[Remote] Lead Software Engineer, Backend
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that helps organizations improve operational maturity and reduce developer friction. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend to design, implement, and maintain core backend systems while collaborating with product and support teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, and efficient backend systems and services that meet enterprise requirements
- Work alongside other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones
- Optimize and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of existing backend systems
- Participate in operating our systems in production, including Incident Response on a rotational basis
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices
- Partner closely with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and our customers to better understand design requests and user experiences
- Continually improve existing planning, development, deployment processes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of experience building backend applications using any modern programming language
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing platforms
- Experience with modern data storage solutions, such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc
- Knowledge of current standard methodologies and to try, learn and adapt to new technologies and programming languages
- Solid fundamental skills in data structures, algorithms, and web development best practices
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers
Benefits
- Competitive Equity Package
- National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!)
- Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours
- 401k plan
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
- $400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything)
- Pet Insurance
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