Senior Technical Architect – Comms/E&U
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Software Engineer – Backend, API
Render Networks
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Melbourne • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSPythonSQL
About the role
- Work within the Backend team to develop a scalable, reliable, and high-performance APIs
- Be a proactive member of system scoping discussions, technical specifications and code reviews
- Maintain best practices for backend infrastructure focusing on scalability and reliability
- Create robust test cases for new platform and API capabilities
- Roll out changes and migrations to customers in an agile manner with backward compatibility
- Work with and mentor fellow engineers through code reviews and technical sessions
- Troubleshoot production issues across various service levels
- Collaborate with engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers to scope out and deliver on new features and roadmap items
- On-site mentorship and cross team collaboration sessions
Requirements
- A BS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or relevant engineering field
- 4+ years of professional backend software development, including developing API products
- Deep understanding of modern Python and the ecosystem
- Solid understanding of the full stack of technologies needed to build and run APIs (Render’s API is built using Fast API)
- Expertise in Restful API design and management
- Proficient in SQL, database design, with a good understanding of optimisation and performance best practices
- Exposure to working within AWS
- Production experience with observability tooling, Datadog, New Relic or similar
- Solid understanding of CI/CD methodologies and experience in building pipelines
- Experience with agile software development methodologies
- Motivated to develop high quality code, ability to engage with all necessary stakeholders to ensure that happens
- Experience with gathering and documenting technical requirements and specifications
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
Benefits
- Flexible working: We treat our employees as adults. They understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, innovate, and perform and we understand the importance of providing the flexibility to work remotely, connect virtually, and at different times
- Professional development: In addition to having goal-oriented check-ins to ensure potential is realised and performance maximised, our culture focuses on supportive and robust development. Learning opportunities including: tech talks and guest speaker sessions are hosted regularly, and individual employees have customised training and development plans
- Collaborative culture: We know big ideas can come from anyone. So, we encourage and empower everybody to share their ideas and expertise to feel valued and to make a positive impact
- Technology investment: We work with leading technology platforms and enablement tools to support your success
- Wellbeing focus: All people perform better when they’re firing on all cylinders; health and wellness benefits are essential. Render supports all employees' wellbeing via our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and we encourage people to be themselves by creating an inclusive workplace
- Employee Benefits: We offer competitive paid parental leave with 12 weeks of paid leave for Primary Caregivers and two weeks of paid leave for Secondary Caregivers.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonFast APIRestful API designSQLdatabase designoptimisationperformance best practicesCI/CD methodologiesagile software developmentobservability tooling
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationdelegationmentorshiptroubleshootingproactive engagementtechnical specifications documentationcode reviewsstakeholder engagementteam collaboration
Certifications
BS degree in Computer ScienceBS degree in Computer Engineering