\nAbout BLEN\nBLENers are passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems. For over 20 years, we've been helping government agencies and businesses transform their digital experience. We bring fresh perspectives to every project, from modernizing legacy systems to building cloud-native applications to experimenting with technology that’s just around the corner. We value building long and enduring partnerships to solve complex challenges by putting humans at the center of all the experiences. Our team thrives on turning tricky problems into solutions that are practical, accessible and performant.\n\n\nAbout this position\nAs a Senior Software Developer II - Full Stack at BLEN, you will take on a highly strategic role in designing, architecting, and developing scalable, robust digital solutions. This role demands a combination of deep technical expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies and the ability to collaborate closely with tech leads and sometimes take on tech lead responsibilities. You will be expected to think strategically, mentor team members, and deliver high-impact solutions while embracing ownership and accountability. In addition, this position requires a strong background in cloud services, system architecture, AI toolings, and an eagerness to innovate by building prototypes and transforming proof of concepts into production-ready features\n\n\n\nWhat we would like from you\n* Technical Leadership and Strategy\n* Collaborate closely with the tech lead, taking responsibility for the system's architecture and development strategy\n* Step in as the acting Tech Lead when required, making key technical decisions that ensure alignment with overall product and business goals\n* Design and implement scalable, efficient, and maintainable systems and architectures\n* Work on building prototypes and proof of concepts that later become major production features\n\n\n\n* Software Development and Problem-Solving\n* Leverage extensive full-stack development experience to lead high-complexity, outcome-driven projects\n* Proactively diagnose and solve architectural and technical issues, driving quality improvements in existing systems\n* Work hands-on with modern tech stacks, including advanced usage of cloud platforms, ensuring scalable system designs\n* Actively contribute to the development and deployment of AI-driven solutions and applications\n\n\n\n* Mentorship and Team Development\n* Mentor and support junior engineers, focusing on transferring skills in system design, cloud services, and AI technologies\n* Provide technical guidance across teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation\n* Engage in technical interviews, assessing candidates' skills and cultural fit\n\n\n\n* Communication and Stakeholder Engagement\n* Present design documents, architecture diagrams, and technical solutions to clients, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams\n* Communicate technical strategies and developments effectively across the team and external partners\n\n\n\n* Process Improvement and Innovation\n* Drive improvements in software development processes and practices, with a focus on high performance and scalability\n* Champion best practices in system design, architecture, cloud services, and AI development\n* Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in AI and cloud computing, applying this knowledge to drive innovation in the organization\n\n\n\nBasic qualifications\n* Essential Requirements\n* 10+ years of engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing and developing scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems and architectures\n* Extensive experience with full stack development using Python, React, Next.js, Node.js, Java or Ruby on Rails\n* Hands-on experience with Python and AI toolings, including familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and other modern AI frameworks\n* Strong expertise in containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, ensuring systems are scalable and maintainable in a cloud-native environment\n* Experience working with both relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases like Firestore, MongoDB, ensuring effective database design, optimization, and scalability\n* Hands-on experience integrating external APIs and third-party services into applications\n* Strong cloud services management and configuration skills with AWS, Azure, or GCP, leveraging these platforms for high availability, scalability, and security\n* Proficiency in version control systems (e.g., Git), and experience managing large, complex codebases\n* Robust problem-solving skills, particularly in diagnosing and resolving complex system issues related to distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and application performance\n* \n\n* Preferred Skills and Experience\n* Prior experience leading engineering teams or acting as a Tech Lead\n* Experience building AI applications and their underlying infrastructure\n* Familiarity with DevOps tools and best practices\n* Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance\n\n\n\nRequirement\n* Must be a US Citizen or legal resident and able to work domestically\n* Must be located in the United States\n* Must be able to attain low-level security clearance\n\n\n\nPerks\n* Work from anywhere.\n* Competitive pay.\n* A contribution to your health benefit.\n* The chance to work on high-visibility projects and make a significant impact.\n\n\n\nGet to know us\n* We are a small, creative and highly technical team.\n* Our heroes are the scrappy folks that dare to dream and do great things. We love people that care more about doing the right thing than taking a shortcut.\n* We believe in finishing projects and floor our clients by how much we cared about their project.\n* We believe in integrity and because we're small, we are very selective of our partners and clients.\n* We do not use phrases like 'human resource' because you are NOT a resource. You are a team member and we will treat you like one.\n\n\n\nWhat you should expect from us\n* We will treat you fairly.\n* We give you space to grow both personally and professionally.\n* We will hear your ideas even when we disagree -- especially when we disagree.\n* We will be equitable with our success and be honest with our challenges.\n* We will always tell you the truth. Even when the truth is difficult.\n\n\n\nBLEN's hiring process\n* Resume Review: Our team evaluates your resume and online profiles (LinkedIn, GitHub, etc.) to assess qualification fit.\n* Role-Specific Assessment (depending on role, due in 24 - 48 hours): Complete a take-home assignment or live coding session to demonstrate technical skills. For this role, this will be the assessment: https://github.com/blencorp/blen-fullstack-engineer-take-home\n* Hiring Manager Screen (30 mins): Dive deeper into your experience and the role with the hiring manager.\n* Virtual Interviews (2 rounds, 30-45 min each): Technical and competency-based interviews aligned with Blen's values, conducted via Google Meet.\n* Decision & Offer: Post-interview, the hiring team decides. If selected, your recruiter will extend an offer and assist with logistics.\n\n\n\n\n\n$135,000 - $170,000 a yearThe salary range represents the compensation we expect to offer candidates who can perform the core responsibilities with minimal additional training. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as skill set, level of experience, and scope of responsibility. Our recruitment team is available to discuss your specific salary requirements and to provide more information about how we determine compensation. We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices and encourage open dialogue about our compensation structure throughout the application process. We look forward to learning more about your qualifications and how they align with our framework.\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Python, Docker, DevOps, Java, Cloud, Ruby and Senior jobs that are similar:\n\n $52,500 — $95,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWashington, DC

\nKind of people we want:\nSMART\nSpeak directly and honestly\nMake smart decisions\nAre driven by results\nRoll with the punches and do what needs to be done\nTreat others with respect and dignity \nSoftware Engineer II Role Profile:  \nResponsibilities\nAll Best Egg’s Information Technologists must advocate for the creation of software assets used to drive business value both in the short and long term while respecting Customer Experience and Organizational Control objectives. The Software Engineer II will work directly with other Software developers daily and contribute to the team, technical expertise, to achieve shared objectives.  The Software Engineer II will participate in development that is product centric, cross-functional, consisting of Agile Teams composed of Product Owners, Product Managers, Scrum Masters, Software Developers and Automation Engineers. The Software Engineer II is expected to influence this team and adjacent teams on occasion by identifying opportunities and proposing solutions.  \n\n\nThe Software Engineer II will be accountable for the timeliness and quality of the engineering products produced within their assigned team.  It is imperative the Software Engineer II can recognize Minimum Viable Product (MVP) features sets, risks, and dependencies and recommend iterative delivery packages to maximize business value and minimize time to market.  Additionally, the Software Engineer II will be accountable for executing development activities aligned with agreed development and quality control standards.  The Software Engineer II should encourage and mentor Junior Developers to exhibit the same behaviors.  The Software Engineer II will ensure production of technical documentation and supporting processes as solutions are delivered.\nInternal and External Stakeholder satisfaction will be a component of measuring performance.\n \nAdditionally, the Software Engineer II will:\n·         Develop and deliver software iteratively and incrementally.\n·         Perform Unit Test, Integration Tests, and implement supporting testing utilities.\n·         Interpret, confirm, and/or challenge business requirements and document technical requirements.\n·         Conform to organizational best practices for program styling, documentation, refactoring, and unit testing.\n·         Participate in group knowledge sharing as both a consumer and supplier of knowledge.\nThe Software Engineer II joining Best Egg’s Information Technology Organization can expect to enjoy a culture embracing the concepts of Continuous Delivery, Total Quality Management, Knowledge Sharing, Personal and Career Advancement, Empowerment, Innovation, and Collective Ownership.  \n\n\n\nRequirements\n* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience.\n* 2+ years of experience in Java Python or Java Script. \n* 2+ years of experience building restful web services using spring framework especially Spring boot is a plus.\n* Basic understanding of relational or NoSQL databases concepts including query syntax. \n* Exposure to Cloud native solutions (preferably AWS), CI/CD, Docker or Kubernetes is a plus.\n* High self-efficacy, highly motivated, well organized, capable of developing and executing a sprint plan, and able to communicate status effectively.\n* Passionate about reducing manual and repetitive work when designing and building tools used by internal colleagues.\n\n\n\nCulture\n* Practitioner of Agile methodologies (XP, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Continuous Improvement)\n* Ability to succeed within a cross-functional team emphasizing Collective Ownership in a fast-paced environment.\n* Be confident and willing to challenge status quo but also willing to concede and execute other’s ideas when necessary.\n* Capable of teaching and learning from others to promote continuity of knowledge and personal development.\n* Ability to work effectively independently and as a team member.\n* Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.\n\n\n\n\n\n$80,000 - $90,000 a yearThis position is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.  Yearly incentive bonus target 10% of base salary. \n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Python, Docker, Java, Cloud, Junior and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $50,000 — $90,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote / Flexible

\nAbout the team\n\nOur team researches and develops machine learning models and systems that help make the Internet a safer place. We serve customers across multiple verticals such as online commerce, delivery service, finance, travel sites, etc., and we have customers in both developed and developing countries. Our technology helps protect Internet users from ever-evolving online scams, payment fraud, abusive content, account takeover, etc.  We are a forward-thinking team constantly challenging ourselves and the status quo to push the boundary of machine learning and data science across multiple product offerings at Sift and collaborate with product engineering teams to deliver tangible customer value.\n\nWe take pride in our work, not ourselves. Open and constructive feedback is valued and often required to ensure rigor in our work. We love learning, hacking, and sharing our findings. We believe that machine learning is THE way to empower internet-scale businesses to thrive.\n\nWhat you'll do\n\n\nDesign and implement end-to-end machine learning products\n\nBuild highly scalable Big Data pipelines using Apache Flink, Beam, and Spark\n\nPrototype and explore model serving frameworks, workflow orchestration engines, and other machine learning platforms\n\nCollaborate with other engineers and data scientists and contribute to internal tooling, experimentation, prototyping, and productization effort\n\nLead system design discussions and drive engineering excellence\n\nMentor junior engineers and data scientists on system design and coding\n\n\n\n\nWhat would make you a strong fit:\n\n\nYou have a growth mindset and a strong interest to work with real-world machine learning applications and technologies\n\nYou are curious about customer and business needs\n\nYou are data-driven, love to challenge your assumptions and try new things\n\nYou are passionate about building very large scale distributed systems\n\n5+ years of experience working with large datasets (think TBs of data, 10s of thousands of features) in both batch and streaming environments\n\nExpert programmer in Java or other object-oriented programming languages\n\nDeep experience with python, docker container, k8s, terraform, etc.\n\nExcellent communication skills and collaborative work attitude\n\nB.S degree in Computer Science or related field \n\n\n\n\nA little about us:\n\nSift is the leading innovator in Digital Trust & Safety.  Hundreds of disruptive, forward-thinking companies like Airbnb, Zillow, and Twitter trust Sift to deliver outstanding customer experience while preventing fraud and abuse.\n\nThe Sift engine powers Digital Trust & Safety by helping companies stop fraud before it happens. But it’s not just another anti-fraud platform: Sift enables businesses to tailor experiences to each customer according to the risk they pose. That means fraudsters experience friction, but honest users do not. Sift allows businesses to scale, win, and thrive in the digital era by drawing on insights from our global network of customers.\n\nBenefits and perks:\n\n\nCompetitive total compensation package\n\n401k plan\n\nMedical, dental and vision coverage\n\nWellness reimbursement\n\nEducation reimbursement\n\nFlexible time off\n\n\n\n\nSift is an equal opportunity employer. We make better decisions as a business when we can harness diversity in thought, experience, data, and background. Sift is working toward building a team that represents the worldwide customers that we serve, inclusive of people from all walks of life who can bring their full selves to work every day, so we can Win as One Team.\n\nThis document provides transparency around the way in which Sift handles personal data of job applicants: https://sift.com/recruitment-privacy\n\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to SaaS, Amazon, Engineer, Design, Docker, Cloud, Ruby, Senior, Junior, Backend, Digital Nomad, API, Marketing, Sales, Embedded, Video, C, Golang, Linux, Consulting, HR, Copywriting, Education, Ecommerce, JavaScript, Typescript, Finance, Travel, Java and Apache jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSan Francisco, California, United States

**London or remote / Full-time**\n\n**MarcoPolo Learning**\n\nMarcoPolo is reinventing early learning children's media for a new generation. The company is a top global publisher of award-winning educational games and videos for children age 3-7. We inspire children to become explorers and life-long learners. We make STEAM learning an adventure, filled with the thrills and joys of discovery, for early learners, parents and educators.\n\nApps include our flagship subscription-based app, Emmy-nominated MarcoPolo World School, and a suite of free-to-play apps (Weather, Arctic, Recall and Ocean). MarcoPolo also produces award-winning content for broadcast. Our TV series, The Polos, is broadcast worldwide, including Discovery Family (USA), NatGeo (LatAm), YouKu (China) and Nickelodeon (India). \n\n\n**The role: **\n\nWe are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Senior Full-stack Engineer to join our team. MarcoPolo is entering a new phase of growth, and this is a unique opportunity to join a proven and maturing business and technology team, as a key member of the development team. \n\nThe ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of commercial experience in developing complex applications using different programming code languages and frameworks both on front-end and back-end. The right candidate will be a start-up ready team player, willing to push the bar to achieve ambitious targets and not afraid to face new challenges. Hungry to learn and share his/her knowledge, passionate about programming and new technologies. \n\n**Required skill set: **\n* Strong development background in Java Spring Boot (min version 8) \n* Strong experience in Docker and CDI\n* Relational database design and optimization with SQL and Mysql \n* Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, especially Lambda and Dynamo DB\n* Experience of developing serverless architecture and high availability architectures \n* Experience of Node.js\n* Experience of Typescript, Javascript\n* Experience of Angular, React or Vue.js\n* Experience of web component programming for web products \n* Experience of SCSS, CSS\n* Deep understanding of web security and content protection\n* Strong knowledge of APIs\n* Experience of SSO \n* Great knowledge of good programming principles\n* Good working practices of producing clear and up-to-date documentation\n* Experience of managing junior developers \n\n\n**Nice to have:**\n* Experience of video streaming architecture and products \n* Experience of performance optimization\n* Experience in mobile applications (ideally Unity) \n* Experience of GraphQL, ElasticSearch and new way of serving data to multiple clients \n\n**Package: **\nCompetitive salary based on experience, with benefits/incentives to be discussed. \nWe want to recruit the best talent for the next phase of company growth. MarcoPolo Learning is based in London, New York and Shanghai. We operate a remote working model and will prioritize the best candidate in any location. \n\nPlease mention the words **TONGUE MINOR DUMB** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xNDY=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Location\nWorldwide

MarcoPolo is reinventing early learning children's media for a new generation. The company is a top global publisher of award-winning educational games and videos for children age 3-7. We inspire children to become explorers and life-long learners. We make STEAM learning an adventure, filled with the thrills and joys of discovery, for early learners, parents and educators.\nApps include our flagship subscription-based app, Emmy-nominated MarcoPolo World School, and a suite of free-to-play apps (Weather, Arctic, Recall and Ocean). MarcoPolo also produces award-winning content for broadcast. Our TV series, The Polos, is broadcast worldwide, including Discovery Family (USA), NatGeo (LatAm), YouKu (China) and Nickelodeon (India).\n\n**The role:**\nWe are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. MarcoPolo is entering a new phase of growth, and this is a unique opportunity to join a proven and maturing business and technology team, as a key member of the development team.\nThe ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in developing complex applications using different programming code languages and frameworks. The right candidate will be a start-up ready team player, willing to push the bar to achieve ambitious targets and not afraid to face new challenges. Hungry to learn and share their knowledge, passionate about programming and new technologies.\n\n**Required skills:**\n- Must have: Strong development background in Java Spring Boot (min version 8) and Node.js\n- Must have: Deep knowledge of platform architecture and AWS infrastructure, Docker and its use for AWS deployment\n- Experience of HTML5 JQUERY\n- Experience of developing highly scalable mobile internet backends \n- Deep knowledge of payments system (Stripe and Brain Tree)\n- Deep understanding of web security and content protection\n- Great knowledge of good programming principles\n- Good working practices of producing clear and up-to-date documentation\n- Experience of managing junior developers\n- Solution-driven attitude\n- Desireable: An interest in education and e-learning \n- Desireable: A Masters Degree in IT \n\n**Package:**\nCompetitive salary based on experience, with benefits/incentives to be discussed.\nWe want to recruit the best talent for the next phase of company growth. MarcoPolo Learning is based in London, New York and Shanghai. We operate a remote working model and will prioritize the best candidate in any location. \n\nPlease mention the words **SPAWN INVEST GLIDE** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xNDY=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Location\nWorldwide