Sr. Backend Developer

About the Client
Established in 2016, the organization helps its clients make informed decisions in real-time by combining proprietorial software, deep industry experience, unique IP in System 1 apps and access to the best minds in research across a number of geographies. Our flexible service model means our clients can choose to self-serve in this platform directly to create, launch and analyze projects; or choose to utilize knowledgeable support from insights experts.
Project Description
We’re looking for a talented Engineer to join our engineering team. You’ll be working on both front-end and back-end applications that form the overall  platform of interconnected applications.
Responsibilities
As an Engineer you can expect to be fully involved in the team from week one, including code reviews and stand-ups. You will be participating in discussions around delivery, architecture and software design of current and upcoming technical work and help defining and implementing solutions in collaboration with the CTO and the Product team.
The ideal candidate will have the technical background and communication skills to seek out and solve problems.
Must have

 
5+ years working on software development professionally.
 
The ability to craft quality code and expose it through Rest API’s, event streams or queues using Go.
 
Experience with containerized application development (Docker).
 
Strong understanding of structured and unstructured data storage technologies (like: PostgreSQL, mySQL, MS-SQL, Oracle, and Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Hadoop, DocumentDB, etc.)
 
Experience designing and implementing applications and services on the public cloud, AWS, GCP or Azure using PaaS platforms.
 
Strong computer science foundation

Nice to have

 
Working experience or understanding of PHP
 
How to work with containerization related technologies like Kubernetes, Apache Mesos, AWS ECS or AWS ECR.
 
How to set up and maintain a CI environment to enable continuous delivery