Software Engineer - Back End

Join Our Engineering Team at Sprout Social

Sprout Social is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our dynamic Engineering team. As a Software Engineer focusing on back-end development, you will have the opportunity to work on a "tech-giant" scale with smaller, supportive teams where every engineer can make a significant impact on our company and our customers.

Why Join Sprout’s Engineering Team?

Our Engineering team is composed of collaborative cross-functional teams that span mobile, front-end, back-end, QA, and site reliability engineering. This is a place to sharpen your craft and solve challenging problems with some of the smartest people in the industry. At Sprout, our product is a suite, so you can diversify your skills by moving teams, which benefits both your team and your career.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure we build, scale, ship, and monitor our platform reliably.
• Embed in one of our engineering squads to work on both product-focused and infrastructural roles.

What You’ll Bring

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience developing and supporting software in a production environment.
• 2+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Java, C#, Python, or C++.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience developing and supporting scalable, distributed backend services.
• 2+ years of experience working with databases.

How You’ll Grow

Within 1 Month:

• Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program.
• Deploy and make changes to our production systems.
• Interact with SQL or NoSQL data stores and NSQ messaging queues.
• Collaborate regularly with product managers, QA engineers, and other product teams.

Within 3 Months:

• Work with your squad to create and prioritize quarterly team goals.
• Contribute to our Agile culture of continuous improvement.
• Participate in technical design meetings with your teammates.

Within 6 Months:

• Create, deploy, and manage concurrent, distributed systems.
• Form a career growth plan with your manager.
• Identify technical debt and performance bottlenecks within our systems.

Within 12 Months:

• Integrate and use monitoring and alerting tools.
• Participate in architecture discussions with senior team members.
• Demonstrate ownership over the codebase, from design to maintenance.

Our Benefits Program

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product, and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options for both individuals and families.
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like flexible paid time off and parental leave.
• High-quality equipment to ensure you can do your best work.
• Wellness initiatives for health and mental well-being.
• Ongoing education and development opportunities.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all candidates to apply, including those who identify as BIPOC, women and underrepresented genders in tech, LGBTQIA+, parents, veterans, persons with disabilities, and people of all faiths.

Apply Now

If you are passionate about back-end development and want to work in a supportive and innovative environment, we encourage you to apply and join our team at Sprout Social.