The Senior Backend Software Engineer will build intricate backend systems, develop APIs, ensure high availability, and improve application scalability and performance.
There are few tech jobs where your code contributions can directly improve the way businesses operate. Work with Entefy to solve some of the biggest challenges at the rapidly evolving intersection of software and advanced machine intelligence. Can you succeed in a fast-paced environment that prizes (and requires) motivation, vision, and technical chops? At Entefy, you won’t be just a coder but a key contributor in building highly impactful products.
Skills and Experience:
Entefy is not your typical company; it’s a mission. The next phase of technology will be defined by advanced computing, machine intelligence, and hyperautomation. So, if you’re passionate about the future of technology and the many ways it can power and improve society, and can demonstrate the right set of software engineering skills to effectively develop robust and scalable applications, then you’ve earned yourself an interview with our team. The ideal candidate for this role possesses:
Requirements:
- Minimum 6 years of demonstrable experience building intricate backend systems
- Solid SQL and noSQL database experience (Postgres, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch are desired)
- Advanced knowledge of system architecture and database design
- Demonstrable problem-solving ability
- Ability to quickly learn complex systems and new technologies
- Know-how dealing with building and maintaining complex event-driven systems (i.e. Kafka) with high availability
- Strong knowledge of Node.js
- Ability to build highly performant microservices and APIs to power data visualizations
- Experience dealing with scalability requirements and performance improvements
- Ability to collaborate well with others
- Strong communication skills
- Prior experience with Continuous Integration and test-driven development
- Proficiency in Docker and container orchestration tools
Other Qualifications:
- Full stack experience is a plus
- Experience with graph databases is a plus
- Startup experience is a plus
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Top Skills
Docker
Elasticsearch
Kafka
MongoDB
Node.js
NoSQL
Postgres
SQL
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