Senior Backend Engineer (Remote, US)

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Requirements:

• 4-8 years of industry experience building backend software services.
• Bachelors/Masters degree in computer science or demonstrated experience in the software industry.
• Strong SQL skills, proficiency with SQL and no-SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift, mongodb etc.).
• Strong software engineering background and proficiency in one or more of Python, Java, PHP, Ruby.
• Strong leadership skills and proven ability to build and ship features.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with scalable distributed data processing.
• Experience with AWS Lambda/Cloud functions, pub/sub, AirFlow tools.
• Experience with cloud automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain backend services that allow Renew Home and energy partners such as energy markets, utilities, and retailers to seamlessly communicate.
• Develop and support the software that operates our virtual power plants.
• Rearchitect and optimize existing systems to support 5x to 10x user growth.
• Work closely with development teams to integrate cloud services into the broader system architecture.
• Work with cross-functional teams consisting of engineering, product management, business development, operations, and marketing.
• Work on many aspects of our stack: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Prefect, AWS/GCP (CDK, ECS/EKS, RDS, Redshift, S3, SQS, SES, or equivalent in GCP), Ubuntu, Apache, Redis, Git, Jira.
• Implement API monitoring tools and proactively monitor API service performance.
• Participate in our agile development process - regular team updates, standup meetings, 1-on-1’s and peer code reviews.