Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join us at Sporty, where we strive to be the best in industry for our users, with millions of weekly active users. As a key member of our team, you'll develop microservices in a distributed deployment environment, working on complex systems accessed millions of times a day. We're looking for someone with 6+ years of experience in a relevant role, strong experience with highly-scalable web backends, and advanced proficiency in Object Oriented Design (OOD) and analysis.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6+ Years within a relevant role
• Preferred experience in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data and iBATIS
• Strong experience with highly-scalable web backends
• Experience designing highly transactional systems
• Advanced proficiency in Object Oriented Design (OOD) and analysis
• Advanced proficiency in application of analysis / design engineering functions
• Advanced proficiency in application of non-functional software qualities such as resiliency and maintainability
• Advanced proficiency in modern behavior-driven testing techniques
• Deep understanding of Microservices
• Proficient in SQL
• Expert knowledge of application development with technologies like RabbitMQ, MySQL, Redis etc
• Strong experience with container and cloud solutions such as Docker, Kubernetes and AWS Cloud

Responsibilities

• Develop highly-scalable mobile internet backends for millions of users
• Work with Product Owners and other development team members to determine new features and user stories needed in new / revised applications or large/complex development projects
• Participate in code reviews with peers and managers to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
• Respond to support calls for applications in production for quick diagnosis and repair to keep things running smoothly for users
• Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives
• Mentoring less experienced team members

Benefits

• Quarterly and flash bonuses
• Flexible hours outside of core hours (10am-3pm)
• Top-of-the-line equipment
• Referral bonuses
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Annual company retreat