Sayari is the transparency company providing the public and private sectors with immediate visibility into complex commercial relationships by delivering the largest commercially available collection of corporate and trade data as a dynamic model of global ownership and trade activity. Sayari’s solutions harness this model to enable risk resilience, complex investigations, and clear-eyed business decisions. Sayari is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its solutions are used by thousands of frontline analysts in over 35 countries.

Our company culture is defined by a dedication to our mission of using open data to enhance visibility into global commercial and financial networks, a passion for finding novel approaches to complex problems, and an understanding that diverse perspectives create optimal outcomes. We embrace cross-team collaboration, encourage training and learning opportunities, and reward initiative and innovation. If you like working with supportive, high-performing, and curious teams, Sayari is the place for you.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Sayari is looking for a Principal Full Stack Engineer to help build our platform. An ideal candidate is a process-oriented self-starter with extensive experience in the software engineering world and interested in working on problems related to corporate transparency, anti money laundering, sanctions evasions, and combating financial fraud. If you are passionate about open source development and innovative technology, with a strong background in web development and engineering management, then we strongly encourage you to apply.

As Principal Full Stack Engineer, you will lead implementation of one of the application team squads, overseeing that team's deliverables, architecting solutions, and ensuring code quality and maintainability, all while working closely with the product team to ensure alignment with the product's roadmap.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada as we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Architect solutions that are robust, scalable, and thoroughly tested. Contribute directly to expanding the functionality and performance of our code base.
Collaborate with our Product and Design teams to evolve our platform roadmap, ensuring product goals are translated into tractable features that appropriately reflect our application's data model and capabilities. Identify capacity constraints to inform development sequencing and prioritization.
The ability to evaluate end-to-end technical designs for strengths and weaknesses (complexity, consistency, correctness, scalability, and performance)

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

10+ years of industry experience in software development, including as both an individual contributor and managing or mentoring other developers
Strong expertise and use of Typescript and/or Javascript
Experience with backend web development and architecting REST APIs
Deep understanding and proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and/or Cypher-based graph databases
Experience managing software in cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
Experience conducting code reviews and unit testing

DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Experience working on both front end and back end code bases
Experience with container orchestration via Kubernetes
Interest in data visualization, or how to visually present large, complex datasets
Exposure to batch processing frameworks like Spark

Benefits:

· 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents

· Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days

· Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and quarterly bonuses for non-revenue positions

· A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

· Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage),, and parental leave

· A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you

· Limitless growth and learning opportunities

Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We believe diversity and inclusion mean our team members should reflect the diversity of the United States. No employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, genetics, or political affiliation. We strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.