Senior Software Engineer, Backend

March 13, 2023

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Description

• Lead the development and ownership of large user-facing features/epics • Work on a cross-functional team to build complex applications • Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to create user-friendly experiences • Communicate and manage relationships with client engineers on iOS and Web • Guide the app architecture to align with industry best practices and engineering excellence • Write automated tests and provide thorough feedback in code reviews • Promote a disciplined approach to development, testing, documentation, and code structure • Play a crucial role in elevating the team's technical skills and efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant backend development experience • Strong understanding of best practices for modern web apps, APIs, and microservices • Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to mentor team-mates • Experience working with and scaling relational databases such as Postgres or experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB • Nice to have: Python web development experience is a plus (FastAPI, Flask, Django, etc) • Experience scaling high-growth systems and diagnosing performance bottlenecks • Experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, ElastiCache) • Experience working with and scaling multi-container Docker in production environments • Experience working with background jobs (Celery with Redis, etc) • Experience working with real-time communication (websockets preferred) • A commitment to building a team that represents a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and skills. • No discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Salary range of $165,000 to $210,000 • Bonus, commission, and equity • Full benefits • Stock options • Direct conversations about compensation in initial calls • Commitment to building a diverse team