Principal Backend Engineer
Overview
At Feeld, we are creating a world where everyone is more intimately connected to each other and themselves. We are building an inclusive, human-centered product and are looking for a Principal Engineer, FE to become part of our remote team and our mission to elevate the human experience of sexuality and relationships.
Job Description
Feeld is an independent, experimental and fully remote organisation reshaping the dialogue on dating and sexuality. The company was founded in 2014 and has evolved since to become the open, distributed structure it is now. We have a naturally agile and fluid culture.
Responsibilities
- - Explore new backend technologies and architectures to enhance our platform’s scalability, reliability, and performance.
- - Build robust and scalable backend systems, focussing on creating high-quality, maintainable code and optimizing application performance.
- - Support the engineering team by providing mentorship, conducting code reviews, and driving best practices in backend development.
- - Guide teams through scaling distributed databases milestones (e.g. Dynamo, Cassandra)
Required Skills
- - 8-10 years of experience with backend development, including deep expertise in technologies such as Node.js, Python, Java or similar, and a strong understanding of system architecture and distributed systems.
- - Experienced with a range of cloud services and infrastructure management across providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- - Led teams through challenging technical projects and provided leadership in solving complex backend problems.
- - Experience in designing and implementing scalable data solutions.
- - Understand the principles of security and compliance, ensuring backend systems are secure and adhere to industry standards.
- - Able to not only understand but lead us through moments of scale (take us from 2-10M users)
Benefits
- - Flexible working hours
- - Unlimited paid time off
- - A fully remote working situation
- - GBP £3k equipment and home office budget
- - Learning & development budget
- - On demand therapy sessions and mental health support via Spill
- - In-person meet ups
About the company
Feeld’s ever-evolving platform creates safer, more inclusive spaces online and IRL for everyone to express and explore gender, sexuality, and desire outside of existing blueprints.