Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Back End Software Engineer

The Role

 Write well structured, testable, performant, secure code
• Review code and have your own code reviewed by fellow engineers
• Design new systems and improve existing ones following best practices and architectural patterns
• Be involved in the overall application lifecycle
• Be part of one of our cross-functional teams, with ownership over a specific Product area
• Be actively involved in all team ceremonies (daily stand-up, grooming, retrospectives), whiteboard sessions and bonding events.
• Be responsible for the good operation and monitoring of the back end systems the team owns
• Work closely with all team members (Product Manager, Front end Engineers, Software Engineers in Test) and build a relationship of trust and teamwork
• Get engaged with the product and aim to deliver great business value

 Requirements 

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 8+ years of proven experience in building Web Applications that are robust, maintainable and scalable
• Extensive experience with back end technologies and frameworks (e.g Ruby/Ruby on Rails, NodeJS/Express, PHP, Go, Java, Python)
• Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL Databases (preferably PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis)
• Familiarity with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS) • Deep understanding of software architecture and the software development life cycle
• Solid foundation and understanding of the Object-Oriented programming patterns and best practices (Design Patterns and SOLID design principles)
• A broad knowledge of the web platform as a whole (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, HTTP/S, REST, web performance, web security)
• Agile development experience (SCRUM) It would be great if you also have:
• Experience with GraphQL
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design • DevOps mindset