Backend Engineer – Core APIs

🔥 16 hours ago

🌏 Anywhere in the World

💵 $130k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🔙 Backend Engineer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🔒 Cybersecurity

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

💰 $32M Series B on 2021-11

Cybersecurity • API • SaaS

Fingerprint is a technology company focused on bot detection and identification solutions. The platform helps businesses ensure a secure online environment by accurately identifying users and distinguishing between real users and automated bots. They provide developer guides and workspace settings for easy integration into various applications, enhancing security and user experience.

📋 Description

• Build highly performant backend systems and infrastructure for large-scale real-time data processing • Design, develop, and optimize backend systems for real-time data processing and web services • Integrate backend components with other services to ensure performance and scalability • Take ownership of features from concept through final deployment • Investigate problematic features through deep dives, research, hypothesis development, experiments, and root-cause analysis • Conduct performance tuning, debugging, and testing to ensure reliability and efficiency • Share engineering best practices and collaborate on cross-functional projects • Participate in a shared on-call rotation • Mentor junior developers and support team growth

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in backend development • Strong, demonstrated experience in GoLang and/or Node.js with willingness to learn • Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems • Experience building and optimizing APIs, real-time data processing systems, and microservices architectures • Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch • Proficiency with Git, IDEs, shell scripting, and CI/CD • Proficient in English for clear communication in a global, remote team • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively as a team member • Must be authorized to work from their home location • Nice to have: BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience • Nice to have: Terraform or AWS CloudFormation • Nice to have: TypeScript, Express, ClickHouse, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Datadog, Docker, Kubernetes, large open-source projects, Internet security and privacy mechanisms • Nice to have: Demonstrated experience with both Node.js and Go in a backend context

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work • Shared on-call rotation schedule communicated in advance, with efforts to balance coverage and minimize off-hours disruptions • Inclusive work environment • Visa sponsorship is not provided