Remote: Hybrid in the LA area (especially south bay or OC), remote is fine too.
Willing to relocate: Generally no, might consider Denver or Portland for the right position.
Technologies: Lately Ruby/Rails. Python/Flask before that. Some React sprinkled in there. Standard suite of supporting tech: postgres, some dynamo, redis, memcached, observability tooling, etc. I’m not too picky about tech stack – I've switched a few times and I'll probably be able to pick yours up.
Resume: on request
Email: audible.cleats-07@icloud.com
I'm a value-minded backend engineer, currently in a staff+ role at a successful ecomm company. 16ish YoE, most of that in backend roles at startups. I’m value/business oriented, pragmatic when it comes to tech choices (I can work well in codebases I didn’t write, err on the side of incremental improvements rather than ground-up rewrites, and know where/how to compromise technical perfection for other concerns), collaborate well, and enjoy learning about business/customers/etc. I’ve been with my current employer for several years, currently lead engineering on a critical business system (supporting 10-15 ICs) and support the broader org on some infrastructure/system QoL projects.
I’m targeting senior/staff backend IC roles with a hands-on focus. I like engineering teams that are value/business driven, pragmatic, collaborate well both internally and with folks outside of engineering, supportive and have a good variety of backgrounds/experience levels (I’d love to not be the most senior person in the room for a change). Prefer companies that are mature/established enough to not have a crazy work/life balance. Plus points for being related to health, fitness, the environment, logistics/shipping. US citizen, if it matters.