
Senior Backend Engineer
Posted Oct 27

Posted Oct 27
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.
β’ Convert product requirements into effective technical solutions and suggest alternative strategies.
β’ Direct engineering initiatives to achieve ambitious goals.
β’ Design and develop dependable systems and applications within a fully distributed microservices architecture.
β’ Establish and maintain integrations with third-party vendors and partners.
β’ Design and develop highly available RESTful APIs for web and mobile applications aimed at users.
β’ Create reusable code and libraries to ensure future scalability.
β’ Implement observability practices through logging, metrics, and alerting systems.
β’ Develop and sustain technical documentation that includes architecture, APIs, workflows, and system configurations.
β’ Monitor systems to optimize performance and scalability.
β’ Collaborate with international product and engineering teams across banking, payroll, and timekeeping sectors.
β’ A minimum of 5 years of professional engineering experience.
β’ Strong capability to take ownership of projects and lead initiatives from inception to completion.
β’ Exceptional collaboration and communication skills across functions.
β’ Familiarity with complex, large-scale distributed systems.
β’ Proficiency in Go/Golang.
β’ Strong skills in designing and developing RESTful APIs.
β’ Expertise in SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including data modeling and optimization.
β’ Proven track record in building reliable and scalable user-facing applications.
β’ Proficiency in message queuing systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Flink.
β’ Familiarity with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, serverless architectures, Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS.
β’ Experience in effective release management for zero-downtime deployments.
β’ Familiarity with CI/CD frameworks such as GitLab CI and GitHub Actions.
β’ Legally permitted to work in the United States.
β’ Must respond to application questions concerning Go, Kafka, SQL/Postgres, RESTful APIs, fintech/financial services, and AI tools.
β’ Flexible PTO.
β’ Coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability.
β’ Parental leave.
β’ Monthly stipend.
β’ Equity options.
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