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Backend Engineer

Hackerrank

4.4

based on 36 Reviews

2-5 years

Remote

1 vacancy

Backend Engineer

HackerRank

posted 3mon ago

Job Role Insights

Flexible timing

Key skills for the job

SQL Coding Backend Medical Insurance Troubleshooting Web Application Security

+ 2 more

Job Description

At HackerRank, we help over 2,500 of the most prestigious logos across industries find, hire and upskill amazing developer talent using our SaaS-based Developer Skills Platform. We pioneered and continue to lead the developer skills market. At HackerRank, we are passionate about our mission to "
Change the world to value skills over pedigree
. This position is Full-Time and Remote within India.

You will be working on:

As a backend engineer, you will be expected to execute and deliver large and complex projects end-to-end, with or without the involvement of other team members.
Ensuring timely delivery of all product deliverables.
Play a key role in technical discussions within the team and be the go-to person for the team for guidance and troubleshooting.
Understand key Business and Engineering metrics around performance, quality, and availability and regularly work with the team to push the boundaries and improve them periodically.
Proactively participate in code reviews and architecture and design discussions
Mentoring junior engineers and setting best practices for coding, code reviews, etc
Help the organization build a top-quality team by participating in hiring initiatives and evangelizing about contributions, accomplishments, and victories.

We are looking for:

Strong and self-motivated individuals, should be able to drive decisions independently.
Solid experience in building web-based products.
Overall of 2+ years of expertise in at least one dynamic programming language and one MVC web framework, preferably Ruby on Rails.
Expertise in Database modeling, preferably relational DB, spotting DB bottlenecks, and writing optimized DB queries.
Expertise in all standard Cloud technologies, preferably AWS. Knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows.
Proven track record in building highly-available and scalable distributed systems.
Willingness to play and explore new technologies, be a Subject Matter Expert, and support them.
Someone who believes in minor incremental improvements and is passionate about refactoring.
A keen eye for quality about following and establishing good coding practices and improving code coverage.
Good stakeholder management and ability to build trust and rapport with internal and external stakeholders.

Nice to have:

Experience in at least one Frontend framework, preferably React.js
It is good to have Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker and related deployment technologies
Web application security best practices and knowledge of common application security vulnerabilities XSS, SQL injection, etc

Benefits & Perks:

We have a full package of competitive benefits and perks, which include:

One-time home office set up stipend
Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend
Professional Development Reimbursement
we'llbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc)
Flexible paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours
Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents
Employee stock options

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Functional Areas: Software/Testing/Networking

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