Float
Senior Back-End Engineer
Float
$167k
Worldwide (Remote)
PHP
Node.js
SQL

Senior Back-End Engineer

Overview

Float is hiring a Senior Back-End Engineer to work remotely on their engineering team. The role focuses on crafting scalable, high-performance, and sustainable services to support the company's technical vision and growth.

Job Description

Float is the world’s leading software for teams to plan their time. Launched in 2012, they are an independent, self-funded, profitable, and certified B Corporation. They have a remote-first team of 50 people across the globe.

Responsibilities

  • - Maintaining and developing features that help power over 4,500 of the world’s top teams and a growing 100,000+ user base
  • - Ensuring the robustness and reliability of these services
  • - Implementing new features to take services to the next level
  • - Participating in discussions on scaling back-end systems
  • - Taking ownership of both core components and innovative features
  • - Designing and implementing services supporting web, mobile, and desktop apps
  • - Collaborating with cross-functional teams on service development
  • - Leading the internal integration strategy
  • - Expanding service suite to support cross-functional teams
  • - Applying a proactive, forward-thinking mental model
  • - Emphasizing customer-centricity in platform innovation

Required Skills

  • - Proven track record of developing, maintaining, and deploying reliable and scalable production services
  • - High level of proficiency in PHP and Node.js
  • - Strong command of SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB)
  • - Experience designing services within microservices architecture
  • - Experience with serverless architecture (Cloud Run, App Engine)
  • - Experience in event-driven and asynchronous architectures
  • - Experience developing integrations with third-party APIs

Benefits

  • - US $167,471 annual salary
  • - Fully remote team
  • - Transparent company culture
  • - Diverse global team
  • - Commitment to positive contribution to customers and the environment

About the company

Rated the #1 Resource Management Software on G2. Trusted by 4500+ professional services teams to plan projects and schedule work.