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About the Role
As a Software Engineer at Nextdoor, you’ll work across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle to design, implement, and maintain core backend systems that power the Company’s feed infrastructure. We operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, data scientists, and other backend engineers to understand user needs and define technical requirements for new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
- Monitor the performance of the feed infrastructure to identify bottlenecks and resolve issues in a timely manner to optimize system performance.
- Implement data security and privacy best practices for feed infrastructure.
- Mentor and support junior engineers.
- Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises.
- Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or closely related field.
- Two (2) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the position offered, as a Software Development Engineer, or closely related position, and/or the ability to perform at an advanced level in the domain.
- Full term of experience must include: Utilizing software development processes at all levels of software delivery lifecycle (requirements gathering, documentation, design, development, code review, testing and production support).
- Developing and maintaining large-scale and distributed system services in multiple environments.
- Utilizing data processing languages/tools, including Spark and Kafka, to build big data pipelines to extract and transform data into a usable format that can be used to power metrics dashboards.
- Utilizing Structured Query Language (SQL) and MySQL for data mining and manipulation, analysis, and modeling of data sets to ensure data is reliable in Software Platform.
- Utilizing workflow orchestration and data processing tools, including Airflow and Spark, to automate and improve large-scale data processing workflows.
- Writing automated regression tests for code and review designs and codes from other software engineers to ensure a high quality for software development.
- Writing unit test cases to ensure that new and existing code works according to specifications.
- Managing underlying performance impacts for code changes in large distributed systems.
- Designing and implementing microservices architecture to support scalable backend product functionality across distributed systems.
- Designing, documenting, and implementing service interfaces and backend integrations, including RESTful APIs and gRPC-based inter-service communication.
- Leading or participating in backend system refactoring and modernization efforts to improve scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency in distributed production environments.
- Applying performance optimization and system design principles to evaluate and improve the efficiency of backend services, algorithms, and large-scale data pipelines.
Skills
- Spark
- Kafka
- SQL
- MySQL
- Airflow
- RESTful APIs
- gRPC
Location
- San Francisco
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Dallas
- New York
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- 2 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or closely related field
Salary/Compensations
- $185,000 to $210,000
Benefits
- Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting
- Variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option
- OneMedical membership for concierge care
About the Company
- Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network.
- Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.
- Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale.
Equal Opportunity
- To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve.
- We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people.
- In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.