Job Description
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Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done.
There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works.
At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world.
Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Job Description
This Software Engineering role will support Device42, a company recently acquired by Freshworks in June 2024. Device42 offers a powerful, real-time view of an organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of all assets. With the integration of Freshservice and Device42, Freshworks now provides a more robust IT solution, featuring enhanced IT Asset Management (ITAM) capabilities. This combined offering allows us to deliver even greater value to our customers, streamlining their IT management and optimizing business performance.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering Support team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Customer Support, Product Management, and Feature Teams to investigate customer reported bugs and questions. You'll be responsible for developing and delivering high-quality backend code to address these customer bugs/issues to provide real, immediate, value to our users and enhance the overall customer experience.
If you're an experienced developer with expertise in Python (Golang is a plus!) and are passionate about tackling challenging customer-reported bugs by diving deep into complex code, we'd love to meet you!
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Customer Support, Product Management, and Feature Teams to drive the investigation and resolution of customer reported issues
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code to implement bug fixes
- Be a resource for Customer Support to provide the best customer experience possible, through prompt responses and live debugging in customer environments
Qualifications
- 5-7 years experience in software engineering, with a proven track record in a fast-paced, complex environment
- Expert knowledge of Python and a deep understanding of its applications in backend development
- Strong experience working with Linux environments, with the ability to navigate and troubleshoot effectively
- API-driven application experience: Proven ability to design and build APIs that are scalable, secure, and reliable
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and collaboratively in a team setting
- Hands-on experience with Vue.js (or similar frontend frameworks) is a plus
- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies and their integration into applications is a plus
- Experience working with third-party application integrations is highly desirable
- A working knowledge of networking, IT infrastructure, and how these elements interact with application development is a plus.
Additional Information
This role is based in the Greater Boston area, and the expected base salary range for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for a target bonus.
Compensation Package
$137,100 - $167,000 USD Base Salary
Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability and life insurances. Equity + ESPP, flexible PTO, flexible spending, commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.
At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.