Fetch is hiring a
Backend Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Backend Engineer position at Fetch, a shopping platform. The role involves building backend services and integrating them with various systems. Fetch offers benefits such as equity, 401k match, comprehensive health benefits, continuing education reimbursement, employee resource groups, flexible PTO, robust leave policies, Calvin Care Cash, and a hybrid work environment.

Requirements

• A deep understanding of functional and object-oriented programming
• Ability to plan and implement complex data models
• Ability to optimize poorly performing code, data queries, and network requests
• Understanding of the complexity and failure domains of micro-services and distributed architectures
• Ability to troubleshoot large scale production systems and explain both short and long-term solutions with trade-offs
• Effective communication, including the ability to translate and explain technical issues to non-technical team members

Responsibilities

Build highly performant backend services to integrate seamlessly with our data stores, message queues, mobile and web platforms, and other systems

Preferred Qualifications

• High-level languages (Go)
• Relational and eventually consistent databases (MongoDB, Postgres, MySQL)
• In-memory data stores and caches (Redis, Memcache)
• Version control system (Git)
• Test writing and quality assurance
• Service-oriented architecture
• Full-stack development (Kotlin, Javascript, React, Swift)
• Messages queue and event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Redis Streams)

Benefits

• Equity for everyone
• 401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%
• Benefits for humans and pets
• Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement
• Employee Resource Groups
• Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous People’s Day, as well as our year-end week-long break
• Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule
• Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
• Hybrid Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices in Madison, Birmingham, Chicago or you can work remotely from anywhere in the US. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home