[Hiring] Backend Engineer @Index Exchange

Role Description

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to apply technology principles and design techniques based on the experience you have accumulated, allowing you to contribute to complex designs, as well as make suggestions for implementing improvements in any given piece of code. This position reports directly to Indrani Gorti based in Bangalore and will work closely with members of the Data Products team.

• You’ll be working on cutting edge programmatic ad tech systems that handle hundreds of billions of transactions every day.
• The systems and tools you’ll be working on allow our partners to easily interact with our exchange including work on Open-Source projects.
• Designing, writing, and testing robust and reliable code.
• Working closely with product to deeply understand the domain and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Finding practical technological solutions.
• Analyzing and estimating work in an agile environment.
• Fostering a collaborative environment by bringing people together to come up with better designs and approaches to complex problems.
• Suggest, promote and implement improvements to coding standards and practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience as a backend software engineer.
• Positive attitude and ability to learn (new technologies, new ways to work).
• You are team-oriented and embrace change.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, the ability to think differently, and an understanding that compromise, negotiation, and practicality are important qualities.
• Experience working with data products: data APIs and data reporting.
• Understanding and hands-on experience with all aspects of developing end-to-end web applications and microservices, including architecting, coding, debugging, optimizing/refactoring, automated testing, and deploying of APIs.
• Our codebase runs on GoLang, but we are happy to talk to engineers who are proficient in any back-end technology and willing to learn.
• Modular, extensible, reusable, maintainable, performant, and testable code.
• Automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• General computer science/engineering knowledge: Algorithms, design patterns, software architecture, etc.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents.
• Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules.
• Competitive retirement matching plans.
• Equity packages.
• Company contribution to Provident Fund.
• Monthly internet stipend.
• Generous parental leave available to birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents.
• Annual well-being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities.
• Employee assistance program.
• Mental health first aid program that provides an in-the-moment point of contact and reassurance.
• One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation-matching program.
• Bi-weekly town halls and regular community-led team events.
• Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning.
• A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.