Sr. Software Development Engineer

Immigration / Work Authorization Notice Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. iSpot is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Compensation iSpot competes for the best talent. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity in one of Seattle’s hottest start‑ups, as well as other standard benefits. Most importantly, we provide a really interesting working experience, and the chance to contribute to the success of something great. Target cash compensation range: $136,000-148,382 USD Annually. We are committed to providing competitive, market‑informed compensation. The cash compensation above includes base salary, variable commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, all full‑time iSpotters are eligible to participate in iSpot’s equity plan to receive stock options. Non‑exempt roles will also be eligible for (pre‑approved) overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are influenced by different factors unique to each candidate, including their skills, experience, qualifications and other job‑related reasons. Overview At iSpot.tv, we deal with BIG data, operating in a high‑scale AWS environment with thousands of servers processing massive streams of media metadata. As a Senior SDE, you are a foundational pillar of our engineering team. You don’t just write code; you own entire domains, drive scalable solutions, and act as a "go‑to" expert. We are currently looking for an AI‑native engineer—someone who views AI not as a novelty, but as a core component of their development lifecycle—to help lead our mission‑critical data evolution, and contributing to the vision of Creative Audience and Outcomes Pillar. Responsibilities Technical Excellence & Domain Ownership Design domains with testability and multiple teams in mind, creating extensible and shareable codebases. Provide prescriptive code reviews that suggest more acceptable code patterns and contribute to company‑wide style guidelines. Maintain a high standard of quality, set an example for the team, develop architecture for automation systems and debug complex issues within the CI/CD pipeline. Implement secure deployment strategies for large‑scale, high‑risk projects. AI‑Driven Productivity & Innovation Act as an AI‑native engineer; actively explore and learn AI technologies that enhance team efficiency. Lead adoption of AI tooling, pair with teammates, provide demos, and write documentation. Bring creative solutions to complex, large‑scale projects and ensure contributions can be extended far into the future. Operational Excellence & Data Strategy Propose and implement domain measurement solutions, lead RCA for complex incidents. Design, build, maintain reliable data pipelines—authoring and orchestrating Airflow DAGs and leveraging Snowflake for large‑scale analytics. Identify and reduce toil, automate repetitive manual tasks using platform engineering mindset. Build internal networks to improve organizational speed, influence quality of technology solutions, remove obstacles. Drive cost‑optimization strategy ensuring architectural decisions and cloud utilization are performant and cost‑efficient. Align cross‑functionally with partners and stakeholders on project vision and strategy. Mentor less experienced team members, inspire action, coach AI‑first mindset. Handle personal conflicts and navigate ambiguity to reach strategic milestones. Qualifications Significant experience developing software for shareable features across multiple engineering projects and leading small‑to‑mid‑sized technical initiatives. Proven ability to make high‑level architectural decisions and redesign legacy services for reliability and operability. Hands‑on platform engineering experience focused on internal developer experience, infrastructure abstraction, and self‑service capabilities. Expert knowledge of AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM). Technical expertise in Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Snowflake, RabbitMQ (or similar), Apache Airflow, Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines. Experience using AI coding assistants and LLMs to accelerate development (e.g., Kiro, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code). Strong communication skills tailored to different audiences, excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD concepts (CircleCI). Track record of identifying incident trends and introducing broad solutions. Hybrid & Flexible Workplace Policy iSpot supports a hybrid and flexible workplace. Depending on location and work responsibilities, employees may be designated as full‑time or part‑time office‑based or a fully remote employee. A hybrid work schedule indicates that you work in the office some days and work from home other days. The best hybrid workplaces allow for flexibility while also encouraging consistency. Those local or living in surrounding areas to one of our offices (Bellevue, WA or New York, NY) will work a hybrid schedule, coming into their local office 1‑3 days a week. While those in a role, not office‑based and located further away from our offices, will work a fully remote schedule. If you have questions regarding exact details of our hybrid & flexible workplace policy, please let your recruiter know and they will discuss it with you further. #LI-Hybrid Equal Opportunity Employer iSpot is an equal opportunity employer. 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