Remote Staff Engineer with verification

We are seeking an experienced back-end engineer to join our dynamic core platform team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for working on a diverse set of client-facing applications, each with unique profiles. These applications are seamlessly connected through our core platform, a set of services carefully designed to abstract integration with external tools.

The nature of our business model, coupled with the handling of vast volumes of data, demands the highest standards of transparency, traceability, scalability, and robustness. To achieve this, our architecture is built on the principles of Domain Driven Design, leveraging an Event Sourcing communication pattern. Embracing the industry's best practices, we consistently strive to be at the forefront of innovation and tackle the most challenging problems.

This role is tailor-made for a skilled and inquisitive systems designer who is eager to venture into the latest architecture patterns. We encourage continuous learning and expect you to actively contribute to the growth of our platform, keeping a long-term perspective in mind. Your expertise with enterprise integration patterns, system design, and architectural definitions will play a crucial role in driving our platform's success..

As part of our tech stack, you will be primarily working with NodeJS, TypeScript, and express, complemented by a suite of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including SQL and no-SQL databases, queues, message brokers, and Docker/Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration. Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills are essential for this role, as you will collaborate with cross-functional teams and take part in code reviews, ensuring high-quality results in a fast-paced and iterative environment. Join us on this exciting journey as we strive to create an exceptional platform at the cutting edge of technology.

Responsibilities :

• Take ownership and confidently deliver features and improvements of varying levels of complexity.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering Managers, Backend/Frontend Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, DevOps professionals, Product Managers, and Designers to solve common goals and maintain a high standard of quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
• Develop secure, well-tested, and performant features and improvements for Andela products, ensuring seamless integration with our backend technologies such as NodeJS and TypeScript, as well as GCP services like SQL and no-SQL databases, queues, and message broker.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the development patterns and standards implemented, and possess the ability to explain and extend them as needed, utilizing principles of Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Event Oriented architecture.
• Conduct thorough Code Reviews within our Code Review Guidelines, ensuring timely and constructive feedback to colleagues' contributions.
• Tackle technical problems of moderate scope and complexity, showcasing problem-solving skills and innovative thinking, while utilizing the knowledge of Software Design Principles such as Abstraction, Encapsulation, Decomposition, Generalization, Coupling and Cohesion, Separation of Concerns.
• Identify and propose solutions to address team efficiency challenges ("technical debt") for continuous improvement, supported by your understanding of scaling applications to handle high data traffic.
• Translate business requirements into well-defined Conceptual Designs and Technical Designs, contributing to the architecture's soundness and scalability, and ensuring seamless interaction with the rest of the tech stack components.