Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. More than 50,000 companies -- from startups to public companies -- around the world use Freshworks software-as-a-service to enable a better customer experience ]CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM). Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a dedicated team operating from 13 global locations to serve 50,000+ customers including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero, ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media.
Freshworks transforms the way world-class organizations collaborate with customers and co-workers. The suite includes Freshdesk (omni-channel customer support), Freshsales (sales automation), Freshmarketer (marketing automation), Freshservice (IT service desk), Freshteam (HR management system). Freshworks has received numerous accolades including 2019 Startup of the Year form Economic Times, #16 ranking on the Forbes’ Cloud 100 list and #22 on the Battery Ventures/Glassdoor Best Places to Work in 2020. Our suite of products has also been recognized by analysts including the Gartner Magic Quadrants for CRM Customer Engagement, IT Service Management and Sales Force Automation.
While Freshworks has had incredible organic growth over the last few years, the company also has made targeted acquisitions that add critical capabilities to the portfolio including Natural Language Processing, Chatbots, Machine Learning, Social and Messaging Transformation. Freshworks has raised over $400 million in capital and is funded by Accel, CapitalG, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management. More information is available at www.Freshworks.com.
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 or 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, our communities and our business.
Job Description
About the Role:
As a Senior Software Engineer - Systems, you will focus on building next-generation platform services for Freshworks with your strong background in distributed systems and mentor your team to achieve this. You will have an opportunity to redefine customer experiences by building systems that are milli-second efficient, always available and working at internet scale. If you are the kind of engineer who is passionate about building systems, has a good eye for analysis and a mind that can think outside the box, we want to talk to you.
Our System engineers build the APIs / Services / Features to support these complex scenarios and seamlessly scale and perform for current and future rapid growth we are experiencing. We work in solving some of the problems as common platform/foundation-services engineering where we take on problems across products from building SSO, Containerization, Reliable deployment working in Agile mode.
Our engineering takes pride in delivering some inspiring and fresh experiences for our customers and their business/customers. As a Systems Engineer you will design and implement multi-tier (DB, services, and the web) software applications, and document, test, fix and enhance systems when needed. In your agile team, you will closely work with engineers, architects, managers, design, QA and operations teams, and create solutions that meet business requirements.
You will spend most of your time developing clean code with limited abstraction. You will also be implementing and supporting compliance to Freshworks compliance and information security processes.
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Responsibilities:
Design and implement scalable, high-performance distributed systems and platform services
Develop clean, efficient code with limited abstraction using languages such as Java, C++, Ruby, Python, or Golang
Create and maintain APIs, services, and features to support complex scenarios and rapid growth
Implement and support compliance with Freshworks' compliance and information security processes
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that meet business requirements
Conduct code reviews and mentor team members
Ensure high availability and uptime of production systems
Identify and resolve problems in services using improved algorithms, frameworks, or alternative technologies
Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including testing, deployment, and maintenance
Contribute to the continuous improvement of system performance and efficiency
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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