Senior Software Engineer

United States

About the role

Collaborates with stakeholders to derive scenarios and user

requirements Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI) Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C and C++ Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C and C++ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C and C++ OR equivalent experience 6+ years experience with kernel development, embedded systems, hardware offloads, or virtualization 6+ years experience with storage datapath performance, memory management, or device virtualization 4+ years experience with Cloud Service Provider (CSP), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), or measurement and validation 2+ years experience with performance tuning, measurement, and data analysis

About Swiftkey

SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Job details

Salary

$119,800 - $234,700

Location

United States

Company

NameSwiftkey
IndustryAndroid
Team Size2

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.