Senior Backend Engineer

Our client is a private profitable US business with a software platform for therapists. Join us on a meaningful mission improving people's mental health.

Role & Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable and reliable systems
• Design, develop, and maintain server-side backend applications
• Work with databases to model, store, and retrieve data
• Implement data migration strategies to move data between systems
• Implement pub/sub workflows to decouple services and communicate with other systems
• Collaborate with front-end engineers to identify and address performance bottlenecks across React pages and backend services.
• Ensure that backend processing are reliable and idempotent
• Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure
• Understanding Google Cloud or AWS services such as compute, queues, cloud databases, etc
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor other engineers

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on Software Development experience.
• 5+ years of experience in server-side backend development
• 4+ years of full-time hands-on Java Backend API experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Python experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot framework
• Experience with database modeling and data migration strategies
• Experience with background processing systems
• Experience with pub/sub workflows
• Experience with idempotent and eventually consistent processing
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with DataDog, Grafana or other telemetry
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability principles
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Integration Tests
• Ability to lead and mentor other engineers
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Nice to haves

• 3+ years of experience in React
• Experience in Medical or Mental Health industries
• Good understanding of Python
• Experience in server-side Javascript (Node.js)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.