Description:

Job Title: Software Engineer

As a software engineer on the Graph team at Sourcegraph, you will play a key role in improving how developers understand and navigate complex codebases. Your main contributions will include building advanced compiler-type indexers and robust backend APIs and services. This role requires a mix of skills in distributed systems, end-to-end development, database optimization and programming language specifics.

You’ll be part of a small but impactful team that is essential to the developer experience worldwide. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. You’ll have the chance to work on cutting-edge technology challenges and make a real difference in the software development community. We seek an engineer who is passionate about advancing the industry standard for engineering productivity by helping engineers understand codebases faster and creating world-class context for AI.

Within one month, you will…

• Actively drive bug fixes and small enhancements in both our code indexer and backend APIs
• Embed in the teams processes and partner with team members to learn and make immediate impact

 Within three months, you will…

• Develop and maintain compiler integrations and distributed systems primarily using Go, focusing on scalability and reliability across multiple programming languages.
• Actively shape the direction and participate in the planning of the features we’re going to build

Within six months, you will…

• Driving significant features such as cross-language precise navigation, dependency graph analysis or auto-inference of how to build and compile customer projects automatically.
• Make a significant impact by being a key contributor and help us improve our existing engineering practices.
• Feel confident working more autonomously, leaning into our values, especially customer-driven, teamwork and high agency.

About you

• Strong background in software engineering with a particular interest in compilers, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with or willingness to learn Go, and a demonstrated ability to become proficient in new technologies.
• Prior involvement with small teams that manage a wide surface area of functionality is highly desirable.
• Appreciation for deep dives into specific technical silos, with the capability to contribute effectively to broad architectural discussions and decisions.
• Exposure to distributed system design and a solid understanding of its challenges and intricacies.

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with compiler construction or integration is a significant plus.

Level

📊 This job is an IC3.  You can read more about our job leveling philosophy in our Handbook.

Compensation

💸 We pay you an above-average salary because we want to hire the best people who are fully focused on helping Sourcegraph succeed, not worried about paying bills. As an open and transparent company that values competitive compensation, our compensation ranges are visible to every single Sourcegraph teammate.

Your salary is determined by your pay band for the IC3  job level. For determining pay bands, we use a number of market and data-driven salary sources, along with your location zone, and target the high-end of the range to ensure we’re always paying above market regardless of where you live in the world. Both U.S. and international locations are divided into one of four zones, determined by the cost of labor index for each area. The salary for a successful candidate will be based on level, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and location zone. Please note that the salaries below may be adjusted in the future.

💰 The target compensation for this role is based on the IC3 pay band for your zone. The start of the IC3 pay band for each zone is listed below:

Zone 1: $170,000 USD
Zone 2: $136,000 USD
Zone 3: $102,000 USD
Zone 4: $68,000 USD

Please speak with a recruiter for additional information regarding zone locations.

📈 In addition to our cash compensation, we offer equity (because when we succeed as a company, we want you to succeed, too) and generous perks & benefits.

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