Remote Backend Engineer

Summary

Anlatan is seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to join their team, working on building and maintaining backend services for their SAAS products NovelAI and AetherRoom using Go programming language and GRPC framework. The ideal candidate should have strong computer science fundamentals, proficiency in Go, and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Go programming language and GRPC framework
• Experience with writing and using RESTful APIs
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and the k8s ecosystem, like Helm
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures
• Good problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience in working with large and ever-changing codebases
• Past experience with designing high performance scalable backend services
• Understanding of good security practices

Responsibilities

• Writing and designing well performant, secure and scalable backend services
• Develop and maintain software applications using Go programming language and GRPC framework
• Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes
• Design, develop, and optimize SQL databases
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues
• Utilize Git for version control and collaboration
• Work and communicate with the rest of the Anlatan team to efficiently build and ship new updates and products
• Participate in the architecture design of new services and the implementation of them
• Work closely with the frontend team at the integration of the backend and the frontend
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in the production environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases like Cassandra, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, etc
• Experience with TypeScript and NodeJS for maintaining and working with our legacy NovelAI codebase
• Experience with payment system APIs, like Stripe and Paddle
• Knowledge of common software design patterns
• Familiarity with CI workflows like Github Actions, CircleCI, etc

Benefits

• A casual and flexible work environment
• A culture focused on pushing the envelope and having fun while doing it
• Incredibly flexible PTO
• Health Insurance for US Citizens and non-US Citizens
• Vision and Dental Insurance for US Citizens
• Life Insurance and Disability for US Citizens
• 401k (3% Match 100%, 2% Match 50%) for US Citizens