.[Full Time] SWE Back-end Lead at Beek (United States) | BEAMSTART JobsSWE Back-end LeadBeek United StatesDate Posted: 25 Nov, 2022Work Location: Mexico City, Mexico, United StatesSalary Offered: $84000 — $110000 yearlyJob Type: Full TimeExperience Required: 6+ yearsRemote Work: YesStock Options: YesVacancies: 1 availableAbout the roleWe are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer focused on backend development with at least 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining APIs. The role is focused on maintaining and expanding our server platforms by shipping new features and constant updates to our growing user base, as well as strategically expanding the existing capabilities of our server infrastructure while contributing to improve our engineering culture and best practices.Our product is an audiobook platform consumed through mobile and web applications, and supported by our backend APIs written in Ruby on Rails. We use GraphQL for most of our client-server communication, but also maintain some RESTful APIs and other backend processes. We are looking for someone with deep expertise in maintaining and scaling server-side applications.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and deliver high-quality APIs to support our growing base of users.Own features from technical design to release while delivering value to the business constantly.Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.Troubleshoot and fix bugs, deliver high-quality solutions and documentation.Improve code quality using approaches such as unit and integration testing.Participate in our on-call rotations and ensure we are constantly improving our product and providing support to other stakeholders within the org.Work closely with our Engineering Managers and Product Org to ensure the work being done is helping us achieve our goals as a company.Mentor and coach more junior members of the team to help them deliver consistently.Set an example of engineering excellence and high-quality execution for other members of the team.Review code developed by other engineers and provide leadership, guidance, and direction on mobile application architecture and system design to ensure best practices.Participate in, or lead code reviews and testing sessions with peers and stakeholders to ensure delivery meets our requirements and quality standards.ExperienceExtensive experience working with Object Oriented Programming languages in the server.Extensive experience working with Ruby on Rails (preferred) or other MVC frameworks.Experience working with cloud managed infrastructure, preferably Kubernetes (we run it in GCP).Extensive experience working with relational databases and SQL (we use Postgres).Deep understanding of multi-tier application development; including knowledge of designing APIs for component-based architectures.Understanding of server-side application optimizations such as performance and memory optimizations, debugging memory leaks, and caching
