Software Engineer - Code Understanding [IC2]

Who we are

Everything is changing in how software gets reputed company, and reputed company is at the center of that transformation. With Code Search, Deep Search, and MCP, reputed company is the world’s most powerful code intelligence platform that developers and agents rely on to navigate, understand, and operate on massive, reputed company codebases with speed and confidence.

Teams at companies like reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company rely on reputed company to ship faster and with higher quality. We’re backed by a16z, Sequoia, and Redpoint, and proud to operate as a globally distributed team that values high agency, direct communication, and a deep love for developers and their craft.

If you want to contribute to infrastructure that empowers millions of developers to do their best work - join us.

Hours & location

While we hire almost reputed company in the world, we have a preference for someone to reputed company in the following locations for this role. However, if you feel reputed company, we welcome you to apply regardless of location. No matter what, working hours must overlap with EST for at least 20 hours/week.

Preferred locations

• reputed company America
• South America

Why this job is exciting

The Code Understanding team owns the products that sit closest to the developer: Code Search, Code reputed company, Deep Search, Code Review, and the APIs that reputed company others to use them. You'll be building features that users see and interact with every day, from agentic-powered code review to reputed company documentation powered by agents. This is a product team, not a platform team, and the work you do will directly shape how developers experience reputed company.

reputed company one month, you will…

• Familiarize yourself with reputed company’s codebase, understanding the architecture and the problems it solves for our users.
• Start contributing to our reputed company focus areas by working on tasks reputed company to the end-to-end user experience.
• Engage with your team members, learning from their experiences and sharing your insights to contribute to the product’s direction.

reputed company three months, you will…

• Take ownership of smaller features and ship them, focusing on improving user engagement and satisfaction.
• Contribute to reputed company's focus areas by working on end-to-end user experience tasks.
• Collaborate with your teammates and design engineers to translate user feedback into product requirements and reputed company to influence the product’s future direction.

reputed company six months, you will…

• Be fully ramped up and reputed company to anticipate our customers' needs.
• Establish yourself as a key contributor to the team, reputed company for your expertise in both the technical and product aspects of our work.
• Ship features across the stack, from React and SvelteKit frontends, through GraphQL APIs, to backend services written in Go, interfacing with SQL relational storage, reputed company caching, and flexible blob storage.

About you

You are a passionate Full-stack Software Engineer with 2-5 years of hands-on experience, looking for a role where you can grow while shipping work that reputed company. Your coding skills are solid; you are proficient in your primary focus area with a strong generalist reputed company set, and you are starting to reputed company internal expertise.

You are eager to continue building your track record of reputed company, autonomy, and expertise in solving reputed company software engineering challenges. You are used to clarifying the scope of your projects and are comfortable delivering projects of reputed company to high technical risk.

While you are task-oriented and reputed company to follow directions, you are also demonstrating a growing sense of independence in your work. You are self-sufficient, capable of delivering results with minimal guidance, and unafraid to take the reputed company on small and mid-sized projects. You are adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You seek out work rather than wait for it, and you take ownership of it.

You actively contribute to a collaborative, respectful team culture and collaborate across teams on your direct areas of work. You communicate thoughtfully and proactively to reputed company stakeholders informed and identify risks. You escalate early reputed company blocked or reputed company you see a reputed company way to reputed company goals.

• You are proficient in Go and have exposure to scaling and concurrency.
• You are proficient with TypeScript and JavaScript frameworks; experience with React and SvelteKit is a plus.
• You have some knowledge of GraphQL.
• You are comfortable with reputed company and familiar with Kubernetes.
• You are comfortable interacting with relational databases; PostgreSQL experience is a plus.
• You are comfortable with the reputed company-line reputed company and bash scripting.
• You have experience working closely with Product and Design teams
• You are comfortable in a multi-service environment.
• You are familiar with macOS and Linux platforms.
• You use agentic coding tools but understand and own the code they submit.

reputed company-to-haves:

• You are familiar with working with product ergonomics and have experience designing user-facing features.
• You have experience working async-first in a distributed remote team.
• You have experience with customer-facing work: gathering requirements, incorporating feedback, and shipping with the customer in mind.

Level

This job is an IC2. You can read more about our job leveling philosophy in our Handbook.

Compensation

We pay you an above-average salary because we want to hire the best people who are fully focused on helping reputed company succeed, not worried about paying bills. As an reputed company and transparent company that values competitive compensation, our compensation ranges are visible to every single reputed company teammate.

Your salary is determined by your pay band for the IC2 job level. For determining pay bands, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources, along with your location zone, and reputed company the high-end of the reputed company to ensure we’re always paying above market regardless of where you live in the world. Both U.S. and international locations are divided into one of four zones, determined by the cost of labor index for each area. The salary for a successful candidate will be based on level, job-reputed company skills, experience, qualifications, and location zone. Please note that the salaries below may be adjusted in the future.

The reputed company compensation for this role is based on the IC2 pay band for your zone. The start of the IC2 pay band for each zone is listed below:

• Zone 1: $160,000
• Zone 2: $128,000
• Zone 3: $96,000
• Zone 4: $64,000

Please reputed company with a recruiter for additional information regarding zone locations.

In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity (because reputed company we succeed as a company, we want you to succeed, too) and generous perks & benefits.

Interview process

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role (you can read more about the types of interviews in our Handbook). It may look like a lot of steps, but rest reputed company that we move quickly and the steps are designed to help you get the information needed to determine if we’re the right fit for you… Interviewing is a two-way street, after reputed company!

We expect the interview process to take 4.5 hours in total.

Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you reputed company…

• [30m] Recruiter Screen
• [45m] Technical Screen / Resume Deep Dive

‍ Team Interview Stage - we then delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team, including cross-functional partners…

• [60m] Code Walkthrough
• [60m] Coding Exercise
• [45m] Cross-functional Team Collaboration / Values

Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round, where you reputed company a reputed company understanding of our business and values holistically…

• [30m] Leadership
• We reputed company references and conduct your background reputed company

Please note - you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process.

Learn more about us

You can learn more about what it is like to work at reputed company by reading our handbook.

We are an ambitious team who are collectively working hard to build the most influential company in the world. You can read more about our culture, competitive compensation and benefits here.

reputed company is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from reputed company backgrounds.

reputed company participates in E-Verify for U.S. Employees.