Senior Fullstack Engineer, Backend-Leaning (Remote - US only)

IllTip; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IllTip is seeking a senior software engineer to build and ship features across mobile and web apps, from backend services to client experiences. You will design scalable services and APIs within a unified architecture and collaborate with product and UX to evaluate new ideas.

The role involves pairing with engineers, maintaining code quality standards, and owning automated testing and incident response. You will explore new technologies and help unblock teammates across time zones in a fully

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience on large, high-scale distributed systems.
• Strong full-stack experience with Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby, plus JavaScript and a framework such as React.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as MySQL, including migrations, profiling and optimization.
• Experience designing APIs, event streams and webhooks for mobile and web clients at scale.
• Track record of debugging complex problems that span multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features for mobile and web applications, from backend services through to the client experience.
• Design and implement scalable services and APIs that fit into a unified product and system architecture.
• Work with product and UX partners to shape and evaluate new feature ideas.
• Pair with other engineers, share technical skills, and help set code quality and development standards.
• Own automated testing and the reliability of the services your team runs, including on-call and incident response.
• Evaluate new technologies and help teammates unblock their work.

Skills

Distributed systems

Full-stack development

Cross-team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Node.js

Python

Go

Ruby

JavaScript

React

MySQL

Job description

Not open to residents of Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, or Utah. A fully distributed, fast-growing software company whose platform serves millions of daily users in the sports and youth activity space. The team builds scalable, service-oriented and event-driven backend systems and the mobile and web experiences that rely on them. This is a senior role for an engineer who enjoys backend work but is comfortable moving across the full stack.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features for mobile and web applications, from backend services through to the client experience
• Design and implement scalable services and APIs that fit into a unified product and system architecture
• Work with product and UX partners to shape and evaluate new feature ideas
• Pair with other engineers, share technical skills, and help set code quality and development standards
• Own automated testing and the reliability of the services your team runs, including on-call and incident response
• Evaluate new technologies and help teammates unblock their work

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience on large, high-scale distributed systems, including leading significant projects
• Strong full-stack experience with Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby, plus JavaScript and a framework such as React
• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as MySQL, including migrations, profiling and optimization
• Experience designing APIs, event streams and webhooks for mobile and web clients at scale
• Track record of debugging complex problems that span multiple systems
• Must be a permanent US resident living in an eligible state; comfortable working across time zones

Applicants must be based in: United States.