Remote Sr. Developer Backend

Summary

The job is for a Backend Software Engineer at CloudHire. The role involves collaborating with team members, building and maintaining cloud services, resolving scalability and performance issues, focusing on application performance and monitoring, and participating in code reviews. The candidate should have 5+ years of professional experience in Backend development, experience with RESTful APIs, MongoDB, Serverless technologies like AWS Lambda, infrastructure as code (particularly CloudFormation), high attention to detail, flexibility, troubleshooting skills, excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, a BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. The company values holistic development and agile methodologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in Backend development, with a focus on Python and TypeScript
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Experience with MongoDB
• Experience with Serverless technologies, including AWS Lambda
• Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly CloudFormation
• High attention to detail, flexible, and able to work concurrently on multiple projects
• Ability to troubleshoot, research, and work through complex problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• You have a BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Designers, and other Software Engineers to deliver new functionality and iterative improvements to customer-facing products
• Build efficient, scalable, and reusable cloud services using Python and TypeScript, and Infrastructure as Code tools
• Building and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with various data stores, including MongoDB
• Participate in code reviews with other engineers
• Focus on knowledge sharing with other engineers
• Identify and resolve scalability and performance issues
• Focus on application performance and monitoring

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working with modern CI/CD and engineering tooling – we leverage Amazon Web Services, GitHub Actions and AWS CloudFormation extensively
• Experience with agile methodologies

Benefits

• CloudHire’s mission is to create a positive and lasting impact in the world. By increasing competitiveness and efficiency in businesses, we believe that we are a catalyst for innovation across a multitude of specialties
• CloudHire works closely with its team to help you grow as much as we grow, and value your holistic development