Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

Join our globally distributed engineering team to build and scale critical tools, APIs, and integrations that power our world-class global employment platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of major team-scoped projects and actively participate in cross-team initiatives.
• Design and implement robust APIs, prioritizing performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Actively participate in product work, providing technical insights and suggesting product improvements.
• Contribute to the shared codebase, provide constructive feedback during code reviews, and mentor other engineers.
• Debug and resolve complex technical and business issues across the platform.

Requirements

• Significant professional experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, including building, shipping, and maintaining complex software projects.
• Proven expertise with relational databases, specifically Postgres or similar SQL technologies.
• Experience implementing and utilizing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins).
• Ability to work effectively in an asynchronous, remote-first environment.

Nice-to-Haves

• Professional experience with Functional Programming languages such as Elixir or Erlang.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Exposure to modern frontend frameworks like React/Next.js.

Role Impact

• You will have a significant impact on the core product as the company scales rapidly, with your work directly enabling businesses to operate globally.
• You will be part of a supportive team that values challenging dogmas and pursuing innovation in a flexible, asynchronous work culture.