Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Nice to Have
- Understanding monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide) — San Francisco, Seattle, Delhi
Additional Information
- The current expected base salary for this position ranges from $160,000 - $250,000. Actual compensation may vary depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
- Base pay is one part of the total compensation package; stock options may be offered in addition.
- Employees are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance.
- Employees are eligible to participate in a gym membership as part of employee wellness.
- Employees will be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company's vacation policy.
- Hired applicant may receive an equity grant in the form of an option to purchase stock in the future for a specified price.
