Staff Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will be a key player in our engineering team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our backend systems and infrastructure. You will work on developing robust APIs, optimizing server performance, and ensuring seamless integration with Frontend applications. Your work will ensure the smooth operation and scalability of our systems, supporting the needs of various stakeholders and enabling advanced functionalities.

In Short

• Development with a focus on Clean Architecture of new services in Golang, using REST and gRPC interfaces
• Migration of interfaces from our legacy system as applicable (written in Python and Ruby).
• Design and implement features aligned with DDD architecture while documenting API specifications and data flow.
• Managing a team of engineers, mentoring, and guiding them to the next level
• Discover and triage issues with performance, reliability, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement scalable solution
• Participation in an on-call rotation with additional compensation might be required.

Requirements

• Proficiency in development flow based on git and GitHub
• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering or a similar role, with preferably experience in Golang
• Strong sense of testing, including unit tests and integration tests
• Ability to communicate recommendations for improvements on current systems, processes, and services as needed
• Exhibit a strong ability to adapt in a dynamic and ever-changing environment
• Ability to solve problems, especially to identify the source of the problem, and create and test solutions
• Experience with Elasticsearch, including setting up, configuring, and maintaining Elasticsearch clusters
• Proven team-leading experience with the ability to mentor and guide team members

Benefits

• Salary Range: competitive (performance review every 6 months)
• Performance review: twice a year
• Holidays: 10 days paid holidays during the first year, weekends off, national holidays, summer and winter break.
• Visa support: We sponsor visas for the right candidates. You can expect full visa support from our professional HR team.
• Flexible working: Highly flexible, remote-first international organization
• Housing allowance (within 1.5KM away from office)
• Club activity allowance
• Shuffle Lunch allowance (Cross department lunch)
• Zeals Bar (bi-monthly free flow beer party)