Design, implement or improve features in a variety of backend systems including our REST APIs, microservices, data ingestion and processing systems, and distributed task/job processing systems
Write and maintain scalable, performant and secure code that can be shared across platforms
Meaningfully contribute to the product and core backend systems by suggesting and executing improvements
Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes and security
Practice test-driven development
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Participate in on-call rotations, as needed, to ensure prompt and effective resolution of critical technical issues
Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities
Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority
Requirements
You have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field
A minimum of 5 years of experience with building scalable web applications
You have experience or a strong interest in writing applications in Node.js
You have designed and implemented highly-available distributed systems/microservices
You have experience building platforms that expose scalable backend APIs
You have deep experience working with relational databases, Postgres preferred
Understanding monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus
You strongly believe in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
You have attention to detail and a passion for correctness
You are comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with your teammates
You have strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action