Empower is seeking a software engineer with 0-2 years of relevant experience to join our growing team.
Candidates must have a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, an exceptional work ethic, excellent communication skills, and a desire to be part of a team disrupting the status quo.
Working at Empower is demanding, and being successful on our team requires that you really love what you do. Working at a startup, particularly one making as big and quick an impact as we are making, is not for everyone. But if you love building amazing software, want to work with a phenomenal team, have the confidence to be a part of a company disrupting one of the largest brands in the world, are looking to be challenged, and want your contributions to make a demonstrable impact on others’ lives, then we’d love to chat.
This role is in person in McLean, Virginia.
What technologies you will be using as a Software Engineer I
- C#, ASP.NET Core 8, Azure, CosmosDB, SQL, Redis
- Less than 10% – Vue.js, Javascript
What you will do as a Software Engineer I
- 75% – Design, develop, and maintain new features in close collaboration with the Director of Engineering and other engineers
- 25% – Create reports, analyze data, and suggest improvements for business and technical needs
- Participate in the daily standup
- Complete tasks under tight deadlines
- Help improve the platform in performance, reliability, and maintainability
- In rare occasions, help handle emergency situations during off-hours
Required
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science
- 0-2 years of relevant professional experience
- Proficiency a programming language such as C#, Java, Javascript, Python, etc…
Preferred
- Proficiency with a SQL or NoSQL database
- Experience building and consuming REST or RESTful APIs
- Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP
- Experience developing geolocation based applications and services
- Experience with Azure AD / Entra ID
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience with Vue 2 / 3
- Experience with Microsoft Orleans
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with distributed and structured logging
- Experience at a rideshare or on-demand delivery service or building two-sided online marketplace apps
- Track record developing features for highly scalable, secure, production-grade backend services
What Do We Offer?
- Competitive compensation: $80,000 – $110,000 base salary + equity + performance based bonus + competitive benefits
- Being part of a great team to better the lives of gig workers
- Exposure to C-Suite and other senior team members across all departments
- No dull or unchallenging days!
