Redelk - Senior Backend Engineer - WebAPI Development (8-10 yrs)

JOB DESCRIPTION :

As a Senior Backend Developer, you'll be building the platform that makes up the core of modern social networks. You will join the Services team, the "front-line" backend engineers that enable our acclaimed client apps. As we continue to add powerful features for our users, your creative designs will keep the app experience responsive and crisp.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Build software that powers the experience of millions of users.

- Design sophisticated solutions and deploy your own code to production.

- Adapt to a diverse set of backend technologies (Redis, Memcache, Elastic Search, domain-specific languages, and many more)

- Work with a team of highly-motivated server and client engineers.

- Set teamwide best practices for PHP code quality and API architecture.

- Set standards for internal API documentation and development workflows.

QUALIFICATIONS :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.

- A firm grasp of Computer Science fundamentals including object oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.

- 8+ years of web API development.

- 3+ years developing APIs in scripting languages (PHP, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript).

- 1+ years in modern PHP (7+).

- Extensive experience with and knowledge of [multi-tier] applications and RESTful APIs.

- Knowledge of real-time web UI technology (ex. WebSockets, HTTP/2, pub/sub, messaging brokers).

- Developed consumer applications that have handled significant public traffic (10k+ daily active users).

- Experience with REST API documentation strategies (Swagger, PHPDoc).

BONUS POINTS :

- Familiar with Slim and REST API frameworks for PHP.

- Familiarity with working on Message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ or Apache Pulsar

- 1+ years of full-stack Web UI development (modern javascript frontend frameworks).

- Knowledge of data pipelining and pub/sub architectures.

- Experience in data architecture: SQL databases, caching, sharding.

- Knowledge of DevOps systems, CI/CD, deployment pipeline.