Klaviyo

Senior Software Engineer - KOps X

Boston, MA
Django React MySQL Cassandra Redis Terraform Microservices AWS Python
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Description

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit careers.klaviyo.com to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.

About Klaviyo

Klaviyo is a unified customer platform for email, SMS, and more that helps businesses of every size own their marketing, customer relationships, data, and destiny. Klaviyo has helped hundreds of thousands of businesses grow by fostering customer relationships and generating billions of dollars in eCommerce purchases. In 2022, Klaviyo was recognized by Glassdoor as a Best Place to Work in the U.S. small and medium company category and by Comparably as one of the Best Engineering Teams and Product & Design Teams. 

About the Team

This is a newly formed team, so incoming members will be responsible for building the foundation of how we scale internally at Klaviyo! You will have an opportunity to make a major impact on the direction and priorities of the team.

With Klaviyo’s explosive growth, we are looking for a software engineer to help scale the way Klaviyo operates. For this, Klaviyo needs to build robust automation to help enable teams to get their jobs done more efficiently.   Klaviyo operates a real-time data platform built for massive scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS). 

About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer on the K-Ops X team will drive engineering innovation across Klaviyo. Through internal tooling, automation, data connections, and a keen eye for optimization this role will empower other Klaviyos. This is a newer team to Klaviyo, where you’ll be the second member, and the Senior member of the team. This is a role with significant stakeholder interaction, which requires a bunch thinking on your feet and knowing when to stop and put a plan together.

Engineers come to Klaviyo with experience in a variety of languages and from a number of disciplines. Our development community is incredibly diverse, so an effective member of this team needs to be comfortable working with any modern programming language across various platforms and environments.

Technologies we use (not exhaustive):

  • Python, Django, React, RabbitMQ, Celery, MySQL, Cassandra, Redis
  • Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, Aurora, etc.)Terraform, Grafana, and other modern DevOps tools

What You’ll Need:

  • 5-7+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline
  • Proven experience with being a coach and a mentor for team members and helping them grow
  • Strong backend and database experience
  • Familiarity with front end code
  • Significant experience with full stack application development
  • Experience working with both monolithic and microservices architectures
  • Experience with creating and refactoring databases that can withstand high query volumes
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience debugging performance issues and improving application performance
  • Exposure to large-scale system design

Nice to Have:

  • Experience creating new applications with scalability in mind
  • Exposure to large-scale system design
  • Internal tooling experience
  • Strong front-end skills
  • Experience with AWS

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

Upon request, you can receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role. Requests can be submitted here. Additional information regarding benefits can be found at klaviyorewards.com.

Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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