Backend Engineer II

Summary

Join HackerRank as a Backend Engineer and contribute to the development and delivery of large-scale projects. You will play a key role in technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and participate in hiring initiatives. This full-time, remote position within India requires strong experience in building web-based products and expertise in various technologies. We offer a competitive benefits package including a home office stipend, remote work enablement stipend, professional development reimbursement, generous paid time off, and comprehensive insurance.

Requirements

• Be a strong and self-motivated individual, able to drive decisions independently
• Have solid experience in building web-based products
• Have 2+ years of expertise in at least one dynamic programming language and one MVC web framework, preferably Ruby on Rails
• Have expertise in Database modeling, preferably relational DB, spotting DB bottlenecks, and writing optimized DB queries
• Have expertise in all standard Cloud technologies, preferably AWS. Knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows
• Have a proven track record in building highly-available and scalable distributed systems
• Be willing to play and explore new technologies, be a Subject Matter Expert, and support them
• Believe in minor incremental improvements and be passionate about refactoring
• Have a keen eye for quality about following and establishing good coding practices and improving code coverage
• Have good stakeholder management and the ability to build trust and rapport with internal and external stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Execute and deliver large and complex projects end-to-end, with or without the involvement of other team members
• Ensure timely delivery of all product deliverables
• Play a key role in technical discussions within the team and be the go-to person for the team for guidance and troubleshooting
• Understand key Business and Engineering metrics around performance, quality, and availability and regularly work with the team to push the boundaries and improve them periodically
• Proactively participate in code reviews and architecture and design discussions
• Mentor junior engineers and setting best practices for coding, code reviews, etc
• Help the organization build a top-quality team by participating in hiring initiatives and evangelizing about contributions, accomplishments, and victories

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience in at least one Frontend framework, preferably React.js
• Have knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker and related deployment technologies
• Understand web application security best practices and common application security vulnerabilities (XSS, SQL injection, etc)

Benefits

• One-time home office set up stipend
• Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc)
• Generous paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours
• Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents
• Employee stock options