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Senior Backend Engineer

About the Client
Based in Palo Alto, California, our client is the world’s first AI-powered tech services company. It has reimagined tech services from the ground up with AI by offering AI-vetted and matched talent, AI-accelerated development, and access to AI transformation experts who have built many of the most iconic Silicon Valley companies. 

Founded in 2018, the company has experienced tremendous growth with three million global developers on its Talent Cloud and 900+ clients. The client has received numerous awards, including Forbes’s 2022 “One of America’s Best Startup Employers,” being ranked #1 in The Information’s 2021 Annual List of most promising B2B Companies and Fast Company’s “Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.” 

The company’s leadership team comprises both AI technologists from leading organizations including Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Stanford, Caltech, MIT as well as tech consulting veterans from Accenture, Cognizant, Capgemini, McKinsey, Bain, and more.
 
About the Role
You will work with the existing engineering team and help contribute to the direction of the projection and team. The existing team is a Product team that is building a backend for user-facing products. You will help understand, and analyze technical problems, and performance issues, and help with legacy migrations when necessary. You need to be able to understand and troubleshoot data-intensive systems.

Job Responsibilities

    • Work cross-functionally with product,  design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and  business strategy and build novel products and features that our users  will love.
    • Contribute to the full development cycle:  technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and  launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on  product specs and mocks.
    • Set and define standards that improve  developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help coach and mentor  engineers on the team to further their professional development.
    • Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Job Requirements

    • System design. This requires a good understanding of how the systems work, with a particular focus on latency and scalability.
    • Development. Our systems are mainly in Python and Go. We are also migrating a few of our endpoints from Python to Go. Skills in testing, SOLID and design patterns are a must. ( experience with migration from Python to Golang is Mandatory, and willingness to do for a long time)
    • Systems architecture. We make extensive use of Kubernetes, AWS, and Postgres, with internal tools for metrics/alerting and Grafana for dashboarding. We also use Redis in few of our services.
    • Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love.
    • Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
    • Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs
About 1840 & Company

1840 & Company is a global leader in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and remote talent solutions, dedicated to propelling businesses forward through our comprehensive suite of services. We specialize in connecting companies with world-class freelance professionals and delivering top-tier outsourcing services, across over 150 countries worldwide.

Our mission is to empower growth for forward-thinking businesses, seamlessly bridging any skill or resource gaps with our expertly vetted talent pool. We firmly believe in fostering an environment where exceptional individuals can achieve an optimal work-life balance, working remotely from any location, while maximizing their professional growth and earning potential.

We are headquartered in Overland Park, KS, USA with service delivery facilities in the Philippines, India, Ukraine, South Africa and Argentina. We invite you to explore the opportunities we offer and consider joining our exclusive network of global freelance talent. Visit www.1840andco.com to learn more about us. To explore a wealth of career opportunities and find a role that suits your unique skills and aspirations, please visit our dedicated jobs portal at jobs.1840andco.com.
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San José, San José

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4 hours ago

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