Open Position:
Closed Position:
Software Engineer, Systems Integrations

Spend your time with us as we help support the vitality and resilience of communities

This position closed on
6/25/2021

General Info

Location:
SF & Austin preferred, US Remote Friendly
Type:
Full Time
Experience:
Senior
Department:
Software Engineering
Reports to:
Principal Software Engineer

Compensation

Salary Range:
*
Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave, and 401k.
*In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act the salary for this role is listed. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location.
*Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location.

About Underline

Underline starts with our people.

At Underline, we've rapidly built a culture around ownership, trust, community, and innovation. Underline is dedicated to cultivating a growth environment where people feel valued, work with a purpose of mission, are personally rewarded, and are professionally challenged.

Are you ready to join this team and transform American communities?

Underline was founded in 2019 with a singular mission: to ensure the vibrancy of our nation through building intelligent community infrastructure in a socially equitable manner. We work with American communities to design, finance, and construct open access fiber-optic networks. These networks are critical to secure internet access that’s fast, affordable, and fair. As open access networks, this infrastructure is also the essential foundation for distributed healthcare services, new wireless solutions, and resilient infrastructure including modernized water systems and responsible energy creation. Our first two projects are in Colorado Springs and Fountain, Colorado.

About this Position

Does this sound like you?

  • You are hungry, humble, and curious
  • You have excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
  •  You want to solve interesting problems in the realms of systems integration and APIs
  • You are an intrinsic self-starter and enjoy taking on new challenges
  • You want to be part of the early stages of a company where everything you build matters
  • You want a highly collaborative environment, comprised of diverse subject matter experts in broadband networking, data center infrastructure, software development, and design
  • You care about building critical intelligent infrastructure to increase community vitality and improve resilience

What you'd be doing:

  • Work closely with business and systems architecture colleagues to assess integration needs
  • Evaluate and recommend integration partners
  • Build connector or adapter components to external systems
  • Manage API documentation for integration components and external systems
  • Manage security credentials for development, test, and production environments
  • Work with frontend and backend engineers to deliver integrated performance at scale
  • Maintain high standards of software development and quality through unit testing, integration testing, continuous integration, automated deployment, logging, performance metrics, and documentation
  • Respond to the requirements of the business and the software architects in building efficiently-scoped and strategically-aligned software

Experience we require:

  • 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Fluent in Go or JavaScript
  • Experience with Python or other languages nice to have
  • Hands on experience working with REST APIs
  • Demonstrable experience in integrating 3rd party software into an overall solution
  • Proficiency with security standards such as OAuth2 and client certificates
  • Familiarity with SQL-like databases such as Postgresql
  • Experience with agile, test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing
  • Strong understanding of web development protocols and security
  • Familiarity with deployment tools like  Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS

Bonus points:

Hiring Manager

Josemar Luedke
Principal Software Engineer

Unsure about applying?

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But here’s the thing: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Underline is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Position Application

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain exceptionally high standards for talent and recognize that there are many paths to developing expertise. We don't discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. If you have the skills we need and the ambition to grow fast with us, that's all that matters.