Backend Software Engineer, Superblocks

$140-185k

+ a generous equity package

Docker
Kubernetes
JavaScript
Python
Kafka
Elasticsearch
Redis
Postgres
Airflow
Terraform
Logstash
Mid and Senior level
New York
Superblocks

Programmable internal tooling platform for developers

Job no longer available

Superblocks

Programmable internal tooling platform for developers

21-100 employees

B2BInternal toolsSaaS

Job no longer available

$140-185k

+ a generous equity package

Docker
Kubernetes
JavaScript
Python
Kafka
Elasticsearch
Redis
Postgres
Airflow
Terraform
Logstash
Mid and Senior level
New York

21-100 employees

B2BInternal toolsSaaS

Company mission

To save 100s of developer hours by building custom internal tools.

Role

Who you are

  • Able to discuss and debate strategic engineering / product decisions live with the team
  • Experienced in leveraging public or private cloud infrastructure to build and operate cloud native applications and APIs
  • An expert in NodeJS, Express, Postgres
  • A self-starter driven by customer empathy
  • Intimately familiar with SaaS architectures, cloud storage (EBS, S3), security, networking, authentication (OAuth2, SSO) and deployment
  • Highly driven by building features and improvements in a secure, well-tested, and performant way

Desirable

  • BONUS: Experienced in working with systems like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Redis, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Logstash and Airflow, Datadog

What the job involves

  • Users can write arbitrary Javascript and Python in our app – You’ll scale and secure our distributed code execution engine from the ground up
  • Architect and scale our scheduled jobs and workflows infrastructure
  • Optimize the performance of our open-source core integration execution engine
  • Build a reliable and fault tolerant infrastructure to help scale with our ever increasing customer demands
  • Architect new services and APIs that power our app and are used by all of our customers
  • Enable a plug and play model with new integrations without the need to restart service or manual upgrades
  • Build an integrations framework that supports running declaratively defined integrations without writing code
  • Ensure there is zero downtime for upgrades of integrations
  • Partner closely with our customers to ensure ease of deployment and operation of the OPA

Otta's take

Xav Kearney headshot

Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Founders Brad Menezes and Ran Ma went through the same process again and again of building new custom tools at every company they worked for, so they decided to do something about it. Realising that building blocks were usually very similar, they’ve created a a universal building platform that allows companies to build custom tools more quickly and easily than before.

Superblocks' selling point is customization - it has a wide range of app, SSO and monitoring integrations, including Slack, Google, and Datadog. It also offers both a managed service and a hybrid model with open source packages.

But the market for customer tools and workflow automation is a competitive one, with plenty of rivals like Retool and Airplane with good reputations and large customer bases. Superblocks stands in good stead though, with the impressive level of funding it has raised focussed on improving and expanding the range of tools it offers.

Insights

Top investors

12% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Aug 2022

$37m

EARLY VC

May 2018

$1m

SEED

Total funding: $38m

Company benefits

  • Full Medical, Vision & Dental
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Monthly Team Offsite
  • Engineering Lunch & Learns
  • Catered Team Lunches
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Generous Equity Package
  • Relocation Assistance

Company HQ

NoMad, New York, NY

Founders

Ran Ma

(CTO)

Previously a Senior Software Engineer at both Morgan Stanley and Confluent.

Co-founded NSpire Innovation Network, as well as working at Sequoia Capital and in Product Management at Yelp and Datadog.

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