[Hiring] Senior Backend Software Developer @Varicent
Mar 23, 2025 - Varicent is hiring a remote Senior Backend Software Developer. 💸 Salary: market leading compensation package. 📍Location: Americas.
Role Description
As a Senior Backend Software Developer, you'll be at the forefront of delivering innovation to our users, ensuring the application is not just functional but also delightful and snappy to use. Your work will directly influence how users interact with the platform, making ELT operations easy, efficient, and accessible for everyone.
The Team
You’ll be working with a remote cross-functional team of designers, product managers, and software engineers. Together, we’re dedicated to revolutionizing ELT operations by combining the latest advancements in AI with user-focused design and highly scalable performance.
- Your ideas are valued
- Your contributions are impactful
- Your professional growth is supported
What You Bring
- 4+ years of backend development experience, with a focus on data-intensive applications
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python, Typescript)
- Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Redshift)
- Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Apache Airflow, Kafka, or Spark
- Solid understanding of ELT/ETL processes and challenges in handling large-scale data
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for clean, maintainable code
- Strong English communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- B2 level English or higher is required
What You’ll Do
- Build new features for the REST API on top of a modern tech stack using Node.js written in Typescript, and deployed to AWS
- Work with product management, designers, and QA team to implement new features and enhancements
- Participate as a reviewer in our pull request review process, ensuring high code quality and providing valuable insights to your fellow team members
- Optimize application performance, ensuring scalability and low-latency across large datasets
- Develop features using AWS tools such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and Redshift
- Automate deployments and CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure-as-Code technologies like Terraform and Serverless Framework
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and uptime
First 30 Days: Getting Started
- Get to know the team, set up your development environment, provision your AWS infrastructure, and get comfortable with our remote work routine
- Dive into our tech stack, code, development workflow, and CI/CD systems
- Make your first pull request, and participate in the review of pull requests
First 60 Days: Building Momentum
- Take ownership of a small feature or module and finish implementation
- Collaborate with the QA team and your team lead to plan the deployment of a feature you worked on
- Present your work in a demo session to QA and the product management team
- Assist in the resolution of a client production issue or feature request
First 90 Days: Hitting Your Stride
- Lead the development of a larger feature or service critical to the ELT platform
- Ensure scalability and reliability through rigorous testing and performance tuning
- Have a firm grasp on how the critical parts of the application work, and are able to troubleshoot reported defects without much assistance
- Reflect on your contributions and onboarding, providing actionable feedback to the team on how they can improve their processes and workflows
- Propose and implement optimizations to the application based on user feedback
- Participate in roadmap discussions and cost estimation efforts to shape the direction of future development work
Benefits
- Market Leading Compensation Package
- Wellness Programs to Support Health and Wellbeing
- Working with the latest tools and technologies in a fast-paced environment
- Remote Work Flexibility
- Comprehensive Employee Insurance Coverage: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
- Annual Time Off: Time off is provided in accordance with applicable legislative requirements
- Global Connected Culture: Hubs in Romania, UK, US, Canada
- Dynamic Work Culture: Thrive in our innovative and multicultural environment
- Grow with Us: Continuous development opportunities
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Salary
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market leading compensation package
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Remote
Location
Americas
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 23, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Americas |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
