Yext
Software Engineer
New York, NYFrom $229kmidAdded today
About this role
Join Yext's Product Engineering team as a Software Engineer on Team Hedwig, building high-traffic shared infrastructure and systems that power the company's customer platform. You'll work on scalable, reliable systems in a collaborative agile environment with opportunities to develop expertise in distributed systems and graceful failure handling.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and deploy highly scalable and reliable systems across Yext's platform
- Develop storage systems, libraries, and frameworks that serve multiple products
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and operation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on system architecture and feature integration
- Write clean, tested, and well-documented code while maintaining ownership of all deliverables
- Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly and critically evaluate their output
What they're looking for
- Java or Go programming
- Data structures and algorithms
- Software design and system architecture
- Distributed systems and scalability
- Testing and code quality practices
- API design and integration
- AI-assisted development tools
- Cross-team collaboration
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Yext
Yext builds an innovative marketing platform that operates across co-location and cloud environments. The company is hiring Systems Engineers to design infrastructure, automate processes, and improve application reliability.
- Website
- yext.com
Likely interview questions
- Tell us about a time you designed or debugged a high-traffic system. How did you ensure reliability and scalability?
- Describe your experience with Java and Go. Which do you prefer and why?