Senior Software Engineer, Backend

February 17

Atticus

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Description

• Design, build and operate Atticus’ APIs with a focus on performance, modularity, extensibility, and reliability. • Work with product to evaluate and refine product details and acceptance criteria • Architect, design, write, review, and test code in a collaborative environment with other software engineers. • Evaluate storage technologies and methodologies with an eye toward scalability and performance. • Leverage your peers as multipliers for your skills to create excellent products and services.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience writing idiomatic JavaScript, Golang, Java, Python, Scala, or Ruby • Build modern, resilient, and operationally sane backend systems with industry standards • Enjoy teaching and mentoring teammates on backend system best practices and architecture • Work well with product to clarify and translate requirements for teammates • Use a modern version-control system for your source code repository • Know what parts of your code require tests and write those tests • Use objective judgment in leveraging the right frameworks and technologies • Versed in cloud computing systems and SAAS concepts • Leverage continuous integration systems to their full extent • Plan for, build, evolve and scrutinize monitoring and alerting for your production systems • Deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain your systems in production and staging environments Bonus / Nice-to-Have: • Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI, Git, Golang, Java • Experience with GraphQL, GraphQL Federation, REST APIs, and supporting network protocols • Experience with a distributed SQL platform like CockroachDB or Google Spanner • Experience with Hadoop, MapReduce, or other “Big Data” systems

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered • 15 vacation days & ~19 paid holidays each year • Free membership to OneMedical • $1,000 reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work • Student loan repayment assistance, 401(k), and optional HSA • Free snacks, drinks, weekly lunches, and regular team dinners/events/retreats • Humble, thoughtful, smart, fun colleagues