Senior Backend Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : 110k-140k

Title : Senior Backend Software Engineer

Location : US - Remote

About the role :

We are looking for a passionate backend software engineer with expert knowledge in building micro-service applications and minimum 10 years of hands-on experience with modern development frameworks and leading a team.

As the Lead Backend Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity lead a team of backend developers and contribute to the overall architectural and design decisions that will help us build a new platform to enable our growing business to scale to new demands and accommodate a growing number of new clients.

You will guide and mentor Agile team members on micro-services architecture best practices, Domain-Driven Design, AWS cloud best practices while making sure all our software is built with performance, usability, security and scalability in mind.

This role will be a good fit for you if you love delivering compelling experiences for users, embrace end-to-end ownership, and enjoy collaborating in a cross-functional environment with your colleagues in engineering, product, design and business.

You will also be a great fit if you enjoy backend development, but tend to get more excited about the backend, service architecture and domain driven design.

What you will be doing :

• Help build a new platform to replace our legacy applications.
• Drive the development of new features in an Agile environment.
• Build systems that are scalable, performant and secure.
• Solve business needs with initiative, sound judgement, a strong technical mind, attention to detail and exceptional customer service.
• Lead and mentor other engineers on a variety of topics related to backend development : micro-services, domain-driven design, CI / CD pipeline automation, AWS, and career growth.
• Participate in strategy sessions to determine the best technology solutions to solve business problems and make build vs. buy decisions.

What you need for this position :

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of total software development experience
• Proven backend development and leadership experience
• Proven track record of tackling intricate programming challenges
• Committed to delivering high-quality software products by employing analytical thinking, creative problem-solving, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Previous experience working on green-field projects
• Previous experience working for start-ups
• Understanding of Domain-Driven Design
• Understanding of micro-services architecture and advanced design patterns
• Modelling real-world data in both RDBMS (Postgres or equivalent) and NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis) persistence layers
• Familiar with Message Queue architecture
• Understanding of NodeJs and NestJs
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
• Understanding of React framework is a plus
• Experience working with AWS and automating the supporting application infrastructure
• Experience building automated CI / CD pipelines using tools like Git, AWS DevOps or equivalent
• In-depth understanding of Agile methodologies

What's in it for you :

• Competitive compensation package.
• Full benefit package including health insurance, dental, vision and 401k plan.
• Paid vacation and sick time.
• Flexibility of schedule and ability to work remotely.

Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting may be required.
• Regular, predictable attendance, including quarter-driven hours as business demands dictate, are required.

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here represent those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job (in the office or remotely working).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Moderate noise (i.e., a business office with computers, phones, printers, light traffic).
• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.

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