Backend Engineer - Payment and Ads Platforms - Remote

Overview

Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through webnovel stories. Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Representing a tapestry of cultures and languages, around the world come to Wattpad every month to share and discover stories they can’t find anywhere else. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling with our global team, and write your next chapter with us!

In Short

• Build and maintain scalable, extensible, secure and observable payment services.
• Work on ads logic as a backend platform.
• Impact Wattpad’s users and bottom line directly.
• Share ownership of success and direction of payment services.
• Handle a large distributed system with 45k requests every second.
• Work with microservices written in Go.
• Utilize technologies like S3, DynamoDB, MySQL, Redis, and Cloudflare.
• Participate in a team culture that empowers engineers.
• Focus on leveling up your skills and career.
• Join a company with over 24 million creators and ~170 million active users.

Requirements

• Experience with Go and PHP.
• Familiarity with S3, DynamoDB, MySQL, Redis, and Memcache.
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Team player with a collaborative mindset.
• Passion for technology and storytelling.
• Experience in building scalable systems.
• Knowledge of caching strategies.
• Willingness to learn and grow.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Work in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Access to a large community of creators.
• Engaging and innovative work culture.
• Support for work-life balance.
• Chance to impact millions of users.
• Collaborate with talented professionals.
• Be part of a leading storytelling platform.