Software Engineer, Backend

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of features from inception to completion, including the proposal of ideas, project scoping, and the development of APIs, dashboard interfaces, and the supporting services.

• Create dependable distributed systems, incorporating queues and background processes that can manage traffic surges, retries, and failures in a predictable manner.

• Enhance the scalability of APIs and databases, focusing on performance, data integrity, and efficiency as user demand increases.

• Maintain existing systems with effective monitoring, secure deployments, and active participation in the on-call rotation.

• Collaborate closely with support teams and customers to identify recurring issues and translate them into product enhancements.

• Elevate engineering quality by refining tests, improving tools, and optimizing existing systems while also developing new capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in software engineering.

• Significant background in building and managing backend services in a production environment.

• Proficient with queues, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.

• Capable of designing systems from the ground up and strategizing their implementation.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and service operations, including deployments, observability, capacity planning, and troubleshooting production challenges.

• Experience in designing APIs and relational data structures.

• Skilled in diagnosing slow database queries and executing safe database modifications.

• Proven experience in managing production infrastructure using infrastructure as code, leveraging tools like Terraform or AWS CDK.

• Comfortable working across the technology stack to provide a comprehensive product experience.

• Proficient in written and verbal English communication.

• Ability to consistently work during overlapping hours with the Americas.

• Extensive experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres.

• Background in building and maintaining services on AWS, utilizing serverless or container-based infrastructures.

• Experience with developer tools, public APIs, or email service infrastructure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work opportunity.

• Flexibility regarding shared working hours.

• Significant ownership and autonomy in your role.

• Collaborative environment with a low-ego team culture.

• Remote team with flexible shared working hours.

• Expected travel for team offsites, conferences, meetups, and more.