Senior Backend Engineer, Engagement & Monetization

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Set the technical direction for backend projects within the Engagement & Monetization team.

• Convert product and monetization objectives into clear, actionable backend specifications.

• Implement backend modifications that positively influence key performance indicators and core business metrics.

• Make informed trade-offs regarding speed, quality, scalability, and product results, documenting decisions as necessary.

• Ensure readiness for production through rigorous testing, resilience, observability, and operational excellence.

• Facilitate experimentation by creating measurable, well-instrumented, and safe-to-iterate systems.

• Enhance tracking and observability to accurately attribute the impact of experiments.

• Contribute to enhancements in the backend codebase, such as migrating to TypeScript.

• Mentor engineers through code reviews, collaborative pairing, and providing design feedback.

• Foster alignment across teams and proactively manage inter-team dependencies.

• Strengthen documentation, specifications, and onboarding materials to boost squad efficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in backend engineering, particularly in startup or scale-up environments.

• Highly skilled in Node.js and TypeScript.

• Extensive experience in designing and scaling APIs with a focus on performance, security, and observability.

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS.

• Proficient in designing scalable architectures that handle high volumes of traffic.

• In-depth understanding of databases, both SQL and NoSQL, in production settings.

• Strong commitment to engineering best practices, including testing, resilience, and documentation.

• Possess a product-oriented mindset, understanding how backend decisions impact business KPIs.

• Enjoy mentoring others and elevating the technical standards within the team.

• Comfortable communicating in English within an international context.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive salary package along with equity in the company.

• A flexible remote work policy, requiring only 2 days in the office per month, complemented by monthly team events.

• Coverage of fees for external professional events and meetups (e.g., Android Makers).

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family, fully covered by Yubo through Alan!

• Various benefits for parents, including additional parental leave and easy access to nursery and daycare facilities in France.