Software Engineer: Backend

Accountabilities: • Design and develop highly scalable, intuitive, and well-documented APIs for new products and services.

• Take backend initiatives from initial research and requirements gathering through task definition, implementation, deployment, and evaluation. • Create Engineering Requirement Documents that translate product ideas into clear technical plans and actionable development tasks. • Build comprehensive automated test suites to maintain product quality, performance, and reliability. • Implement product analytics and monitoring to measure the effectiveness and success of newly launched features. • Contribute to high-scale backend systems, including APIs, messaging infrastructure, query systems, webhooks, and other core services. • Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle while working effectively in a predominantly asynchronous environment. • Independently investigate technical challenges, propose solutions, and communicate designs and trade-offs clearly. • Participate in a structured, paid work-trial period involving an agreed-upon backend project and collaborate with the team to deliver it successfully. • Monitor and evaluate implemented solutions and contribute to continuous improvements following release.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of web API architecture , including the ability to design high-quality, scalable, maintainable, and well-documented APIs. • Professional backend software engineering experience, with the ability to take ownership of projects from concept through production. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate technical ideas, designs, requirements, and proposed solutions clearly in an asynchronous environment. • Ability to work independently while knowing when to seek input, clarification, or technical support. • Strong interest in participating in the entire product development lifecycle , including research, planning, implementation, deployment, and monitoring. • Comfortable working in a remote, globally distributed, and asynchronous startup environment where priorities can move quickly and effective time management is important. • Fluency in written English is required , while strong spoken English is highly advantageous. • Willingness and availability to participate in recurring team meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 2:30 PM GMT . • Ability to commit to a two-week, full-time paid work trial as part of the mutual assessment process before a potential full-time offer. • Experience working on high-volume systems, messaging platforms, search infrastructure, public APIs, webhooks, or distributed backend services is advantageous. • Compensation may vary according to role level, location, market conditions, relevant skills, education, certifications, and professional experience.