life. As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across our engineering stack - this includes developing and improving frameworks across our backend services, in addition to making direct contributions to your team’s product area
• In addition to writing code, you’ll help define the features that we build, through collaboration internally with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering leaders.
• We believe engineers should have a stake over all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, through helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, all the way through understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis.
• As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about
• Your responsibilities will include:
• Backend development in a variety of languages/frameworks including:
• Python/Django
• Kotlin / JVM
• Go
• SQL
• GraphQL
• Redis
• Postgres
• Kafka
• AWS
• Mentoring a team of talented engineers designing and building the next generation of Nextdoor
• Collaborating with product management, data science, and design to ensure we build the right things to maximize impact on neighbors
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
• Working with engineers in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and beyond
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

Benefits

• Monthly wellness stipend
• 12 weeks of parental, family or medical leave
• Global end of year shutdown
• Learning and development stipend
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance

• Strong desire to learn about new technologies and systems
• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
• Strong coding and debugging abilities across multiple systems and domains
• High-initiative leader who can drive technical vision to enable the rapid iteration of Nextdoor’s product
• Experience designing, building and deploying flexible backend systems at scale