Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Search)
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AffirmSearch and e-commerce
Remote Canada; this remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.Full-TimeStaff
Salary181,000 - 241,000 CAD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale; 2+ years of experience working in search or related recommendation engines.
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonKotlinKubernetesMySQLReactSparkDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Have 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Have experience with backend languages such as Python or Kotlin.
- Have an extensive track record developing highly available distributed systems.
- Have experience with technologies such as AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
- Have experience developing consumer experiences using UI frameworks such as React.
- Have 2+ years of experience working in search or related recommendation engines.
- Have experience delivering major features or system components, or deprecating existing functionality, through a technical and execution plan.
- Write high-quality code that is easily understood and used by others.
- Be comfortable moving between low-level language idioms and large-system architecture.
Responsibilities
- Set the team’s technical strategy on a year-long time scale and connect it to critical business-impacting projects.
- Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Ensure technical sustainability, risks, and trade-offs are understood and managed.
- Define and advocate for technical solutions and operational processes.
- Own team operations and availability, including monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting.
- Set code review and design standards and advocate for them through writing and tech talks.
- Provide feedback and guidance to develop talent on the team.
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