MotionPoint

Backend Engineer

MotionPoint

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSDistributed SystemsPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Working with a team of engineers, designers, and AI specialists to ideate, design, and build a new product.
  • Writing the backend platform to translate and generate content, connect to external APIs, and receive requests from our user-facing systems.
  • Managing each feature end-to-end: from initial specs to delivery.
  • Creating automated tests to ensure the quality of your code.
  • Mentoring your less experienced teammates, creating opportunities for their growth, and fostering a collaborative culture.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience building backend features, ideally in Python and Typescript.
  • Solid understanding of databases.
  • Experience building and consuming APIs.
  • Experience with async programming.
  • Ability to work independently and cross-functionally to deliver production-ready systems that meet the needs of our customers.
  • Experience in system design and infrastructure.
  • A soft spot for functional programming and experience using strong typed languages is preferred.
  • Experience writing distributed systems is a plus.
  • Knowledge of AWS is appreciated.
  • Experience with TDD.
  • Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
Benefits
  • Flexible to work remotely
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Paid parental bonding leave
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Free Employee Assistance Programs
  • Robust medical/dental/vision plans
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and up to 4% employer match

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
PythonTypescriptdatabasesAPIsasync programmingsystem designinfrastructurefunctional programmingdistributed systemsTDD
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationindependencecross-functional teamworkcommunication
Certifications
B.S. in Computer Science