Staff Backend Software Engineer

What you’ll be doing

Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to translate product vision into robust technical solutionsDesign and build scalable APIs using the Elixir Phoenix framework that power our core products and servicesArchitect efficient data models and write optimized PostgresQL and Cassandra queries, creating high performance indexes to support large-scale data workloadsWorking with in-memory data stores, such as Redis, to improve scalability and responsivenessLead complex debugging and incident resolution across the entire stack using logging and monitoring tools Guide and mentor engineers through thoughtful code reviews, sharing expertise and helping elevate the team’s technical capabilities Drive improvements to engineering standards, tooling, and processesEnsure coherence of all aspects of projects as an integrated system and uphold overall technical qualityContribute to technical strategy by identifying opportunities for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trendsHelp define and evolve development practices, including technology choices, architectural patterns, workflows and coding standards to support a high-performing engineering organization

We’ll be excited if you have

Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus6+ years of experience with Elixir designing and building high-performance RESTful web services serving billions of requests per dayHigh-level experience with SQL infrastructure and data modelingComfortable with change: ability to demonstrate comfort with ambiguity, adapt quickly and be effective in new situations in a highly dynamic settingData-driven but also imaginative and intuitive in coming up with ideas and solutionsMust possess a start-up mindset: hunger to learn quickly and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced team environment

A BIG PLUS if you have

Experience with GoLang or PythonExpertise with video streaming libraries such as FFmpeg or GStreamerExperience working with video/audio codecsExperience working with live streaming encoders and WebRTCExperience working with AI/ML models and applicationsExperience in building large-scale applications with PythonExperience writing GraphQL queries and mutations