Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Hive

almost 4 years ago

Seattle, WA, USA

Senior

Base Salary

$160k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

Design, implement, or improve features in backend systems including REST APIs and microservices.
Write and maintain scalable, performant, and secure code.
Contribute to product and core backend systems by suggesting and executing improvements.
Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes, and security.
Practice test-driven development.
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
Participate in on-call rotations for critical technical issues.
Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities.
Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data handling.
Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations.

Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with building scalable web applications.
Experience or strong interest in writing applications in Node.js.
Designed and implemented highly-available distributed systems/microservices.
Experience building platforms that expose scalable backend APIs.
Deep experience working with relational databases, preferably Postgres.
Understanding of monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus.
Strong belief in high code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
Attention to detail and a passion for correctness.
Comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with teammates.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action.

Node.jsPostgreSQL