Software Engineer, Backend Systems

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💎 Seniority level: Junior, 2+ years

📍 Location: United States

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 2+ years

🪄 Skills: Backend DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentJavaKubernetesGoCI/CDRESTful APIsLinuxMicroservicesScripting

2+ years of experience building performant, non-trivial backend systems, ideally using a statically typed, service-oriented language such as Java or Go.
Expertise or strong interest in the following areas: Linux internals (notably namespaces and cgroups), concurrent and multi-threaded programming, distributed systems design, database durability, testing, profiling, application security.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

own end-to-end delivery of essential, new functionality for Rescale customers
engage in regular, proactive work to assure systems performance and reliability
develop and maintain services that handle >250 reqs/s and that involve challenging requirements for task scheduling, security, and durability.
work with your teammates to maintain high quality automation for build, test, and deployment of software and infrastructure to multiple cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters

Posted 26 days ago

📍 United States, Canada

💸 120000.0 - 165000.0 USD per year

🔍 Software Development

🔧 Requirements

3+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch required
Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD) and a track record of writing tests for complex systems
A strong passion for good documentation and problem-solving
Familiarity with industry best practices, especially in backend development and large, evolving codebases
Competence in multiple areas beyond coding, such as performance optimization, monitoring, integration testing, security, or visual design
Clear and effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
Curiosity and the drive to understand and improve complex systems
Comfort with being on-call and handling production issues swiftly and efficiently
Experience working with legacy systems and a careful, thoughtful approach to drive scalability and proactive solutions

💡 Responsibilities

Write high-quality, maintainable code as part of the Omega team’s backend systems
Own and execute projects of increasing complexity with end-to-end responsibility
Identify areas of improvement in our codebase, suggest future work, and contribute to long-term strategic technical decisions
Mitigate risks in the development cycle, from ideation to delivery, ensuring the stability and scalability of our backend services
Provide regular updates to leadership on progress, blockers, and potential issues
Take part in On Call responsibilities for your team’s services and promptly address any production issues
Collaborate with teammates on daily tasks, balancing individual work and pairing sessions
Work on migrating MySQL to Elasticsearch with an in-depth understanding of test-driven development (TDD) and production reports
Approach legacy systems with a careful mindset, driving proactive solutions to scale and improve infrastructure
Embrace the challenge of working with complex, difficult codebases and find innovative ways to improve them

Backend DevelopmentGraphQLPostgreSQLSQLElasticSearchMySQLRuby on RailsCI/CDRESTful APIsSoftware Engineering

Posted 26 days ago