Staff Backend Software Engineer (Expert)

You will

• Design, develop, and maintain APIs and web applications that are high-quality, tested, reliable, scalable and performant, that can handle the demands of growing customer and data volumes, adhering to established best practices and methodologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and design, to establish effective software architecture and roll out new features
• Engage in research to drive innovation and inform the technical roadmap of future company initiatives
• Engage in cross-team high-impact technical decision-making and direction as part of the Architecture Forum
• Play a pivotal role in recruiting and onboarding to attract, select, and set for success top engineering talent
• Mentor fellow backend engineers, drive engineering initiatives, and foster a strong, collaborative engineering culture that emphasizes continuous learning
• Engage in code reviews, offering constructive feedback to peers
• Champion best practices in software development through active mentorship, coaching, and leading by example
• Gain in-depth product knowledge and become familiar with the software localization process over the globe

You must have

• 7+ years of backend development experience, with proficiency in PHP and Symfony (or similar) framework and knowledge of at least one other language
• Experience designing, architecting, and building large-scale and resilient distributed systems
• Experience working with a service-driven or microservice architecture
• Experience working with message queues (such as RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ or SQS)
• Experience with different data storages and search engines such as Redis, ElasticSearch, MySQL, PostgresSQL, MongoDB
• Experience writing and maintaining a suite of automated tests such as unit tests, integration tests, performance, and end-to-end (e2e) tests to ensure the reliability and performance of back-end systems
• Experience with AWS and its services
• Experience working with Docker
• Experience in using Observability tools like Bugsnag, New Relic, or similar
• Good knowledge of Git
• Experience in evaluation of performance and memory-consumption of code
• Working knowledge of English

It will be considered a significant advantage if you bring

• Experience working with TypeScript and Node.js
• Experience working in an open-source community as maintainer or a contributor
• Experience working with Fastify or Prisma
• Experience with localization domain

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and employee stock options plan
• Fully remote and flexible working hours
• Co-working budget
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Top-notch tech equipment for your work
• Learning & Development program
• Health insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Mental health support - every employee has access to a dedicated mental health platform
• Great startup atmosphere, team spirit, and team events

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