Senior Software Engineer - Back End

Favor is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Back End team in Austin, TX. As part of the Engineering team, you'll support Favor's mission to bring fast, fresh delivery to Texans. The Favor technology platform is the engine behind the business, enabling our Runners (delivery drivers) to deliver millions of Favors.

In this role, you'll be responsible for all phases of development, testing, and deployment of our backend services, databases, and data warehouse. You'll work closely with product and operations teams to understand customer needs, build simple solutions to complex problems, and deliver delightful experiences to all users.

Key responsibilities include:

• Independently building, diagnosing, and fixing complex technical issues
• Assisting in research and fact-finding to develop or modify applications
• Fixing bugs and performing updates to the codebase
• Participating in planning and execution of development projects
• Partnering with multi-disciplinary technology teams to integrate solutions

We're looking for someone with 4-8 years of software engineering experience, familiar with technologies like Java, Kotlin, MySQL, Postgres, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and Elasticsearch. You should be able to design and build technical solutions independently, write clean and well-tested code, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

At Favor, we offer a flexible work environment, with this role being either hybrid or remote for Texas residents. We provide comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) options, unlimited PTO for salaried employees, learning and development opportunities, and a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Join us in our mission to be the best delivery app in Texas, representing all Texans through our diverse and inclusive team!