Staff Backend Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 8+ years

📍 Location: United States, Canada

💸 Salary: 200000.0 - 240000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🏢 Company: Crux

⏳ Experience: 8+ years

🪄 Skills: AWSBackend DevelopmentLeadershipPostgreSQLSoftware DevelopmentSQLSoftware ArchitectureTypeScriptCross-functional Team LeadershipAlgorithmsData engineeringData StructuresReactCommunication SkillsCI/CDProblem SolvingRESTful APIsMentoringMicroservicesData modelingNodeJS

Requirements:

8+ years of professional backend or data engineering experience, including shaping the architecture and technical best practices of teams
B.S. in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
Data or platform engineering expertise (e.g. data warehouses / data pipelines, MLOps, monitoring and observability, developer tooling and infrastructure)

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional partners to build products and features that support the renewable energy transition
Write readable, well-structured, well-tested, and well-documented code with an eye towards usability, performance, and scalability
Lead the design and implementation of our next-generation backend and data platforms and infrastructure as we grow and scale
Participate in and in some cases lead engineering learning and coworking sessions
Contribute to building our team culture and developing our technical best practices

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