Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
• Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
• Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high performing team.
• Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects.
• Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
• Experience working with microservices.
• Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
• Prior experience with cross functional collaboration, communication and project management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
• Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.