Senior Backend Engineer

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Updater Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform team within the MoveHQ division of Updater. As a crucial individual contributor in this role you will drive the development and optimization of our backend systems specifically handling interactions with third-party systems including authentication and authorization processes. This role plays a key part in maintaining our one-stack system for account and user management ensuring the stability scalability and success of our platforms while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration within the engineering team.

About the Role

• Develop and Optimize System Features : You will design develop and maintain backend components of Updater’s systems focusing on building robust secure and scalable solutions that enhance user and account management functionalities.

• Enhance Software Quality and Performance : Collaborate with your team to elevate the platform’s reliability and performance. You will play a critical role in refining our development processes and engineering standards.

• Lead Technical Implementations : As a senior member of the team lead the technical implementation of projects to build and maintain system functionality. Ensure that all technical deliverables meet high standards of security quality and performance.

• Mentorship and Leadership : Elevate the engineering team’s capabilities by mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in backend development especially in PHP Ruby on Rails and other relevant technologies.

• Manage CI/CD Pipelines : Build and oversee the continuous integration and delivery pipelines for team-owned applications ensuring efficient and error-free deployments.

About You

• Experienced Backend Developer : You have 5+ years of backend web development experience with significant expertise in Ruby on Rails PHP (Laravel) and ideally familiar with handling both third-party and internal APIs.

• Proven Track Record : You have successfully developed and maintained high-quality systems demonstrating an ability to solve complex backend engineering problems.

• Database and ORM Proficiency : Experienced with relational databases and ORM systems crafting efficient scalable database interactions.

• Testing and Automation Expertise : Proficient with test development understanding the distinctions between unit integration and end-to-end tests. Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Cypress or Selenium is a plus.

• Agile Methodology Familiarity : Well-versed in agile development practices and tools such as Scrum and Jira.

• CI/CD Experience : Skilled in continuous integration and delivery practices using tools like Jenkins CircleCI or GitHub Actions.

• Communication Skills : Excellent at both written and verbal communication able to produce high-quality technical documentation and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

• Regulatory Experience : (Optional) Experience in developing software for highly-regulated environments such as government contracts or compliance-focused industries.

Additional Qualifications

• Willingness to take on complex problems and drive technical solutions across the backend stack.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a distributed team.

This posting is anticipated to remain open until November 27th 2024. The new hire salary range for this position is $90000 to $190000 annually. Factors which may affect the starting pay within this range include skills experience and other qualifications aligned with Updater's internal leveling guidelines.