Mid Level Software Engineer Jobs in Springville, UT

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, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 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 Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You will join an impressive team of developers 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 help develop our category-leading Ancestry Genealogy product.

This role provides many opportunities for professional growth and advancement and includes experience with writing RESTful web services using Java, and managing scalable resources using AWS.

What You Will Do...

• Utilize AI tools to assist with all of your work

• Create secure RESTful web services that perform well and can handle a high volume of traffic.

• Develop a detailed understanding of our existing code base and improve future designs.

• Create solutions that improve the data connectivity of our systems.

• Contribute as an integral member of a scrum team.

• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code, primarily in Java, with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Use good coding practices including writing unit and integration tests, doing commits and pull requests, etc.

• Utilize knowledge of Linux, Bash, and Git;

• Collaborate with other teams to understand requirements to develop scalable, resilient, and  maintainable solutions that meet business needs.

• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices, tools, and technologies related to software engineering.

• Analyze data quality, system issues, and data patterns

• Optimize the use of AWS services for high-performance computing, data storage, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.

• Experience with vector databases and embedding models is a plus.

Who You Are...

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with specific experience in Java.

• Experience with cloud technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS);

• Experience with SQL and RDBMS (prefer Aurora/MySQL);

• Experience with deployment and platform technologies such as Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS, etc.

• Familiarity with agile software development

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelors or 4-year degree in Computer Science (or related degree) or equivalent industry experience

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $111,690 - $139,590 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

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 candidates who live in San Francisco, CA, 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.