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Staff Backend Engineer

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📍 Location: United States

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

🔍 Industry: Media

🏢 Company: Axios👥 101-250ConsultingE-LearningOutsourcingRisk ManagementInformation 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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