Golang Job: Back End Engineer (Python-Go) (W2 Contract)

We are looking for strong senior back-end software engineers to maintain and the App experience backend system responsible for the user’s browsing experience. You will need to work closely with other product functions and provide support for iterations and experiments of in-app navigation and product discovery. Depending on your skills and experience, you will help build a team to execute on large product initiatives and migrations. This is a unique opportunity to own the critical backend systems and have a direct impact on the user's shopping experience.

You will enjoy working with one of the richest social e-commerce data sets in the world, cutting edge technology, and the ability to see your insights turned into real products on a regular basis. Our engineers move fast, while solving unusual and challenging problems. Our client's team is small and nimble. They release new code daily to ensure that engineers are able to iterate quickly, and make an impact immediately. They cultivate an environment for smart, driven engineers to thrive.

What you'll be doing:

• Have a critical role in building and maintaining a key piece of our app experience backend system serving millions of users with billions of products per day

• Work with mobile/web engineers, product manager, data analyst, designers and QA teams to move projects from inception to completion

• Manage all technical aspects of relationships with different stakeholders and take ownership of the implementations as well as follow up maintenance

• Optimize and iterate on the architecture and performance of the backend system, lead the effort of migrating the existing stacks into microservices

• Build reporting and monitoring tools to ensure the stability of the deployment and the associated systems

• Establish and disseminate best practices within and across teams

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What we're looking for!

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a top university

• 2+ years of programming experience in the industry

• Proficient with Python, Go, or other scripting languages

• Proficient with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, as well as relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL.

• Experience in building APIs as well as single handedly designing large scale systems to support these APIs

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skill as well as documentation skills

• Self motivated, relentlessly focused on impact and able to operate under a great deal of independence, able to build features quickly and iterating in a data driven fashion

• Deep passion for improving the design, implementation and maintenance of large scale software systems with millions of users

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on large scale consumer facing applications
• Experience in microservices, exposure to SOA in an industry leading company
• Experience in interviewing and mentioning junior engineers

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Contract

Pay: $80.00 - $100.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Can you work on W2 contract?

Experience:

• Python OR Golang: 2 years (Required)
• NoSQL OR Mongodb: 2 years (Required)
• APIs: 2 years (Required)
• AWS: 1 year (Preferred)
• Microservices: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote