Backend Engineering Lead - Remote

Overview

BuildOps is looking for a LA based candidate to help lead our key Engineering project initiatives, working in collaboration with a Product Owner. This candidate will join a well-funded, fast-growing technology startup with the unique opportunity to help build out a critical function for the company.

In Short

• Partner with your Product counterpart to design and deliver high quality solutions
• Lead and mentor other engineers to accurately estimate sprints and deliver on scope
• Architect and design scalable and reliable systems for our Field Service ERP platform
• Design, develop, and maintain server-side backend applications
• Work with databases to model, store, and retrieve data
• Coach engineers to Implement data migration strategies to move data between systems
• Lead efforts to Implement pub/sub workflows to decouple services and communicate with other systems
• Ensure that backend processing are reliable and delivers high data integrity
• Have strong understanding AWS services such as EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, SNS, and SQS
• Lead code reviews and technical discussions, collaborating with other squads

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 2+ years as a squad lead/manager
• 8+ years of experience in server-side backend development
• Expert level in Typescript/JavaScript in Node.js environment
• Experience with database modeling and data migration strategies, ability to tune and optimize complex queries
• Experience with background processing systems such as Queues, Pub/Sub, Streaming platforms
• Experience with idempotent and eventually consistent processing
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Terraform (bonus)
• Experience with AWS services such as MySQL RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, and SQS, ECS
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability principles
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Integration Tests
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work hybrid schedule - Monday/Friday WFH, Tuesday - Thursday, in office.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Company stock options.
• This is a Hybrid work on our Toronto office. (3 times per week)
• Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and career advancement.
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.
• Ability to make a significant impact on the growth and success of the company.