
Senior Backend Engineer
Grid
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $145,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build robust, fault-tolerant integrations with 3rd party APIs that have little to no or poor documentation.
- Create sophisticated background processing pipelines that are also fault-tolerant.
- Develop mature APIs and microservices that adhere to RESTful principles that are used by paying clients in production.
- Write strong unit and integration tests that ensure the code quality of your work.
- Investigate client issues and service disruptions that require a deep dive.
- Translate high-level requirements into a system design update and new data model while collaborating with clients and team members through requirements gathering and discovery.
- Evaluate the pros and cons of high level architectural choices as well as lower level design decisions required within an existing application.
- Work autonomously and make system design decisions that are resistant to change leveraging your experience.
- Deeply invested in your work and client happiness.
- Mentor junior to mid level engineers while also holding them accountable.
Requirements
- 7+ years of full-time experience as a Software Engineer
- BS in Computer Science or commensurate experience
- Proficient in TypeScript and JavaScript programming languages
- Strong experience with relational databases including schema and query design, implementation, optimization, and ORM usage
- Deep understanding of Node.js semantics (event loops, streams, events, etc)
- Proven track record for integrating with external APIs
- Full confidence in building a fault-tolerant and high-performant microservice
- Experience with background job processing, queues, etc
- History of scaling and optimizing performance of applications to support rapid growth
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- $1,500.00 professional development budget
- Fitness/Wellness reimbursement
- Internet reimbursement
- Home Office $1,000.00 stipend
- Unlimited PTO with manager approval
- Mental health days off
- Annual company offsite
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
TypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsAPI developmentmicroservicesunit testingintegration testingrelational databasesORMbackground job processing
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingautonomyclient communicationaccountabilitydesign decision-makingrequirements gatheringinvestigative skillsadaptability
Certifications
BS in Computer Science