Senior Backend Engineer

Simplyanalytics; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their cutting-edge analytics and data visualization application. This role involves developing and maintaining production-quality tools and features within a shared code base. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in PHP and a strong understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL. This fully remote position allows for flexible work from anywhere in Canada. Join a talented team that values collaboration and creativity, and contribute your ideas to improve existing features and develop new ones.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development with a focus on PHP.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and API design principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test features for both in-house and customer-facing applications.
• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code while collaborating with colleagues.

Skills

PHP

Linux CLI

API Design Principles

PostgreSQL

Data Manipulation

Tools

PostGIS

AWS

Psalm

Job description

The Role

Were looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take on an important role in the development and maintenance of our cutting edge analytics and data visualization application. Youll be developing and maintaining production-quality in-house tools and customer-facing features within a large shared code base.

Our stack is modern vanilla PHP and Postgres/PostGIS, with Python for data processing. We use modern software development practices such as static typing and analysis, as well as automated testing.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter, has a high level of attention to detail, is comfortable asking questions, enjoys working with talented colleagues, and has an interest in analytics and data visualization.

This is a 100% remote position, our developers can live and work anywhere in Canada. This is a full-time salaried position. When applying, please include a cover letter.

Please only apply if you are currently living in Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test features, both in-house and customer-facing
• Write high-quality, clean, scalable, and maintainable code
• Contribute ideas for new features or improvements to existing features
• Assist colleagues through code-review, collaboration, and troubleshooting

Required:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience on large, structured code bases using PHP or other OO language
• Comfortable using Linux CLI
• Intermediate relational database and data manipulation skills
• Thorough understanding of API design principles
• Experience with PostgreSQL

Bonus:

• Python experience
• Experience using AWS services
• Familiarity with PSR standards
• Experience with geospatial demographic, business, marketing, or health data
• Experience with PostGIS
• Experience with Psalm or other static analyzers