Software Engineer - Backend

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design and develop secure, scalable, reliable, and efficient backend services using appropriate technologies.
• - Work closely with frontend developers to define API endpoints and request/response formats and contents.
• - Design and optimize database schemas, write efficient queries, and ensure performance and reliability.
• - Integrate third-party services, libraries, and tools into our applications architecture.
• - Implement security best practices, such as encryption, authentication, authorization, and protection against common security vulnerabilities.
• - Optimize code and system architecture for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• - Write unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and stability of our software.
• - Debug and troubleshoot issues in new and existing systems.
• - Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• - Document code, APIs, and system architecture to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.
• - Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the process of building, testing, and deploying software updates

Required Skills

• - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• - 3+ years of professional experience as a backend software engineer or similar role.
• - Proficiency in Python or Golang programming languages.
• - Experience designing and implementing Restful APIs using web frameworks such as FastAPI or Gin.
• - Experience with relational databases, preferable PostgreSQL and PL/pgSQL.
• - Strong understanding of web technologies, protocols, and standards (e.g., HTTP, REST, JSON, XML).
• - Experience with Continuous Integration concepts and tools.
• - Experience with version control using Git.
• - Comfortable with agile methodologies, JIRA, and other project workflow tools.
• - Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• - Ability to debug and troubleshoot issues in backend services and web applications.
• - Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• - Experience working remotely with a distributed team.
• - Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• - Experience with message brokers, with a preference for RabbitMQ.
• - Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker Swarm, Nomad, Kubernetes).
• - Knowledge in API security frameworks, token management and user access control including OAuth, JWT, OpenAPI, etc.
• - Knowledge in networking, system administration, operations and infrastructure

Benefits

• - Fair compensation and generous benefits.
• - Protecting the open Internet.
• - Narrowing the digital divide.
• - Supporting fairness and equality.
• - Commitment to inclusion across race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.
• - Celebrating multiple approaches and diverse points of view.
• - Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.