Senior Software Engineer

Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $160M in venture capital and we’re doubling year over year. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Bevi’s backend platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering software solutions that facilitate the stable operation of Bevi’s fleet of smart water machines. You will collaborate closely with other software engineers on system design and implementation. Whether you prefer providing mentorship to junior engineers or acting as a technical sounding board for all, this role invites seasoned engineers to exercise their deep expertise.

We are a small and fun software team in a fast-growing hardware startup. Our customers love our product and you will play a crucial role in making them even happier. If you love thinking through new ideas and interactions, how to execute them in an innovative way and have a deep respect for user experience, come join our team!

The ability to be in the office 3+ days per week in our Boston (Charlestown) headquarters is required for this position.

Your Day to Day

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain Bevi’s backend platform and services using Java and Kotlin to facilitate consistently reliable operation, remote management, and scalability. 

• Manage backend software deployments to production, maintaining service up-time and monitoring service health post rollout.
• Work efficiently to deliver consistent results as part of an agile software development team, ensuring your code is clean, reliable, and easy to maintain.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management and hardware teams, to define, design, and ship new features as well as contribute significantly to software development planning.

• Review code and regularly share input and advice to peers to ensure high code quality and maintain best practices across the team.

• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of Bevi’s user interfaces by delivering and maintaining high quality, well documented APIs.
• Mentor other software engineers in architectural design decisions, technical direction, and application creation strategies.
• Own the relationship and interaction with cloud providers, software vendors, or other third-party services integrated with Bevi’s backend infrastructure.
• Help triage, identify, and resolve complex issues and bugs that surface in Bevi’s backend services and UIs for reliable system operation on Bevi machines and to reduce impact to customers.
• Participate in architectural decisions, technical design direction, and app optimization strategies with an eye on metric driven results.
• Actively participate in Agile/Scrum development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Requirements

• A BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or other related field, or the equivalent in related software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience in backend Java/Kotlin development. Experience working in microservice architecture is a plus.
• Strong expertise with database design and development in Postgres or a similar database management system.
• Experience with deploying solutions to and maintenance of cloud platforms.
• Strong expertise in API design. Experience in GraphQL is highly preferred.
• You know how to monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance through logging and metrics.
• Experience with unit/integration testing and test-driven development.
• Familiarity with tools such as Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• The ability to analyze complex technical issues, devise innovative solutions, and implement effective strategies to enhance application performance and stability.
• You have a working knowledge of the application development landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies. You have a passion for new technologies and you're excited to find ways to implement them in your work.
• A genuine desire and commitment to always learn, improve, and produce the best work possible.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills that allow you to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A self-starter approach and sense of ownership of the projects that you work on with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• An agile mindset that can thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
• Analytically minded with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to navigate difficult situations with composure and tact.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO plus 12 company holidays, and additional paid days for sick leave, etc 
• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks, weekly catered lunch, and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, team-building events, bagel breakfasts, Hero awards - and more.

We're excited about supporting career growth and would love to be part of your professional journey. We know that talent comes in many forms, and we value individual accomplishments, specialized knowledge, and genuine passion over just checking boxes on a requirements list.If any of our positions interest you, please apply! Our recruiting team will contact you about next steps if we'd like to move forward together.