Senior Backend Engineer

Design and implement highly scalable backend endpoints. Gather product requirements and write design docs to satisfy product needs. Drive/Lead full lifecycle of software development: product requirements, architecture, solution design, development, quality assurance, and maintenance. Mentor others on best practices and effectively share knowledge. Able to effectively communicate development progress to the product lead, engineering manager, and other stakeholders. Be comfortable introducing new technologies and new ideas as required. Work effectively as part of a large global team. Attend and engage in scrum ceremony meetings, team parties, and manager 1:1s. Provide feedback to co-workers in written and verbal form and respond to technical and behavioral feedback from managers and peers. Proactively acts without being told what to do. Able to identify areas of improvement and driving best practices to deliver high quality, performant, and scalable solutions. Develops services that are highly available and scalable with proper monitoring and alerting in place. Able to up-level the team by sharing knowledge and best practices with the engineering team. Able to deal with ambiguity. Ownership of projects from start to finish. Just because the project has been deployed doesn’t mean it’s done. Organized and able to effectively plan and breakdown large projects into smaller tasks that are easier to estimate and deliver. Lets others speak and seek to understand their viewpoints. A creative and innovative problem solver & previous experience working in an agile, startup environment. Confident in owning your role, and bringing creative ideas to the hands of our users