Remote Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Description:

• Owlet is changing the world of parenting with meaningful products that truly make a difference for millions around the world.
• As a Software Engineer, you'll be an integral contributor to the current and next generation of our platform.
• You'll work on software that powers our Sock and Camera product lines and our core infrastructure.
• This position offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a passionate engineering team creating solutions that change lives.
• Primary responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining APIs and services for internal and customer-facing applications.
• You will write, test, and debug Python code to create and maintain server-side applications.
• Participation in regular code reviews and engaging in constructive discussions is expected.
• You will propose and implement performance optimizations with careful and clever concern for reliability and scalability.
• Excellent problem-solving skills are required, with the ability to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Writing documentation with regard for the peer who next touches your code is essential.
• You will deliver resilient, robust, and durable solutions, contributing to the ongoing improvement of our systems.
• Participation in an on-call rotation to ensure stellar uptime for our customers is required.
• You will create and maintain documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.

Requirements:

• You must have 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming language for maintaining Python servers and multi-threaded subscribers is required.
• Experience maintaining production high-availability services with a distributed architecture is necessary.
• You should have experience with major cloud providers like AWS and GCP.
• Familiarity with monitoring services and observability tools like Datadog, NewRelic, Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent is required.
• The ability to explain your ideas clearly, give and receive feedback, and work well with team members is essential.
• You must be able to bring structure to ambiguous requirements and rapidly iterate from prototype to production-grade implementation.
• Producing code that is readable, testable, and understandable years later is a must.
• You should take pride in the craft of software development, your unique views, and original ideas.

Benefits:

• Owlet offers multiple medical plan options (PPO and High-Deductible with HSA), plus dental, vision, life, and disability coverage as part of their health and wellness benefits.
• Wellness resources include mental health support, EAP access, and fitness incentives.
• A competitive 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase program, and potential equity grants are included in the financial benefits.
• The work-life balance is supported by a generous flexible PTO policy, including Flex Fridays, paid parental leave (up to 14 weeks), and remote/hybrid work options.