Senior Back-End Engineer

4 hr. ago

LotusFlare Senior Back-End Engineer

Join LotusFlare as a Senior Back-End Engineer to build secure, highly available systems powering millions of users, while growing alongside a collaborative global engineering team
At LotusFlare, Senior Backend Engineers are replacing traditional business back ends with an engagement-centric, dynamic product stack. You’ll develop, secure and scale the back-end infrastructure that lets our platform handle millions of concurrent API calls
S part of our global engineering team, you’ll work on mission-critical, highly available distributed systems, and you’ll be directly responsible. On a typical day, you’ll:
Start the day with a quick stand-up with your team
Own the full software lifecycle: development, testing, code reviews, and running and maintaining your code in production
Work closely with product and other engineering teams
Make time to help teammates, whether that’s asking questions or answering them
Take ownership of the code you write

In-depth understanding of distributed-systems concepts such as consistency, fault tolerance and consensus algorithms
A deep understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS) and their impact on application performance and security
Strong understanding of concurrency models and their trade-offs, and experience handling concurrency challenges in high-traffic environments
Advanced data modeling skills in both SQL and NoSQL databases
A BA/BS in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience would be a plus
We don’t require any particular language. Our stack uses Node.js, Lua and Scala, and we welcome experience in Java, Python, Go, C++ or similar
8+ years designing, building and deploying highly scalable, secure web services in production
Expertise in RESTful API design, including API gateways, API documentation tools and API security
Strong knowledge of security best practices, performance optimization and fault tolerance
Hands-on experience with a wide range of cloud platforms and technologies, including containers (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless computing and other DevOps tools

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