Software Development Engineer III

Job Description

LivePerson is a transformational force in how brands and consumers communicate. With over 18,000 brands, including Citi, HSBC, Disney, Verizon, and Home Depot, we are on a mission to make life easier for people and brands everywhere through trusted Conversational AI. We believe in a future where conversations are the norm for getting your intentions fulfilled - whatever they are.

We are an innovative, intent-driven company that believes in building the future and we are looking for growth minded, unconventional thinkers, developers and builders to join the team.

You will thrive here if:

You can operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment

You can build partnerships that move our business forward

You build code that is simple, understandable, and clean

You see feedback or failure as motivation to learn and to grow

You believe data-driven decision making is the norm

You relate to our core principles ( link ) and want to work with Conversational AI experts

In this role you will:

• Take part in the creation of a proven high-scale, cloud-based services.
• Design, develop, build and deploy scalable and robust applications.
• Analysis of functional requirements & creation of software design.
• Be responsible and drive the adoption of new and exciting technologies.
• Experience in working with RESTful/Webhook APIs, big advantage for messaging APIs such as Facebook or Twilio

Your qualifications are:

• Leading the delivery of large-scale, high-quality systems.
• Delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.
• Coding in at least one of the following: TypeScript, JavaScript or Python.
• Working with RESTful/Webhook APIs, big advantage for messaging APIs such as Facebook or Twilio.
• Understanding of and ability to work with micro-service architectures.
• Building testable, scalable back-end APIs
• Experience with backend application languages. NodeJS and JavaScript preferred
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases. MongoDB a plus
• Experience with cloud-based development, e.g., AWS
• Familiarity with scaling and performance optimization
• Experience working within agile methodologies
• Understanding of software design patterns and micro-service architecture
• Excellent communications skills (interpersonal, written and verbal

Why you’ll love working here:

LivePerson was named to FastCompany’s World’s most innovative companies of 2020 list for the Artificial Intelligence category. We offer top tier tech & data science colleagues, along with opportunities to push your own limits. We embrace invention and experimentation. You’ll have great benefits, flexible time off, plus snacks and drinks to keep your mind fresh and stomach full. Most importantly, you’ll have an ability to make an impact at work and at brands across the globe as we build the future with trusted Conversational AI together.

At LivePerson, people from diverse backgrounds come together to do their best work and be their authentic selves. 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 regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.