At Yohana, we’re finding new ways for technology and design to lighten our loads, reclaim our time, and improve our well-being. We want it all. A career and home. Family and friends. Health and wellness. But actually having it all can leave us feeling overloaded. And research shows it. 43% of people struggle with decision-making. 66% say overload affects their work, and 62%, their interpersonal relationships.
Technology was supposed to help by making us more efficient. But the faster we get things done, the more we take on, and our well-being falls to the bottom of the list. Yohana is on a mission to make balance a priority – and do it joyfully.
It’s a meaningful product challenge: helping society reclaim time and make space for joy through technology and design. That’s what the team at Yohana is solving for every day, and we have a lot of fun doing it. With leadership from big tech like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and hypergrowth startups like Nest, Waymo, TaskRabbit, and Casper, we’re motivated to make the world a happier place. Join us!
Yohana is a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic Inc. Our unique positioning as a start-up within a global Consumer Electronics and Services company makes this opportunity one that is rich with world-class capability and game-changing possibilities.
About The Role:
You will work in a small team of backend service engineers to build new services and features for our IoT platform. You are expected to be a hands-on lead developer who excels in a dynamic, fast-moving, and agile environment building high quality, high performance and scalable software. You will be expected to work equally between design, hands-on development, and providing mentorship to our other developers. You will work closely with embedded, hardware and mobile engineers to define and provide the appropriate designs and implementations.
Yohana is able to employ individuals who reside in (or that are willing to relocate to) the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
What You’ll Get To Do:
- Lead development of cloud services and data pipelines
- Plan software releases and release schedules
- Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain production-level services in the cloud
- Interact with Product Management to refine product requirements; work efficiently in a cross-functional team across multiple projects
- Mentor cloud services engineers
- Understand and be able to identify bottlenecks across the system and evaluate performance of various components
- Analyze, evaluate and propose technologies to efficiently address product requirements in the software design
What You’ll Bring:
- 5+ years’ experience building backend services or cloud software
- 3+ years senior project lead on a significant services product at scale
- 3+ years experience working on IoT related products, experience with AWS IoT core and Matter/Chip is a huge plus
- 5+ years of experience with Java, Scala or Kotlin
- Experience with microservices, gRPC, containerized services and kubernetes strongly preferred
- Evidence of architectural or design influence on backend services
- Track record of working successfully with cross-functional teams
- Experience with highly concurrent, highly available, and highly fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Deep experience building cloud native services such as on AWS or GCP
- Strong fundamentals on SLDC such as code reviews and CI/CD systems
- Strong ability to debug issues in distributed systems using monitoring, logging and tracing
- Proven track record of shipping services in production environments
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills
What We Offer:
The future of work at Yohana is flexibility. Like many other leading Silicon Valley based businesses, we follow a hybrid workplace model post-pandemic. We believe this model is consistent with our goals of fostering a highly collaborative culture, promoting employee well-being, and developing a workplace that is engaging, equitable, and innovative.
Local (Bay Area) employees are expected to come into the office on Mondays & Wednesdays and optional on the other days of the week. Fully remote (Work From Home) employment may be available for select positions.
The salary range for this role is currently $232,856-$253,250. This position is eligible for participation in the Yohana’s employee bonus program. Grade level and salary ranges are determined primarily through the scope and complexity of the role along with a review of the applicant’s experience and skills, as well as alignment with geographic market data and equity with other team members.
Employee benefits include:
- Opportunity to join a hyper-growth startup on a mission to make well-being attainable for modern families
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match
- Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Medical Coverage
- Unlimited PTO
- 12 Company Holidays
- Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Group and 1-on-1 Career Coaching
- Pet Insurance
- Casual Dress Code
- Catered Lunch & Snacks
- Discounts on Panasonic products
- Company Social Events
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest.
