Senior Software Engineer at Guidewheel

THE COMPANY

Guidewheel is on a mission to empower all the world’s factories to reach sustainable peak performance. Inspired by the simple, universal truth that every machine on the factory floor has a power cord, our plug-and-play FactoryOps platform makes the power of the cloud accessible to any factory. Guidewheel clips onto any machine to turn its real-time “heartbeat” into a connected, actively learning system that empowers teams to reduce lost production time, increase throughput, and perform better and better over time.

At Guidewheel we work with the factories that are the backbone of our economy, and you can have a real, on-the-ground impact right away. We have strong momentum and alignment around our mission, investor support, and a culture that values diversity, growth mindset, and results. And the tight link between our mission and our business model means that reaching more of the world’s 10 million factories accelerates our positive impact on the planet.

The Guidewheel team shares the following values:

• Integrity matters: We are honest, straightforward and sincere. With each other. With our investors. With our customers
• We (actually) care: About each other. About fighting climate change. About making a real impact
• We use data to make decisions: We possess the courage to accept “hard truths” and confront challenges head-on
• The power of growth mindset is real: We strive to be the best we can be; to achieve this we are committed to embracing change and expanding our capabilities

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Guidewheel is looking for a senior full-stack software developer to help develop our cloud-based dashboard and supporting infrastructure. This is an individual contributor role, with room for expanding leadership responsibilities.

A Senior Engineer at Guidewheel:

• Executes well, but doesn’t just execute – asks “why,” understands the big picture, and delivers the best possible solution
• Completes high quality work in a timely manner
• Thoughtfully translates customer and business needs into software solutions that can scale
• Designs and architects solutions, gathering additional resources as needed
• Strategically owns projects from beginning to end, adeptly managing others and communicating with teammates as needed to execute
• Writes code that is designed to be future proof - not just within a function, but within a project’s architecture
• Writes useful tests and encourages others to write tests
• Maintains clear documentation and proactively communicates
• Offers thoughtful code reviews, and constantly seeks improvement in their own work

Tech Stack Our stack includes the following technologies: Node, Vue, PostgreSQL, Big Table, Rabbit, Redis, Heroku/Google Cloud, Twilio/Sendgrid. Our team collaborates using GitHub, Slack, and Asana.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 7 years experience as a professional software developer, with proven track record of deploying quality production software and writing clean code
• Technical degree in computer science or equivalent, or comparable demonstration of qualifications
• Comfortable with the full stack - from front end pixel pushing to database configuring
• Experience with CI/CD and test-driven methodologies
• Comfortable working remotely and cross-culturally with team members from multiple countries, across different time zones, in an Agile environment
• Entrepreneurial attitude - wants to be part of a fast growing team and work directly with customers to maximize value in the system
• Gets the big picture, relentlessly follows up on details
• Team-oriented, while being proactive and self-directed
• Able to prioritize, take initiative, communicate clearly, and manage many projects and work streams simultaneously; meets deadlines and keeps commitments
• Eager to bring radical candor to work and enthusiastic about building positive organizational culture

Nice to Haves

• Experience managing a team of software developers
• Familiarity with design thinking tools
• Experience scaling a web-based software product with billions of data points

What’s in it for you?

• Work with cutting-edge software technologies, including the latest machine learning and big data tools, on a constant stream (terabytes/week) of time-series machine data.
• Develop core technology for a product-first startup.
• Grow with a team that believes developing talent is important, and is building that as a core strength of the company from day one.
• Be a leader in the organization, leading the way for future software hires and mentoring junior team members as they join.
• Work with a small founding team to determine the future of our technology and the tools we use to solve meaningful problems for our customers.
• Work with a team of international talent, from Silicon Valley, Argentina, Mexico, and Kenya.
• Participate in the full product development process, from prioritization and design to deployment and maintenance.

THE LOCATION

Anywhere! Guidewheel is a distributed team and our expectation is to remain 100% remote-first for the foreseeable future. For this role, you’ll be working with a team on North American time zones.