NOTE: This role is fully remote, but candidates must reside within the PST or MST time zones

Company Overview

Discuss stands as an all-in-one qualitative research platform, driving next gen human centricity. We believe in the transformative impact of truly listening, understanding, and valuing customers' experiences, recognizing their critical role in fostering empathy. Trusted by the leading Market Insights, CX, and UX professionals worldwide, Discuss goes beyond data points, delivering in-depth insights in real time and transforming consumer relationships.

Our rapid growth and innovative AI-driven roadmap have positioned us as industry leaders, recognized by G2 for our speed and creativity in scaling qualitative research.

At Discuss, we are a team of curious, collaborative, and empathetic professionals dedicated to tackling fun, challenging problems. We offer the freedom to grow, lead, and innovate within an environment that values independence, flexibility, and personal and professional development.

Our core values aren't just a set of words we put on a wall—they're what we do and how we work together every day:

• Empathize: We put empathy at the forefront of our actions, seeking to deeply understand and consider other perspectives in our approach toward our customers, our work, and each other.
• Out Innovate: We don’t just innovate; we out-innovate. We constantly seek smarter, faster, and genuinely mind-blowing ways to achieve excellence in all that we do.
• Collaborate: We thrive on teamwork. By sharing perspectives and collaborating, we create ideas and solutions that we couldn’t achieve alone.
• Excel: Great isn’t good enough for us. We strive for true excellence in everything we do, holding ourselves and each other accountable with compassion and support.
• Obsess: Our unwavering focus is on our customers. We work tirelessly to solve their problems, both the ones they know and the ones they haven’t anticipated, providing an unparalleled customer experience.

Who we’re Looking For

We’re looking for a self-driven and collaborative Senior Software Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment. You should be passionate about building full-stack software and confident in your ability to take ownership of technical projects and mentor and guide other engineers. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as you'll work closely with Engineering, Product, and UX teams to deliver high-quality features. Curiosity, motivation, and the ability to drive progress independently will set you up for success in this role.

What You’ll Do With Us

• Design and Develop: Work as a member of the Product Engineering team to build full-stack features using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, and PHP.
• Collaborate across teams: Work with Product Managers and UX designers to help shape product requirements and propose technical solutions that meet user needs.
• Lead Projects: Own the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to deployment and maintenance, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality features and quarterly initiatives on the roadmap.
• Mentor and Review: Provide guidance through code reviews and constructive feedback. Mentor and guide other engineers on projects.
• Ensure Quality: Uphold quality standards through code reviews, tests, and best practices, ensuring reliable and maintainable code.
• Architect: Design and implement the architecture of front-end and back-end systems to enhance scalability, performance, and efficiency.

What You’ve Done Before:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience building web-based software applications or services
• Owned large software projects and initiatives – from requirements gathering, to implementation, to testing and acceptance
• Implemented robust backend services to serve as foundation for future innovation
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical challenges, identify innovative solutions, and implement effective solutions
• Played a pivotal role in defining and shaping software architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Strong advocate for coding best practices, including testing, performance, and security
• Worked alongside both technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders
• (Bonus) Experience or desire to do work leveraging AI technologies

Why You Should Work Here

• We're working in a really hot space and expect to see significant growth over the coming months and years
• We’re as obsessed with our employees as we are our customers, and it shows
• We have 100% employer paid healthcare for our employees, unlimited vacation, and a 401k with employer match, as well as other benefits
• We operate in startup mode and we get things done
• As a part of our team, you’ll be able to clearly see the impact of your work and have a significant voice in decision-making processes
• We are culturally diverse and geographically dispersed around the world