Staff Back-End Engineer
Company: MixMode
Location: Santa Barbara
Posted on: March 15, 2023
Job Description:
Job Title: Staff Back-End EngineerLocation: Santa Barbara, CA or
Remote -Job Summary: -We are looking for a talented Staff Backend
Engineer who is excellent at solving problems and has a passion for
collaborating with team members. This Staff Backend Engineer will
contribute to the core of MixMode, surfacing intuitive experiences
inside our platform to create a seamless experience. This
individual will be a results-oriented engineer who is comfortable
with higher levels of ambiguity. They will own code all the way
through to production and verify it's solving the right problem for
the customer. Additionally, they will understand the reasoning
behind the key product and design decisions and contribute good
solutions to implementation and architecture discussions. They will
tackle complex architectural challenges, apply architectural
standards and start using them on new projects. This is a remote or
in-person position. -What you'll be doing:
Drive large, complex projects
autonomously, from technical design to launch. I.E. Own code from
design to deployment, through the implementation and automated
testing phases.Keep up to date on developments in the technology
landscape, and form well thought out opinions as to whether and how
MixMode should embrace them. Regularly review the MixMode
architecture for design and performance improvements.Lead code
reviews & documentation.Determine plan-of-attack on large projects,
and be able to break tasks down into small deliverables.Help to fix
bugs and production issues as they arise.Collaborate with
cross-functional team members to influence product strategy and
direction.Lead key initiatives to improve the MixMode
platform.Provide technical mentorship to other engineers on the
team.What you'll need to bring:
At least 10 years of experience in an
engineering role at a software company.An extensive background in
back-end engineering, dealing with large request/data volume, API
design and implementation, automated testing, and deployment and
monitoring of features.Able to technically lead a product
initiative from design to production.Able to guide scaling a
platform across distributed services.Able to learn and understand
new technologies quickly.Multiple years of Java and Scala
experience at depth.Strong competency in database query languages
like SQL/NoSQL/ElasticSearch, with knowledge on how to optimize
performance at scale. Experience with database technologies that
deal with large data (think terabytes).Extensive Experience working
with a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure).Experience with
Queueing and Distributed log message technologies like
Kafka.Extensive Experience with Container image technologies
including Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.Experience with large data
ingestion pipelines that may or may not use streaming frameworks
like Spark/Flink.Experience being on-call, using monitoring tools
and log aggregators to troubleshoot and resolve production
issues.What we'd love to see:
Knowledge of distributed and big-data
tools libraries such as Apache Flink, Apache Pinot.Experience with
service-mesh technologies like Istio.Python, GoLang, and/or Node.js
experience.Familiar with GraphQL.Experience with Machine Learning
technologies and theories (K-means, Neural Nets, generative
models).
Compensation and benefits are competitive based on industry
standards. Benefits for full-time team members include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic Life and AD&D
- Voluntary Life
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
Please note that MixMode does not accept unsolicited resumes from
recruiters or employment agencies. In the event of a recruiter or
agency submitting a resume or candidate without a signed agreement
being in place, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire
such candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter
or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted
directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of
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