Senior Software Engineer

 LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is the global leader in enterprise conversations. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI for better customer experiences.  

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Everyone is invited to ask questions, actively seek new ways to achieve success and reach their full potential. We are continually looking for ways to improve our products and make things better. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities, and seeking effective solutions to the problems our customers care about. 

Overview:

In this role as a Software Development Engineer III - Full Stack (NodeJS), you will be a highly contributing member of a core engineering team working to build the LivePerson Voice offering expertly integrating it into the existing LivePerson offering and different contact center solutions. In this role, you will be exposed to new technologies and architectures, will work with Principal engineers and architects to design and execute new solutions. You must be a team player, motivated, ambitious and eager to grow through build and successful delivery of industry-shifting products. 

You will: 

• Build and maintain scalable web applications with interactive and reactive UI with Angular/Vue
• Develop Javascript backend services (with NodeJS)
• Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code
• Engineering duties include technical design, implementation, testing, support and participation in peer code reviews.
• Collaborate and interact with multiple engineering and Product teams

You have:

• 6+ years of experience in development with web frameworks for interactive and reactive UI
• 5 years of experience building successful production software systems
• Experience in development of Microservices, RESTful API, backend systems
• Frontend Web Frameworks - Vue, Angular
• Backend Web Frameworks -  NodeJS
• Code repository and deployment pipelines - GIT, Docker and Kubernetes
• Relational or non relational databases experience, including MySQL and Cassandra
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, engineering or equivalent

You should be an expert in:

• Backend Web Frameworks -  NodeJS (5 years) - MUST
• Experience building interactive UI with Angular/Vue - MUST
• Experience with Git - MUST
• Experience in Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience in AWS/GCP is a plus

Benefits: 

The salary range for this role will be between $135,000 to $160,000. Final compensation will be determined by a variety of factors, including, but not limited to your location, skills, experience, education, and/or professional certifications. During the phone screening, your recruiter will provide the location-specific salary range for this role. Regardless of your personal situation or where you are in the world, LivePerson offers comprehensive and great benefits programs to meet your needs:

• Health: medical, dental, and vision insurance and wellbeing resources and programs
• Time away: Public holidays and discretionary PTO package for flexible days off with manager approval
• Financial: 401K, ESPP, Basic life and AD&D insurance, long-term and short-term disability
• Family: parental leave, maternity support, fertility services
• Development: tuition reimbursement and access to internal professional development resources.
• Additional: 24/7 access to professional counselors, voluntary insurance coverage, exclusive perks and discounts
• #LI-Remote

Why you’ll love working here: 

As leaders in enterprise customer conversations, we celebrate diversity, empowering our team to forge impactful conversations globally. LivePerson is a place where uniqueness is embraced, growth is constant, and everyone is empowered to create their own success. And, we're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace. 

Belonging at LivePerson:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.