Senior Software Engineer

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for key components and services — designing, coding, testing, deploying, and operating solutions that are secure, reliable, accessible, and maintainable. You will work independently within your project area, own architecture with minimal technical oversight, and use AI tools fluently across the development lifecycle to multiply your team's output. AI-native development: Use AI tools across the full SDLC in a disciplined way

Own the quality of AI-generated requirements, designs, and code - yours and your teammates' - and apply Responsible AI practices. Design and architecture: Lead design discussions for your project area, evaluate tradeoffs, and own architectural decisions with minimal oversight. Customer requirements: Partner with PM, and engineering to define requirements; ensure feedback loops on customer value and usage are in place

High-quality code: Write extensible, secure, performant code. Apply modern patterns including GenAI-assisted development. Drive code reviews and best practices at the product level

Testing and quality: Own the test strategy for your area. Improve the test suite and use AI tools for test automation. Dependencies and coordination: Identify cross-team dependencies, manage upstream/downstream impact, and resolve conflicts across teams

Planning: Drive your workgroup's project and release plans. Break work into a roadmap and coach others on estimation. Experimentation: Design and run experiments; interpret results to guide ship decisions

Deployment and velocity: Drive deployment automation toward zero-touch; strengthen CI/CD. Live site: Participate in on-call rotation. Use telemetry to diagnose, mitigate, and lead retrospectives

Drive metrics that improve reliability and customer impact. Security, privacy, accessibility: Apply security-as-code, threat modeling, and breach-drill practices. Ensure AI safety controls for production AI features

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