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Requirements:

• 4+ years of background and experience in software development for Senior Backend Engineer.
• Proficiency in over one language - preferably JS/Java/Python - including debugging and performance.
• Understanding of databases - Relational and Non Relational - their data models and performance.
• Experience building web applications and familiarity with at least one framework (Express, Django, etc.).
• Knowledge of caching techniques and utilities like Memcache / Redis.
• Knowledge of REST paradigm, service oriented architecture and distributed systems.
• Clear understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of how the internet and networking works (i.e. DNS, HTTP, TLS, Certificates, etc.).
• Some knowledge of and experience with how systems work at scale (e.g. threads, virtualization, etc.) is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll design and build scalable systems to be used by millions of students and companies.
• You will own large components, systems, or projects, coordinating and communicating with teams and leads across the organization.
• You will architect backend solutions to high complexity problems, with high-availability and high-reliability in mind.
• You will instigate design discussions and facilitate engineering-wide learning.
• You will be the primary driver of resolving production issues, holding post-mortems, and owning long-term fixes.
• You’ll investigate performance/scalability bottlenecks and existing queries, or write new queries with performance optimisation in mind.
• Identify libraries and technologies that solve our problems and/or are worth experimentation.