Server Engineer - Remote

Overview

VSCO is looking for a Server Engineer to join our Infra-Sever team. This role is ideal for a mid-level engineer looking to grow their skills in designing and building scalable backend systems, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, and contributing to a creative-focused platform.

In Short

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and systems.
• Collaborate with other engineers on the team to solve distributed system challenges.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, adhering to established best practices.
• Identify and fix issues to improve the performance and scalability of our systems.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to support product initiatives.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience developing backend systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes and automating building images using Docker.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and modern design patterns.
• Experience with Go / Golang.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging systems like Kafka, AWS SQS or RabbitMQ.
• Understanding of concurrency and multithreading patterns.
• Experience developing gRPC & REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with at least one type of SQL and one NoSQL database technology.
• Strong foundation in software engineering best practices (e.g., coding, testing, code reviews).
• Ability to work collaboratively on full-stack teams with iOS, Android, and web engineers.
• Exposure to cloud environments (preferably AWS, but GCP or Cloudflare experience is also acceptable).

Benefits

• A virtual first workplace with bi-annual company-wide travel events to connect and play.
• Competitive Salary & Equity.
• Healthcare insurance, vision, dental insurance for employees and families.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave.