✨ About The Role
- The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for architecting and building highly available and scalable platform primitives and REST APIs.
- The role involves taking ownership of creative solutions to deliver excellent products to customers.
- The engineer will contribute to team health by providing honest and direct feedback to improve processes.
- Guiding the team in making optimal technical and product design decisions will be a key responsibility.
- The position requires identifying and executing on points of scale to maximize throughput and efficiency.
- The engineer will be accountable for transparent communication, defining scope, and managing risks and changes.
- The role offers the opportunity to solve challenging problems and build out architecture and processes as the company scales.
âš¡ Requirements
- The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 years of professional software development experience, particularly in backend applications and services.
- A strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python and Go is essential for success in this role.
- Experience with cloud services, specifically AWS, is crucial for building and maintaining scalable applications.
- The candidate should have a proven track record of developing modular and flexible architectures that prioritize readability and extensibility.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are necessary to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
- A passion for working in early-stage companies and a desire to take ownership of a fast-growing code base will be highly valued.
- The ability to mentor and coach other engineers on best practices and growth opportunities is important for fostering team development.