Senior Product Engineer, Backend
Thrive Market26 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop REST and JSON API services that enable new customer experiences.
- Decompose existing services into scalable microservices where needed.
- Build services that scale horizontally and provide low uniform latency as demand increases.
- Work with Golang, Python, PHP, Java, AWS, and Kafka.
- Implement test-driven development to enhance customer experience and build reliability.
- Incorporate meaningful metrics into new services and functionality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues.
- Innovate ideas for customer experience in collaboration with the product team.
- Enforce best practices and process enforcement.
- Strategically plan and assign tasks to level up the team.
- Own the SLA(s) around APIs and strive to achieve high standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing high-traffic responsive cross-platform sites.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, and PHP.
- Working knowledge of Linux, relational and NoSQL databases, and serverless architecture.
- Understanding of tradeoffs between different database technologies.
- Experience with various AWS services such as Lambda and S3.
- Ability to build n-tier applications supporting millions of transactions per day.
- Experience shipping high-impact use cases in customer-facing products.
- Knowledge of scaling and performance in microservice architecture.
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools like New Relic.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability.
- Competitive salary plus equity.
- 401k Employer Match.
- 9 Days of Observed Holidays.
- Flexible Paid Time Off.
- Subsidized ClassPass Membership for fitness and wellness experiences.
- Free Thrive Market membership with exclusive employee discount.
- Coverage for Life Coaching and Therapy Sessions.