Staff Backend Engineer

What you’ll do

• Build robust services and APIs to power existing and new features for our web and mobile apps • Own the entire development lifecycle of select roadmap features, including design, development, testing, release and post-release support • Interact with internal users to support them, receive feedback, and plan new features for the platform • Contribute to the growth of the team by mentoring junior engineers and performing code reviews to maintain high quality standards. • Drive the adoption of high-quality code standards and maintainability through the practice of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writing comprehensive automated tests • Handle incidents on-call and participate in postmortem analysis and remediation efforts • Embody our world-class tech team and company culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or a related technical field. • 6+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or other backend engineering frameworks. • Proficiency in database design and SQL, with 6+ years of industry experience working with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. • Experience mentoring junior developers. • Understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures. • 3+ years of with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or Circle CI and owning the release process. • Detail-oriented with a proven ability to take on complex problems, break them down, and drive optimal solutions. • A relentless curiosity and a drive for continuous improvement, coupled with a winning attitude. • Able to work in-office at our headquarters in Downtown Dallas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. • Exposure to cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and monitoring on AWS, GCP, or Azure platforms. • Implementation and management of message brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS for asynchronous processing and inter-service communication. • Understanding of front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) • Proven ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed systems, including experience with profiling tools and load testing.

About Veryable

At Veryable, our mission is to accelerate next generation capabilities in the manufacturing and logistics space by enabling businesses to scale production in real-time to changing needs and conditions.

The journey to the next generation of manufacturing and logistics starts with addressing labor as the first critical constraint in meeting production demand. Our co-founders had a vision of making the gig economy accessible to manufacturing and distribution through both a mobile app for workers and a suite of business tools for companies to assess their labor needs and access labor when they need it. This technological innovation has allowed businesses to address the routine variability of their production demand with labor that is available just in time.