Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Envoy builds workspace management technology that makes it simple to run secure, compliant, and connected workplaces across every location. Over 16,000 workplaces and properties around the world rely on Envoy to create great experiences for employees and visitors while meeting safety, security, and compliance needs at scale. From corporate headquarters and labs to manufacturing sites, Envoy powers the places where people work best together.

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This is an L3 opportunity. Successful candidates often come from senior engineering roles and are experienced in leading complex projects, mentoring peers, and making architectural contributions across teams.

About the Role

The Visitors team owns Envoy’s flagship product, the industry-leading Visitor Management platform used by companies worldwide to secure and streamline workplace access. We are expanding our offerings to support complete compliance workflows by building systems that meet regulatory requirements (such as ITAR), manage complex approval chains, and provide in-depth visitor intelligence.

We are a cross-functional team of frontend, backend, and mobile engineers who work closely with design and product to ship high-impact features. We prioritize scalability, performance, and simplicity. We are excited about the challenges of delivering a seamless user experience with enterprise-grade security. We are looking for exceptional engineers who take ownership. Join us in building the future of workplaces everywhere!!

This onsite position requires 4 days a week (Monday-Thursday) in our San Francisco HQ office.

You will

• Work on the Envoy Dashboard, an Ember.js application for interacting with your Envoy account as an administrator or visitor.

• Work with the Product and Design team to build new features.

• Collaborate with our Backend and Mobile teams to ensure universal compatibility.

• Use external services whenever they make sense; we don’t need to build everything in-house!

• Triage bugs and ship stable, high-quality code to which you are proud to contribute.

• Deliver excellent software through comprehensive peer reviews, CI, and automated testing.

• Constantly push your team forward by promoting healthy collaboration.

You have

• BS / MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• 2+ years of working experience in software development.

• Experience leading teams in medium to large-sized projects.

• Experience with any modern JavaScript library or framework (React, Angular, Ember.js, Vue.js, etc).

• Familiarity with git and CI tools

You are

• A self-starter. You look for problems and inefficiencies in code and find elegant solutions to them before they become major blockers.

• An advocate for the end user. You think about how our customers will interact with the features we build and champion positive changes.

• A systems thinker. You think about how your designs will affect other aspects of the service and how it will evolve in the future.

• Someone who enjoys technology and learning new things, like staying up to date on new tools and techniques. You are inspired by what's possible and eager to incorporate the best technologies into your work.

• Security-minded. As Envoy becomes commonplace around the world, the data we store will be more and more valuable. It is your job to make our storage practices a no-brainer for our customers.

• Mindful of performance. You think people deserve access to their data in milliseconds.

• Interested in educating others and helping your team grow together

• Motivated, open-minded, passionate, and collaborative.

You'll get

• A high degree of trust in your ideas and execution

• An opportunity to partner and collaborate with other talented people

• An inclusive community where you feel welcomed and cared for as a person

• The ability to make an immediate impact in helping customers create a great workplace experience

• Support for your personal and professional growth

Bonus points

• You’ve excited about working in a startup environment.

• You have experience with Ruby on Rails

• You have experience with GraphQL.

• You have experience working with distributed teams.

• You contribute to an open-source Ember.js or JavaScript library.

• You’re comfortable writing modular code which you’d release and maintain as open-source on behalf of Envoy.

If you have any questions related to compensation, please contact Recruiting after you apply.

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