Senior Backend Engineer (Marketplace)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Marketplace): Transforming the product by building elegant and performant APIs and handlers, and managing well-functioning datastores and services with an accent on AB testing and test-measure-learn approaches. Focus on innovating and problem solving, developing prototypes and iterating to find the optimal result.

Location: Must be based in Spain to be considered for this fully remote role.

Company

hirify.global is an online services marketplace connecting customers with professionals across over 1,000 categories, operating in nine countries including the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

What you will do

• Work with development teams and product managers to conceptualise and implement software solutions.
• Build elegant and performant APIs and handlers.
• Develop and manage well-functioning datastores and services.
• Proactively propose and implement improvements to the codebase.
• Mentor other engineers to support their growth.
• Design and code solutions for systems with a high volume of transactions a second.

Requirements

• Expertise and extensive experience using Python in a production environment (Minimum 5+ years).
• Defining, implementing and testing APIs, Event Handlers, and Business logic.
• Integrations with 3rd party systems.
• Production SQL and NoSQL database experience.
• Using Docker in production, ideally with Kubernetes or Fargate/ECS/EKS.
• Experience building, maintaining, testing and documenting features to be used by other developers both internally and externally.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.
• Experience with cloud monitoring systems, such as Datadog.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, MongoDB or similar.
• Interest in AI as a tool for increasing developer efficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Excitement, ambition, and a commitment to raising the bar.
• Value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).
• Fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
• Focus is on hiring, retaining and developing a globally diverse workforce that is passionate about excelling our platform and supporting our customers succeed.

Hiring process

• Screening Call with Talent Partner (30 mins).
• 1st Stage - Hiring Manager Stage (30 mins).
• 2nd Stage - Technical Task (60 mins).
• 3rd Stage - Values interview (30 mins).