Staff Software Engineer, Social and Collaboration

About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve. 

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

Ancestry is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our team. You will join an impressive team of developers, architects, and product managers who have built some of the world's most compelling products, producing the world-wide leader in two categories: family history, and consumer genetic testing.

In this role, you will work in a scrum team focused on the development and maintenance of backend services that support our users with the guidance, recommendations, and social platforms they need on their family history research journey. This role will provide technical leadership for the team using the latest Java frameworks and managing scalable resources using AWS.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, architects, and other engineers, to define software requirements, specifications, and architecture.

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications, services, and components.

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.

• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

• Debug and troubleshoot software defects and performance issues.

• Optimize software for scalability, reliability, and security.

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and share your knowledge with the team.

• Mentor and guide fellow engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science (or strong foundation in CS fundamentals such as design patterns, data structures and algorithms)

• Strong people and leadership skills

• 7+ years of industry experience 

• Strong Java skills, AWS experience desirable

• Experience with REST, JSON, HTTP, SSL, Caching, asynchronous architectures 

• Experience with CI/CD

• Using agile or other rapid application development methods

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.