Senior Software Engineer - Backend (PHP)

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Feedonomics will play a crucial role in the development and scaling of core infrastructure components and services that power our robust, high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform. This position requires a deep understanding of backend technologies and a passion for solving complex infrastructure-related problems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the architecture, design, and development of scalable and highly available applications and services.
• Solve complex infrastructure-related problems with code, developing and providing post-release support for scalable applications.
• Identify and implement enhancements to DevOps practices and tooling, leveraging automation to enhance robustness of the CI/CD pipeline, thereby streamlining efficient application development and deployment.
• Drive technology design and articulate architecture solution options to the product owners and Engineering leadership.
• Conduct post-mortems to analyze and prevent repeat failures.
• Be a champion for Continuous Improvement in end-to-end infrastructure and systems.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes that solve concrete business problems.
• Become a domain expert who follows industry trends and applies best practices and contributes towards continuous improvement of those practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of programming experience in backend languages
• 2+ years experience with PHP (Strongly preferred), Python, GoLang, Java or a similar programming language
• 2+ years experience with MySQL or a similar technology
• Strong understanding of database schema design, caching and scalability
• Strong understanding of various communication protocols (TCP, RPC, etc)
• Strong understanding of Distributed Systems
• Experience in Caching technologies is a plus (e.g. Redis or Memcached)
• DevOps experience preferred
• Experience with Full-stack observability tools like New Relic is strongly preferred
• Workable understanding of Linux operating systems
• Experience with modern CI/CD and containerization tools like Docker
• Able to perform time and memory complexity analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Compensation Transparency: The national base salary range for this role is posted above in this job post. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications and geographic location. We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams.

Benefits

At Feedonomics, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. We also provide opportunities for professional development and growth within our organization.

Pay

$135,960 - $203,940

Schedule

Full-time, remote position