Remote Lead Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Lead Backend Engineer and play a crucial role in leading the development and architecture of the backend systems that power our products and services.

Requirements

• Strong appreciation and support for our core values: low ego results, tireless service, and applied curiosity
• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience building REST APIs / GraphQL to support a rich data-heavy visual user interface
• Experience using AWS Services (Lambda, AppSync, API Gateway) or equivalent
• Experience with Python, Java and/or Go
• Knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized microservices
• Experience adopting & using Agile development methodologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design discussions within the team and collaborate with other teams across the organization
• Design, develop and operate scalable, elastic and secure microservices based on serverless architectures
• Build REST APIs / GraphQL services to interface with large datasets and analytics using AWS technologies and services like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, and Cloudwatch
• Work in an Agile development team to design and deliver service features end-to-end from design to production deployment and monitoring
• Evangelize and drive adoption of software development best practices in code health, quality, test stability and maintainability
• Work closely with offshore teams on various development projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Network-based Security Detections and Attack techniques desirable
• Experience with Search and Analytics tools like Splunk, Elasticsearch etc
• Experience with frontend technologies such as React is desirable
• Experience working in a distributed team