Senior Backend Engineer

Company: Array
Location: Stillwater
Posted on: October 9, 2021

Job Description:

We build RESTful API's using microservices built primarily in Go with some Node.js sprinkled throughout. We are looking for great engineers who know how to build scalable services to help consumers with their financial health and wellness via credit monitoring and identity protection. Interested? We'd love to hear from you! And we are always esp. happy to see any pointers you may have to your work on Git (GitHub, GitLab, etc.) or a personal Web site.

Responsibilities

• Build RESTful web services in Go to be consumed by single page application(s).
• Use best practices to help us optimize for developer productivity, reliability, and scalability.
• Implement business logic using both code and MSSQL stored procedures.
• Provide comprehensive unit and functional testing for all routes, endpoints, and features.
• Mentor and coach existing development team on Go standards, tooling, and best practices.
• Design & build caching mechanisms such as using Redis to provide the fastest experience possible to our customers / web visitors.
• Participate in daily standup calls with the development team and project managers.
• All services built will run in a containerized Linux environment in Docker and Kubernetes.

Job requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience building SaaS products.
• Experience building web and mobile backend services. (Ideally using Go but we will train you on Go if needed.)
• Usage of Redis or similar technology for caching, message and job queues, etc.
• Strong Javascript skills both client side and server side (NodeJS) to foster strong communication between varied project development teams.
• Experience as a team lead and mentoring junior developers.
• Experience with MS SQL database using stored procedures.
• Experience writing automated tests for both functions and service endpoints.

Bonus

• Experience with grpc via protobuf to accelerate communication between micro-services.
• Frontend experience consuming RESTful web services using any framework (React, Angular, etc).
• Understanding of credit bureaus, credit reports, and credit related products.

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