Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader while directly designing, implementing, and operating production software.
• Own complex development efforts from problem definition and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation.
• Design technical solutions, review designs, and guide architectural and implementation decisions.
• Translate product priorities into technical plans, identify dependencies and risks, and guide initiatives through delivery.
• Solve difficult technical problems, mentor engineers, and support the growth of less-experienced teammates.
• Maintain engineering quality through design discussions, code reviews, testing, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Lead production incident response, diagnose complex problems, restore service, and drive recurrence prevention.
• Collaborate across engineering teams and product areas on work spanning multiple systems.
• Participate in recruiting and interviewing software engineers.
• Use and evaluate AI-assisted development tools across design, implementation, testing, debugging, and code review while maintaining standards for correctness, security, scalability, and privacy.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent college-level education.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Track record of leading significant technical projects and delivering complex production systems.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and supporting less-experienced team members.
• Experience supervising or managing software engineers, or demonstrated readiness to take on direct-report responsibilities.
• Deep technical judgment and foundations in software architecture, design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience designing software systems, evaluating approaches, and communicating technical decisions.
• Experience diagnosing difficult production problems and leading technical incident response.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams and with Product or business partners.
• Fluency with Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar programming language; Yext primarily codes in Java and Go.
• Experience recruiting, interviewing, or evaluating software engineers.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and critically evaluating their output.
• Sound judgment regarding data privacy, intellectual property, security, and confidential information when using AI tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Vacation and sick leave.
• Potential eligibility for variable pay programs based on performance.
• Based in the Rosslyn, Virginia office with in-person collaboration required at least three days per week; specific in-office days are flexible.