Staff Backend Engineer - Remote Friendly

Staff Backend Engineer – Remote Friendly

What to expect

Architect the Future: Contribute to domain-driven design and create scalable, efficient, and maintainable systems.
Collaborate & Lead: Engage with cross-functional teams, mentor, share knowledge, and champion engineering best practices.
Shape the Backbone: Craft, maintain, and optimize the backbone of our technological solutions, powering automation and machine-learning capabilities.
Master Data: Efficiently manage, process, and query massive datasets, turning complex information into actionable insights.
Innovation at Scale: Dive into optimization and scaling challenges to keep us at the forefront of technology.
Our majority Tech stack is: Python/FastAPI and React with some projects in Node.js, Rust, React Native.

Your profile

Drive & Passion: A hunger for innovation and solving technical challenges, always aiming to build products that resonate with customers.
Continuous Learning: Always updated with the latest trends and best practices in back-end development, proving that at URA Media, learning truly never stops.
Team & Collaboration: While you’re an impactful individual contributor, your team spirit is undeniable. You value knowledge-sharing, feedback, and collective building with cross-functional teams including product managers, front-end developers, and designers.
Communication: Excellent skills in both written and spoken English, with an ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Quality & Integrity: Proactive in ensuring code quality, performance, and security. You uphold a high standard for code reviews, documentation, and mentorship, always eager to share and elevate others.
Growth Mindset & Drive: Whether it’s a new technology, a system design pattern, or a code optimization strategy, you’re always on the lookout. A penchant for solving complex problems means you never back down from challenges.

Skills & Qualifications

Experience & Mastery: At least 8 years of hands-on software development experience in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, and Java. Deep understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Product Lifecycle: Solid experience in testing, maintaining, and launching software products with proven expertise in software design and architecture.
Technical Prowess: Demonstrable knowledge in designing and developing APIs, managing both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g.,
MongoDB, Cassandra). Familiarity with distributed systems and understanding of
scalability issues and solutions.
Cloud & Infrastructure: Proficient in cloud computing platforms like AWS, GCP, or
Azure. Experience with serverless architectures, containers (like Docker), and
orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes).
Fluency in written and spoken English