Staff Backend Engineer

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📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: $155,000 - $190,000 per year

🔍 Industry: Media

🏢 Company: Axios👥 101-250 Consulting E-Learning Outsourcing Risk Management Information Technology

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: AWSLeadershipPythonSoftware DevelopmentAgileTypeScriptProduct DevelopmentGoProblem Solving

Requirements:

Experience building web-scale systems in languages such as (but not limited to) Golang, Python, and TypeScript.
Demonstrated senior-level expertise in proactive problem-solving and driving technical innovation.
Track record of designing and building scalable systems.
Strong understanding of database concepts such as modeling, querying, and performance tuning.
Proficient in diagnosing and resolving performance issues within complex, large-scale systems.
Experience working on cloud-based infrastructure using AWS.
Proficient in Agile Software Development methodologies.

Responsibilities:

Driving strategic platform initiatives, collaborating with application, data, and platform team members to ensure stable and performant application services.
Establishing and aligning technical vision with engineering and product leadership.
Working closely with product development teams to define and adopt engineering principles and standards.
Mentoring less experienced team members through pair programming, code review, and group learning sessions.
Proactively identifying technical debt and prioritizing its remediation with the development teams.
Staying up to date with industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
Evaluating and recommending new tools and technologies to improve the platform and developer experience.
Works closely with cross functional teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
Contributes to a culture of documentation, including platform architecture, processes, and workflows.

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