About Highspot

Highspot helps sales teams improve customer conversations and achieve their revenue goals. From content optimization and performance analytics to in-context training, guided selling, and more, the Highspot platform delivers enterprise-ready features in a modern design that sales reps and marketers love. Using Highspot, sales teams are able to stay connected to the best-performing content for each opportunity, customize and optimize their content, and more effectively engage with their customers and prospects. With 90 percent average monthly recurring usage and global support in over 125 countries, Highspot is the sales enablement industry's most trusted solution.

Highspot is the industry’s most powerful sales engagement platform. Our product uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and content genomics across the sales cycle to score and recommend content, deliver real-time alerts on how customers are engaging with content, and provide advanced analytics so that our customers can optimize their messaging and content to win more deals.
About the Role

As a Principal Backend Software Engineer at Highspot, you will work end-to-end across the full SDLC to create brand new product features, improve backend functionality, and develop web services and RESTful APIs. Some of the technologies we use include Ruby, Clojure, MongoDB, Postgres, Apache Solr & Lucene, AWS, and Chef. 

What You’ll Do

• Develop new product features and functionality
• Develop RESTful APIs and web services
• Develop highly available distributed services
• Create architecture and design documents
• Partner cross-functionally with UX and Product Management to create the best software possible
• Write maintainable and testable code
• Write clean, reusable, testable REST APIs

Your Background

• Proficiency in delivering large-scale, highly distributed systems that are designed to be resilient, and easily consumable from a wide array of frontend devices
• Embraces the entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
• Comfortable with modern open source technologies and tools
• 10+ years’ experience developing software products, scalable internet software, and applications using a range of software models including object-oriented and functional design patterns
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible work and vacation schedules
• Transportation benefits
• Competitive compensation and equity 
• Fully-stocked kitchen with healthy snacks and drinks
• Free catered Friday lunches
• Team building outside of the office
• Company bonding events throughout the year
• Open and spacious office, based in the heart of Seattle
• Great views of the city and Puget Sound
• Meaningfully contribute to a compelling vision
• Environment to do your best work

Equal Opportunity Statement

We aim to build an inclusive workforce. If you’re passionate about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we still encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disability status, political affiliation, veteran status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.