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Software Engineer, Martech at The Knot Worldwide in Austin, TX
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Job Description
WHAT WE DO MATTERS:
At The Knot Worldwide, we champion celebration - and that starts with celebrating our people. Our employees are passionate dreamers, thoughtful doers, and lifelong learners who power meaningful moments for millions around the world. We’re united by authentic connection, shared purpose, and a deep commitment to the global community we serve. Here, flexibility and belonging go hand in hand with high performance. Driven by our core values, we believe the best ideas come from empowered teams: those who consistently collaborate with intention to design solutions, spark ideas, and drive impact. Our people are at the heart of our success.
ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:
The Knot Worldwide is looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer with a passion for delivering value to the business, while helping to ensure that engineering best practices are adopted and followed. You will be responsible for providing technical excellence while working on complex and challenging problems alongside other driven and talented engineers.
This role drives our MarTech strategy, focusing on the development of scalable data infrastructure and the integration of cross-functional platforms. You will be responsible for ensuring a unified user experience by bridging data gaps across multiple digital ecosystems. Previous experience working with Customer Experience Platforms, Customer Data Platforms, Behavioural Analytics Platforms and Mobile Measurement Partners are helpful but not essential. The ability to think in systems and work with other teams is more important.
We work in small, agile teams that move fast, so you will be building all aspects of the systems, including infrastructure, data, APIs, and implementation. As a member of this team, you’ll be actively involved in implementing and delivering services in an iterative, agile fashion. You'll be working with our marketing and product teams at all stages of the SDLC to ensure we’re delivering the critical services the business requires to achieve key business objectives.
If you are interested in building MarTech infrastructure; providing performant and scalable APIs and services; and making complex integrations smooth, intuitive, and observable, we would love to speak with you.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work independently with guidance as a member of a cross-disciplinary squad
- Collaborate closely with distributed teams in the United States
- Foster a culture of quality and ownership
- Contribute to the development of codebase and infrastructure (Node, React, AWS)
- Leverage skills and experience to implement product features that are well architected, tested, and understandable.
- Promote best practices surrounding TDD, continuous integration, code standards, etc.
- Iterative platform development, including troubleshooting and performance optimization
- Work across multiple code bases touching different aspects of code utilizing full-stack ability
SUCCESSFUL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CANDIDATES HAVE:
- 3+ years overall engineering experience
- 2+ years hands-on proven track record implementing JavaScript/Typescript applications.
- 2+ years of experience using React to build frontend applications; Next.js experience is a plus.
- 2+ years of experience using Node.js or similar technology.
- A passion for delivering high-quality user experiences
- Strong business and technical judgment
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative, Agile environment that relies on experimentation and A/B testing to validate direction
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable APIs and distributed systems
- Experience with one or more Node.js web frameworks (Nest.js, Express, Hapi.js)
- Understanding of eventual consistency, message queuing (RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS), and event-driven architectures
- Strong sense of software design patterns, anti-patterns, and testing practices (TDD)
- Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (GitHub, Jenkins or similar)
- Experience working with various monitoring and alerting tools (New Relic, Cloudwatch, PagerDuty)
- Comfort working with modern AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, AI agents, MCPs) and willing to adopt emerging workflows.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Pair programming experience
- B.S. in Computer Science is a plus
WORK MODEL:
While this position is remote for now, there is potential to shift to a hybrid model as our local Austin team grows.
At The Knot Worldwide, we believe you are more than a resume and invite you to go for it, take the leap of faith, and apply for this job. Together, we have an incredible opportunity to make it even easier for our customers to plan life’s most meaningful moments and for our small business owners to grow and scale. We would love to have you with us on our journey.
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:
- Commit to our customers: You act as one team on behalf of our customers. You lead with head and heart, and build what matters for life's most meaningful moments.
- Raise the bar: You define "great" and work backwards. You don't just accept how it's been done, but boldly define how it should be. You are unafraid to innovate, learn, and keep moving forward toward our shared vision.
- Be all in: You believe in our mission and take ownership of your work. You debate openly to reach the best outcomes, speaking with clarity and care, embracing diverse perspectives, then commit fully.
- Celebrate impact: You measure success by the outcomes you create. You hold yourself accountable to delivering value, while recognizing progress and the lessons learned along the way. You love to win, together.
WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:
We believe in a wide range of holistic offerings to support our employees so that they can live our values day in and day out. From mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting the Moments that Matter, both in and out of the office.. We offer flexible vacation, generous parental leave, and prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people.
- For Together@TKWW-eligible roles, this includes regular in-office time to foster collaboration and connection.
- For roles not eligible for in-office expectations, we support connection through virtual collaboration and intentional gatherings.
To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have office spaces in Barcelona, Spain; Delhi, India; Galway, Ireland; London, England; New York, NY; and Washington, D.C.
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US Notice: The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
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