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Software Engineer | The Points Guy

Red Ventures
Red Ventures Salary
Charlotte, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/7/2025

The Points Guy, a Division of Red Ventures, is looking for a talented Backend Software Engineer to join our team in Charlotte, NC, New York, NY or Puerto Rico. We're looking for experienced, professional engineers with go-anywhere, do-anything attitudes to build value for our customers and our team. Yes, you should write clean, performant, testable code in a variety of languages across our microservices. But you'll also dive into logs and metrics with our Platform Engineering team and take responsibility for the way your code performs in the cloud. You'll pair up with automation engineers to isolate and eliminate bugs. You'll collaborate with our security team for audits and penetration tests. You'll talk with product management to align code to customers' needs. You'll sync with data analysts and data scientists to build rich AI-enabled experiences and make sure we can build a clear understanding of how to improve our products. You'll have the opportunity to present interesting work and celebrate wins at our biannual internal tech conferences.

What You'll Do :

  • Write excellent code on the platform and services that power Red Ventures' travel businesses. Look out at the world of flights, hotels, upgrades, loyalty status, stopovers, credit cards, points and miles. Build tools to make it computable and help our customers optimize their travel habits.
  • Figure out how to best scale, secure, maintain, and extend the platform.
  • Metrics. Monitoring. Profiling. Analytics.
  • Collaborate with the product management team and other developers to deliver a quality product that meets business needs.
  • Work together with QA to squash any bugs.

What We're Looking For :

  • 4 years of software development experience
  • AWS experience
  • Our backend stacks include Typescript / node.js, Java, and AWS Cloud services. Production experience with Typescript, node.js, Java, and / or similar languages and frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of software design patterns, object oriented programming, functional programming concepts, and software architecture.
  • Experience designing and building APIs for a variety of clients.
  • Understanding of how to build and consume REST APIs
  • Knowledge of databases, data modeling, query optimization, and caching. Postgres experience is a plus
  • Experience in unit testing
  • Experience with a CI / CD pipeline
  • Even Better :

  • Constant curiosity and a desire to improve yourself and your colleagues
  • Experience with a variety of API paradigms such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Webhooks, Websockets, event-driven architectures.
  • Experience with Terraform
  • Familiarity with modern application design, such as serverless, event-based, and functional architectures
  • Experience building services that support both web and mobile app clients
  • Experience with agile methodologies.
  • Interest in both frontend and backend development
  • Familiarity with the travel industry and experience with the points and miles hobby.
  • Compensation

  • USA Compensation Range : $80,000-120,000
  • New York City Compensation Range : $100,000-150,000

  • Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
  • Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

  • Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • 401(k) with match
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
  • Who We Are

    Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology - including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, CNET, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life's most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey - from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https : / / redventures.com and follow [redacted] on social platforms.

    We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

    Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.

    We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [redacted].

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