Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join PerformLine, a leading SaaS company, as a Backend Software Engineer and build impactful technology used by Fortune 50 financial services institutions. You will be a key member of the Core Team, developing robust APIs, optimizing database performance, and ensuring scalability and security within an AWS ecosystem. Collaborate with engineers and product managers in an Agile environment, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to a positive team culture. This hybrid or remote role requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Python and SQL, and experience with REST APIs and AWS cloud tools. You will be a pivotal part of our team overcoming technical limitations while accelerating project timelines!

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering for cloud based platforms
• Experience developing queries and maintaining SQL databases
• Production-level experience with Python
• Experience creating and maintaining REST APIs
• Exposure to working in an Agile environment
• Understanding of the entire web development process, with an emphasis on back-end systems
• Ability to balance business concerns with technical goals
• Possesses intellectual humility and seeks out constructive criticism of their work
• Generates positivity and lift in the skills of those around them
• Takes ownership of their codebase, even if they didn’t write that code
• Recognizes the value of documentation and boring code (and the dangers of unnecessary complexity)
• Seeks out coaching and takes critical feedback well
• Positive can-do attitude with the ability to thrive amidst ambiguity as needed

Responsibilities

• Build the systems that drive the business and enable our customers through the advancement of PerformLine's capabilities
• Develop robust APIs that power our new frontend applications, ensuring seamless integration and performance
• Experience in integrating Python applications with services and APIs developed in Go
• Optimize SQL query performance and PostgreSQL table structures & indexes
• Optimize applications for scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness within an AWS ecosystem
• Work with other software engineers and product managers to get products and features safely, securely, and quickly to our clients within an Agile environment
• Be an example to more junior engineers for creating documented, performant, secure, and efficient code
• Make the whole team better by advocating for best practices, gently reminding people of why the processes we have exist, and helping less experienced engineers find ways to ‘level up’
• Embrace having a large impact on team morale, culture, feedback, and even recruiting
• Represent your engineering organization outside of the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Bonus points if you’ve worked in Go!
• Advanced AWS cloud tools like SQS, OpenSearch, Lambda and architecture knowledge