SmithRx · 6 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Applications)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Focus on back-end architecture; designing, developing and maintaining SmithRx product features using various languages such as Golang, JavaScript/Typescript, Node, GraphQL, and SQL (amongst others), while leveraging full CI and CD to iterate quickly

Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical requirements to produce high-quality, scalable software and services

Provide scope and risk estimates for system and feature builds by building technical design documentation

Continually apply software development best practices, design patterns, testing, automation, tools and technologies.

Leverage AWS technologies, like Lambda and Fargate, to handle various types of jobs and batch processing

Troubleshoot production issues by performing triages for issues that arise, assessing the impact, creating and executing a plan for short-term and long-term mitigation, and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues.

Coach/mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on code developed, and performing design and code reviews

Work with senior leadership to turn technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter

Be the cornerstone of a collaborative learning culture through mentorship, code reviews, the exploration of new technologies, and other innovations

Qualification

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GolangAPI designRelational databasesGraphQLAWSCI/CDDockerKubernetesJavaScriptTypescriptNodeSQLCC++Database monitoringSchema designSoftware design best practices

Required

BS or advanced degree in computer science or applicable experience

8+ years required, or 5+ years with an advanced degree working on server-side applications, specifically around API servers, third party integrations and data processing

Expertise in a compiled language such as Go, C, or C++ is required

Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring is required

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable APIs; a solid understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices.

Positivity; non-dogmatic, team-first attitude

Flexibility; someone who is responsive and comfortable with ambiguity

Highly disciplined approach to software design and development and ability to work on features independently (accurately forecast delivery milestones and work with stakeholders to ensure that expectations are met)