Back End Developer

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Feature Development: Collaborate with product management, account management and engineering teams to design and implement new, exciting features based on customer demands. Your code is reliable, efficient, maintainable and well tested.
• System Integration: Integrate critical existing systems with modern components to enhance performance, maintainability and lead towards our goal of building the world’s top SaaS bikeshare platform.
• Technical Specifications: Translate product requirements into detailed technical specifications and actionable plans.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineers across different teams, technical account managers and product management. Be clear and transparent with your stakeholders and partners.
• Maintenance & Improvement: Maintain existing functionality to ensure stability and reliability across deployments; identify areas for improvement that factor in the platform’s constant evolution.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Java and Python with a solid foundation in object-oriented programming.
• Strong experience with MySQL or other RDBMS’.
• Familiarity with AWS and infra-as-code for deploying and maintaining cloud-native applications.
• Knowledge of DataDog or similar observability tools for monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting.
• Ability to troubleshoot, analyze, mitigate and resolve production issues quickly, transparently, and effectively.
• Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work in a cross-functional environment.
• Preferred experience:
  • 3+ years of experience as a backend developer, ideally working with a large system.
  • Experience with distributed systems or large-scale data applications is a plus.