Hybrid Backend Engineer II

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About the role

  • Backend Engineer II at HackerRank responsible for delivering web-based products. Engage in technical discussions and mentor junior engineers in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Execute and deliver large and complex projects end-to-end, with or without the involvement of other team members.
  • Ensure 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.
  • Mentor junior engineers and set best practices for coding, code reviews, etc.
  • Help the organization build a top-quality team by participating in hiring initiatives.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of expertise in at least one dynamic programming language and one MVC web framework, preferably Ruby on Rails.
  • Solid experience in building web-based products.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Affirmative action employer
  • Confidentiality according to EEO guidelines

Job title

Backend Engineer II

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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