Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Mediaocean as a Senior Back-End Software Engineer and play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining our core backend systems. You will build robust, scalable, and high-performance applications, collaborating with engineers and product managers. Responsibilities include architecting and developing backend systems, problem-solving, mentoring junior engineers, ensuring code quality, optimizing performance, and evaluating new technologies. This position requires extensive back-end development experience, strong technical skills in Python and related frameworks, database expertise, API design experience, and cloud platform familiarity. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required. Mediaocean offers a competitive compensation package, including comprehensive benefits, flexible time off, bonding leave, professional development opportunities, and wellness programs.

Requirements

• Extensive experience: 5+ years of experience in back-end software development, with a deep understanding of software engineering principles and design patterns
• Strong technical skills: Proficiency in Python and experience with relevant frameworks and technologies (Flask, FastApi, SQLAlchemy, Celery, Boto3). Experience in other backend (Java, Go)
• Database expertise: Strong knowledge of database design, optimization, and management (SQL and NoSQL)
• API design: Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs or GraphQL APIs
• Cloud experience: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their services
• Problem-solving aptitude: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues
• Communication and collaboration: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor junior engineers
• Bachelor's or master's degree: In Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Only applications with links to GitHub & LinkedIn profiles will be considered

Responsibilities

• Architecting and developing: Design and implement scalable and performant backend systems, APIs, and services
• Problem-solving: Analyze and resolve complex technical challenges, ensuring system reliability and efficiency
• Mentoring and collaboration: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth
• Code quality and standards: Through code reviews and best practices, enforce and maintain high standards for code quality, readability, and maintainability
• Performance optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize system performance, identifying and addressing bottlenecks
• Technology evaluation: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and evaluate their potential impact on our systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience with front-end development with React and TypeScript (or similar technologies)

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation, including 401(K) employer match and financial wellness seminars
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plan – Keep your family (or just yourself!) safe and healthy
• Flexible time off – In addition to our 14 company holidays, we provide open PTO to all U.S.- based Mediaocean employees. So take a sick day, vacation day, or mental health day
• Bonding Leave – After six months of employment at Mediaocean, mothers and fathers, including same-sex parents, can take job-protected, paid time off to bond with their child within the first 12 months of the child’s birth or adoption
• Insurance, Pet Insurance, employer matched Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Professional development – Personalized development plan created with your manager, continuous internal and external trainings, official company-wide mentorship program, professional development rewards program, management, leadership, and function-specific training for top performance, education reimbursement
• Get rewarded for demonstrating Mediaocean values
• Active affinity-based groups – Form connections with similar peers in offices around the world. Groups include: Women at MO, Black Employees at Mediaocean (BEMO), Pride at MO, Mi gente (Hispanic/Latinx community), AAPI at MO, Parents at MO, International Enrichment, Language Lovers, Books & Beyond, DEI in Engineering, and Mental Health & Wellness, and Caregivers United
• Wellness opportunities – Free virtual yoga and abs and glutes classes, company-paid Headspace meditation app membership, company-wide steps challenges, complimentary snacks in-office
• Bikeshare program in select offices, (Divvy and CitiBike for Chicago and New York offices)