Staff Software Engineer

Allergan Aesthetics•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

At AbbVie, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our iconic brands include Botox, CoolSculpting, Juvéderm, and more. The medical aesthetics business is ripe for rapid growth and disruption, and we are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to add to our high-performing team to do just that. Our team has successfully launched a new and innovative technology platform, Allē, which serves millions of consumers, tens of thousands of aesthetics providers, and thousands of colleagues throughout the US. Since its launch in November 2020, Allē has delivered curated promotions, personalized experiences, and millions of consumers use it as part of their beauty journey. Now, we are looking for a Staff Engineer as we prepare to launch a new array of game-changing technologies on our successfully adopted platform. We're looking for a Staff Engineer interested in working within a startup-oriented environment while having the backing of a very large company. If that's you, please read on. As the Staff Engineer, you will report to the Software Engineering Manager and continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most critical technical problems.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
At least 10+ years as a Full Stack Software Engineer
Adept at drafting, validating and implementing software systems architecture using modern development and deployment technologies and can speak thoroughly to their tradeoffs.
Experience organizing and prioritizing tasks with Product and Project Management for a team of 4+ Engineers
Strong Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, NestJS, Node.js
Strong familiarity with data structures, algorithms and design patterns
Proponent of code testing and familiar with the common frameworks for unit, integration and functional tests
Expertise in PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and replication.
Deep understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and event-driven architecture.
Experience with Kafka, Terraform, and AWS services.
Proven success operating and scaling production systems with high reliability and observability.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with React, and React Native (bonus)

Responsibilities

Champion code quality, reusability, scalability security and strategic software architecture decisions
Mentor software engineers utilizing code reviews, proven design patterns and your experience building large scale platform tooling
Collaborate with Product, Project, and Engineering Management to take small ideas or concepts and turn them into high fidelity technical game plans and achieve the products and business goals
Care about who you work with and how work is done. We hire carefully and the entire team is given the opportunity to take part in evaluating potential hires
Relate to our core values and would like to contribute to a positive working environment and culture
Drive the exploration and evaluation of AI-powered tools and technologies to enhance software engineering practice