Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Constructor's Retail Media team as a Senior Engineer and contribute to building a cutting-edge platform connecting e-commerce retailers and brands. You will design, develop, and maintain web services using Python and FastAPI, working closely with other engineers. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, setting up service observability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong computer science fundamentals, experience with high-load real-time services, and proficiency in IaC tools. Constructor offers a competitive compensation package, unlimited vacation time, a fully remote work environment, and various employee benefits.

Requirements

• Strong computer science background & familiarity with networking principles
• Experience in designing, developing & maintaining highload real-time services
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform for managing cloud resources
• Hands-on experience with setting up and improving CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience in server-side coding for web services, and a good understanding of API design principles
• Skilled in setting up and managing observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and integrating alert systems like PagerDuty
• Familiarity with Service-Oriented Architecture, knowledge of communication protocols like protobuf
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases, distributed systems, and caching solutions (MySQL/PostgreSQL, ClickHouse/Athena)
• Experience with any of the major public cloud service providers: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams
• Excellent English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver & maintain web services in close collaboration with other engineers
• Build / deploy / support services using Python and FastAPI
• Write AWS CloudFormation scripts, Jenkins jobs, Github actions following best industry standards
• Set up service observability, monitoring metrics, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, AWS CloudWatch)
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and separate stability testing
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical business partners to develop / update functionalities
• Communicate with stakeholders within and outside the team

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience building ad tech solutions

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time -we strongly encourage all of our employees take at least 3 weeks per year
• A competitive compensation package including stock options
• Fully remote team - choose where you live
• Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office
• Apple laptops provided for new employees
• Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year
• Parental leave for qualified employees