Senior Software Engineer-II

SurveyMonkey•Portland, OR

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips. Trusted by millions—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. Discover how at surveymonkey.com . What we’re looking for We’re seeking a full-stack developer to join a dedicated engineering team in Portland supporting SurveyMonkey’s customer-facing teams. Our team works on a range of frontend and backend projects for both internal and external customers. Our charter includes developing outstanding Help Centers to scale our customer support, admin tools to drive internal efficiency, and a focus on product abuse to create a safer customer experience, as well as projects to support major company priorities. We’re looking for engineers who don’t just love solving challenging technical problems, but care about whom we’re solving these problems for. You’ll work alongside engineers and product managers, iterating quickly to ensure we build the best solutions for our users. Our engineers contribute to the full application stack, from data and schema storage to interactive JavaScript, and everything in between. What you’ll be working on Build and maintain a mission-critical web application, built primarily in Python and React Own the development of new features, including crafting technical specs, writing readable and extensible code, and keeping tabs on post-release metrics Actively contribute new ideas to a team that is committed to continuous improvement Collaborate with and mentor other engineers on best practices Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to ensure we are building the best solutions Work in an Agile environment with frequent feedback and deployments

Requirements

8+ years of experience in web application development
Design and implement a web application from the ground up
Write complete, testable code with meaningful unit test coverage
Write tech specs clearly explaining planned work
Give and receive constructive feedback from peers and managers
Architect new full-stack features, including DB schemas, back-end models, API endpoints, and front-end implementation
Debug production software using application and server logs and monitoring tools.
Strong backend skills, particularly in Python, and comfort working across the stack
Proficient with React, TypeScript, and modern front-end tooling
Comfortable integrating with internal APIs using REST and GraphQL
Demonstrate proficiency with AWS, monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, New Relic) and distributed queues (e.g. Kafka)

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a mission-critical web application, built primarily in Python and React
Own the development of new features, including crafting technical specs, writing readable and extensible code, and keeping tabs on post-release metrics
Actively contribute new ideas to a team that is committed to continuous improvement
Collaborate with and mentor other engineers on best practices
Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to ensure we are building the best solutions
Work in an Agile environment with frequent feedback and deployments