Wordly · 1 month ago
Backend Technical Lead - Product Engineering
Canada
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expWordly is an exciting tech startup that is looking to grow its engineering and GTM teams. In this backend-focused role, you will lead the development of new product features, drive technical decisions, and mentor team members while ensuring engineering processes are followed.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Event ManagementGovTechMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaSSoftwareSpeech RecognitionTranslation Service
Responsibilities
Collaborate with product managers, engineering managers, designers, and other stakeholders to gain a complete understanding of the products/features that you will be assigned to build
Architect comprehensive software solutions from a set of product requirements
Break down complex engineering projects into smaller, manageable tasks with clear outcomes that can be delegated to other engineers working with you
Ensure that team members stay focused and that projects remain on schedule. Be able to identify and communicate technical issues and progress to stakeholders
Work with other cross-functional development teams as needed to accomplish business and engineering objectives
Apply and encourage the use of proven software design patterns and principles throughout development
Spend a significant amount of time writing quality code that is clean, maintainable, documented, and well tested
Participate in and provide input on system designs, code reviews, incident postmortems, process improvements, and other collaborative, engineering exercises
Ensure that engineering processes are being followed and that technical contributions meet the standards of the organization
Mentor other engineers to advance the professional development of their technical skills and their understanding of good engineering practices
Positively contribute to Wordly’s engineering culture and processes to maintain a cooperative and supportive environment for all
Qualification
Required
7+ years of hands-on experience in architecting, implementing, and delivering software engineering solutions from a set of product requirements
2+ years of experience in leading the development of product features either as a senior engineer or technical lead
Advanced to expert-level knowledge of the Java and/or Kotlin programming languages
Extensive experience working within a microservice-based system architecture that is hosted on a cloud platform
Experience working with inversion-of-control frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, etc
Experience working in distributed and multi-threaded environments with a solid understanding of concurrency principles, patterns, and best practices
Significant experience in designing APIs
Familiarity with distributed messaging brokers and/or event streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, Kafka, etc
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Travis CI, etc.) and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
Experienced in mentoring junior colleagues with respect to their technical skills
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision. Can take initiative and make informed decisions as needed
Strong problem-solving skills. Can devise creative solutions and workarounds when problems arise
Comfortable working with a fully remote team
Preferred
Experience in processing real-time media streams, especially audio streams
Solid understanding of various digital audio concepts (e.g., encoding/decoding, sample rates, FFTs, compression, filtering, etc.)
Extensive experience working with MongoDB and Redis
Experience working with the Google Cloud Platform
Good familiarity with the JavaScript and/or TypeScript languages
B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent from an accredited institution
Company
Wordly
Wordly provides live AI translation & captions for meetings and events.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2019-01-01Pre Seed
Leadership Team
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James Firby
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