ABOUT OUR TEAMS

We work in cross-functional squads, with product owners, designers, and engineers working side-by-side toward shared goals while at the same time, we are on the product engineering team together. We believe lean and agile principles are the best way to deliver value to our customers while making engineering satisfaction and happiness awesome. . We aim for each squad to have the right mix of full stack, web, and api developers, so that together they are equipped to solve whatever problems come their way. We love our customers and are excited to be part of this groundbreaking cannabis industry!

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

You prioritize customers. You’re results oriented, pragmatic, and good at negotiating tradeoffs between technical objectives and product objectives.
Iterative and data-driven. You know how to break down the work in order to frequently deliver incremental value. You’re experienced with testing into better solutions than we originally envisioned.
Technical excellence and a growth mindset. You’re passionate about honing your craft and writing high quality code that inspires your teammates.
Depth and breadth. Where you’re an expert, you’ll hit the ground running and lead by example. Where you’re not, you’re ready to learn quickly.
Self-starter and collaborative. You’re comfortable working independently as well as pairing or swarming with your teammates. You ask for help when you need it, and you help others when they need it.
You will make us better. You bring expertise, skills, or perspective we could use more of. You’ll help us make better decisions and build better products.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer - ElasticSearch with advanced skills in back-end and front-end web development. You are passionate about writing world-class code and delivering world-class products.

You have demonstrated expertise in our stack, and a proven track record of solving tricky problems regardless of the specific technology or problem domain. You are strong on programming fundamentals, and your code is an example to others. You understand the tradeoffs of object-oriented vs functional, monoliths vs microservices, and non-negotiable technical table stakes vs good enough to ship.

You care deeply about software quality, operability, and developer experience. You value a collaborative environment, and care deeply about your teammates. You have strong opinions about how we build things, and your opinions are loosely held. You are a thoughtful, kind, and effective communicator - quick with helpful PRs, you ad hoc pair regularly, and offer in-the-moment technical collaboration and mentorship. And while it’s not a requirement, if you are passionate about cannabis, many of us are too! Leafly is looking for you!

The main technical players: JavaScript (React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js), Ruby on Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, grafana, New Relic, Datadog.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

Design, implement, and enhance ES data structures, stores, indexes, and clusters, as needed
Improve and maintain existing search infrastructure
Leverage searchkick and ES, to provide highly performant searches across our platform
Research and provide technical and strategic insight on industry best practices for usability, performance, scalability, design, and maintainability
Build, maintain, and enhance existing APIs, focused on performance and stability
Serve as lead engineer for assigned search projects, writing and shipping code daily to maintain new and existing integrations
Conduct peer reviews to ensure code developed meets our coding standards
Serve as a technical support resource with Leafly Support, Product, 3rd party partners in identifying, troubleshooting and resolving issues
Demonstrated ability to embrace, learn and apply new technologies and tools

WHAT YOU BRING

Strong working knowledge of Elasticsearch and related search frameworks including cluster management, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
5+ years experience shipping and supporting high-scale, high-performance web applications in a cloud environment
Experience with the latest web technologies, tools and practices; experience with more than one server-side technology
Expertise in HTTP, web application architecture, scalability, performance optimization, reliability, deployment, monitoring, security
Expert in your domain and comfortable working with at all layers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web services, APIs, SQL
Experience with Agile squads and processes

WHAT CAN HELP YOU STAND OUT

Expertise in Ruby on Rails with Searchkik

WHAT LEAFLY CAN OFFER

Competitive salary and bonus
Equity plan
Unlimited Vacation
Full coverage on health & dental plans
401k matching up to 3.5%
Pet Insurance
Flexible work schedule
Fully remote with WFH allowance
Cell Phone allowance

ABOUT LEAFLY

Leafly is on a mission to empower consumers, retailers, and brands in the cannabis space. Built as a strain database more than a decade ago, Leafly has since grown into the leading legal cannabis marketplace in the U.S. helping over 100 million annual visitors discover the right cannabis for them and buy it from local dispensaries, for pickup or delivery.

What’s more, Leafly is the world’s largest trusted resource for cannabis education, information, news, and trends. From our extensive strain database and Cannabis 101 to our flagship Jobs Report and Social Impact hub, Leafly plays a vital role in destigmatizing cannabis and helping consumers understand the power the plant can play in their own lives. We also partner with other mission-driven organizations to build a more just and equitable industry for all.

But here’s what you really want to know: a career at Leafly is exciting, rewarding, and ripe with opportunities for growth. We value creative thinkers, and offer competitive salary and benefits, excellent perks, incredible work culture, and the promise that you’ll never be bored. As a company, we’ve done some pretty amazing things—but none of it is possible without the amazing people who make up our team. If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll be joining a strong, innovative, and passionate group of individuals on a mission to change the world for the better.

The job description is representative of typical duties and responsibilities for the position and is not all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned in accordance with business needs. Prior cannabis convictions are not an automatic disqualifier. We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics. A background check will be conducted after a conditional offer of employment is extended.

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