Senior Software Engineer | Guidewheel | Remote (United States)

<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">THE COMPANY</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Guidewheel is on a mission to empower all the world’s factories to reach sustainable peak performance. Inspired by the simple, universal truth that every machine on the factory floor has a power cord, our plug-and-play FactoryOps platform makes the power of the cloud accessible to any factory. Guidewheel clips onto any machine to turn its real-time “heartbeat” into a connected, actively learning system that empowers teams to reduce lost production time, increase throughput, and perform better and better over time.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">At Guidewheel we work with the factories that are the backbone of our economy, and you can have a real, on-the-ground impact right away. We have strong momentum and alignment around our mission, investor support, and a culture that values diversity, growth mindset, and results. And the tight link between our mission and our business model means that reaching more of the world’s 10 million factories accelerates our positive impact on the planet.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The Guidewheel team shares the following values:</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Integrity matters: We are honest, straightforward and sincere. With each other. With our investors. With our customers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">We (actually) care: About each other. About fighting climate change. About making a real impact</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">We use data to make decisions: We possess the courage to accept “hard truths” and confront challenges head-on</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">The power of growth mindset is real: We strive to be the best we can be; to achieve this we are committed to embracing change and expanding our capabilities</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Guidewheel is looking for a senior full-stack software developer to help develop our cloud-based dashboard and supporting infrastructure. This is an individual contributor role, with room for expanding leadership responsibilities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">A Senior Engineer at Guidewheel:</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Executes well, but doesn’t just execute – asks “why,” understands the big picture, and delivers the best possible solution</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Completes high quality work in a timely manner</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Thoughtfully translates customer and business needs into software solutions that can scale</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Designs and architects solutions, gathering additional resources as needed</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strategically owns projects from beginning to end, adeptly managing others and communicating with teammates as needed to execute</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Writes code that is designed to be future proof &#8211; not just within a function, but within a project’s architecture</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Writes useful tests and encourages others to write tests</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Maintains clear documentation and proactively communicates</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Offers thoughtful code reviews, and constantly seeks improvement in their own work</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Tech Stack</strong> Our stack includes the following technologies: Node, Vue, PostgreSQL, Big Table, Rabbit, Redis, Heroku/Google Cloud, Twilio/Sendgrid. Our team collaborates using GitHub, Slack, and Asana.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">At least 7 years experience as a professional software developer, with proven track record of deploying quality production software and writing clean code</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Technical degree in computer science or equivalent, or comparable demonstration of qualifications</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Comfortable with the full stack &#8211; from front end pixel pushing to database configuring</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with CI/CD and test-driven methodologies</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Comfortable working remotely and cross-culturally with team members from multiple countries, across different time zones, in an Agile environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Entrepreneurial attitude &#8211; wants to be part of a fast growing team and work directly with customers to maximize value in the system</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Gets the big picture, relentlessly follows up on details</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Team-oriented, while being proactive and self-directed</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Able to prioritize, take initiative, communicate clearly, and manage many projects and work streams simultaneously; meets deadlines and keeps commitments</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Eager to bring radical candor to work and enthusiastic about building positive organizational culture</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Nice to Haves</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience managing a team of software developers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with design thinking tools</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience scaling a web-based software product with billions of data points</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What’s in it for you?</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with cutting-edge software technologies, including the latest machine learning and big data tools, on a constant stream (terabytes/week) of time-series machine data.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop core technology for a product-first startup.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Grow with a team that believes developing talent is important, and is building that as a core strength of the company from day one.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Be a leader in the organization, leading the way for future software hires and mentoring junior team members as they join.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with a small founding team to determine the future of our technology and the tools we use to solve meaningful problems for our customers.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with a team of international talent, from Silicon Valley, Argentina, Mexico, and Kenya.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Participate in the full product development process, from prioritization and design to deployment and maintenance.</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">THE LOCATION</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Anywhere! Guidewheel is a distributed team and our expectation is to remain 100% remote-first for the foreseeable future. For this role, you’ll be working with a team on North American time zones.</p>