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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive backend software engineering expertise with a focus on designing and maintaining high-performance systems. Proficient in event-driven architecture and capable of collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Backend Software EngineeringEvent-Driven ArchitecturePython and/or PySparkDocker and SQLAWS or GCP Experience
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Hard Skills
AlgorithmsData StructuresBig O NotationHigh-Volume SystemsREST APIsMicroservicesSparkApache Ecosystem ToolsDelta LakeKafka
Soft Skills
Problem-SolvingProactive CollaborationEffective Communication
Tools & Technologies
DockerSQLNoSQL DatabasesPandasSpring Framework
Industry Keywords
Performance-Oriented EnvironmentsProduction-Critical EnvironmentsLarge-Scale DataAnalytics Environments
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesApacheAWSCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaMicroservicesNoSQLPandasPySparkPythonSparkSpringSQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design, implement, scale, and maintain backend systems processing large volumes of data
- Work on event-driven and API-based integrations
- Contribute to migration toward a more domain-based and scalable architecture
- Build and optimize software for performance-sensitive workflows
- Investigate technical problems and propose solutions with the team
- Collaborate with data science and engineering colleagues
- Work independently with no supervision while ensuring timely, high-quality delivery
- Influence junior and mid-level engineers for approximately 20% of the time
- Collaborate across the Outcomes, Methodology, and Recruitment teams and with product and data science
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong technical depth
- Understanding of algorithms, data structures, Big O notation, and event-driven architecture
- Familiarity with Spark, Apache ecosystem tools, Delta Lake, Parquet, and Kafka
- Experience with Python and/or PySpark
- Experience building or maintaining complex, real-time, high-volume systems with high throughput and low latency
- Experience with Docker, SQL, and NoSQL databases
- Experience with REST APIs and event-driven integrations
- Comfortable working in performance-oriented, production-critical environments
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Proactive, collaborative working style
- Ability to communicate effectively with engineers and data science partners
- Computer science, computer engineering, or related field preferred
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud providers preferred
- Experience with Pandas preferred
- Experience with Spring framework and microservices preferred
- Experience in large-scale data or analytics environments preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Employees can work remotely
- Autonomy and freedom to innovate
- Collaborative development model
- Employee growth and learning culture
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Recognition as a 2025 Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplace
