Udacity · 2 days ago

Backend Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$149K/yr - $149K/yr

3+ years exp

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)E-Learning

Comp. & Benefits

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Responsibilities

Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for internal tools.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design solutions.

Optimize and enhance existing systems to improve performance and reliability.

Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment.

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to internal tools.

Participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualification

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Software engineeringScalabilityMicroservicesReactNodeGraphqlGolangPostgresqlPythonWeb protocolsSecurityUser experienceOnline educationProblem-solvingAdaptabilityPassionDockerKubernetesGCP

Required

3-5 years of professional software engineering experience working hands-on in a product-oriented software engineering role, in live production code.

Strong background in building scalable and low latency systems.

Demonstrated expertise in designing, building, delivering, and maintaining production quality reliable and performant microservices.

We're not as interested in experience with specific languages or frameworks, as we are in your engineering skill and demonstrated ability to ship, but you'd primarily be working with React, Node, Graphql, GoLang, Postgresql, Python, and the latest web protocols and security concerns.

Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment.

Passionate about your users' experience and you feel, as we do, that online education can improve lives worldwide.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States of America on a full-time basis.