Senior Backend Engineer

Cohesion is a leading Intelligent Buildings software solution that is disrupting how buildings operate and how people engage with buildings – from real estate owners/investors, operators, building engineers, to tenants and visitors. Our cutting-edge converged IoT-enabled platform brings together building systems, building software, and business applications into a single portal for web and mobile platforms to forge the path to autonomous buildings.

We are searching for a Sr. Backend Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in our Chicago office. This person will work on a collaborative team of engineers and focus on building out our groundbreaking IoT Edge applications.

We're now past the hardest stage of the company (i.e. the first three years), but still small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact. Your ideas will always have an audience and we believe in radical candor. We're curious, fun, and kind of obsessed with changing the real estate industry. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let's get into the details:

What You'll Do

• Employ industry best practices to continuously improve coding practices and test-driven development within an agile development framework.
• Develop and maintain IoT Edge applications for the Cohesion platform
• Present audience-appropriate concepts and insights at all levels of a software organization (CxO, architect, technical team).
• Create proof of concepts to try new technologies and tools before adding them to the current tech stack
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and reusable code using best practices (unit testing, source control, and design patterns)
• Implement Robust processes to deploy code from a code repository to the cloud.
• Take ownership of the success of the team with a "gets things done" attitude
• Be organized and able to remain productive even when you have multiple deliverables.
• Improve SDLC for added developer efficiency. i.e., Automate everything

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Hands-on software development experience in a JVM environment
• Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional Programming concepts like event loops, scheduling, threads, and memory management.
• Proficient in Test-driven development and tools (e.g., ScalaTest, JUnit)
• Proficient with various Databases technologies (e.g., Postgres, SQL Server) and tools (e.g., Slick, Doobie)
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and Tools (Jira, Confluence, BaseCamp)
• Experience with various Git flows and tools (e.g., GitHub)

Desired Qualifications

• 3+ years of Scala development

• Knowledge about actor-based frameworks such as Akka

• Proficiency working with Distributed systems in the cloud (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure ServiceBus)

• Hands-on experience working with containers and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kuberenetes)

• Experience working with low-level protocols (e.g., MQTT, AMQP, BACnet, Avro)

• What You Can Expect From Cohesion

Cohesion is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees in the United States.  Our benefits are designed to invest in our employees— and their family’s —well-being, including investments in their health, happiness, and well-being.

• Receiving a competitive compensation package including an annual performance bonus
• Eligible for generous benefits such as health/dental/vision insurance, short- and long-term disability, and an employer sponsored 401k match program
• Eligibility to participate in our Transit Benefits Program to receive tax-free benefits to assist with commuting costs
• Receiving a monthly cell phone reimbursement
• Eligibility to participate in the Wellness
• Reimbursement Program after 6 months of employment
• Enjoying a responsible unlimited PTO program to help employees manage work life harmony
• Enjoying a Week of Catch-Up during the last week of the calendar year to catch up on work or personal things so you can start the new year with a clean slate
• 2-way flexibility of work schedules
• Dressing for your day  
• Working in an open environment with creative optional brainstorming sessions for all employees  
• Participating in an Annual All Staff Meetings that is a two day mix of professional development and fun
• Participating in an all-employee lunch per month, an all-employee breakfast per month, and monthly social event
• Enjoying a hybrid work environment, including access to a great 6,000 square foot office space in Chicago with office snacks and drinks and breakout rooms
• Enjoying family leave benefits  

At Cohesion, we see diversity and inclusion as a source of strength. We believe building trust and innovation are best achieved through diverse thought and practice. Individuals seeking employment at Cohesion are considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.