Engineer III - Reliability

What you'll Need :

• 7+ years of full-time experience developing microservices for a SaaS product, in one of the following languages : Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, C++, Python, Node.js.
• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures / algorithms / distributed systems).
• The ability to scale backend systems - sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.
• The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.
• Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams
• Track record of making great decisions, particularly when it matters most
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• A combination of confidence and independence with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team
• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
• The ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
• The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Bonus Points :

• Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
• Existing exposure to Go, K8s, AWS / GCP, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch etc
• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

Skills Required

Distributed Systems, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices