Senior Back-End Engineer at Themuse

At The Muse, we connect 70 million annual users with companies that align with their personal values through our family of platforms, including The Muse, Fairygodboss, and Purpose Jobs. Since our founding in 2011, we have been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies, helping professionals find meaningful work while providing behind-the-scenes insights into company cultures. We are looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer to join our fully remote team and help us build the scalable systems that power our mission.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust backend services and APIs to support our core platform features.
• Lead the creation of data pipelines and integration systems that unify our various platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Architect and maintain distributed systems capable of supporting our growing user base.
• Establish best practices for engineering, participate in code reviews, and maintain high standards for code quality.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to high-level technical design decisions.
• Implement monitoring systems and data quality processes to ensure platform reliability.

Must-haves

• At least 5 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on backend development.
• Expertise in Python and asynchronous programming.
• Proven experience working with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS or Google Cloud.
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and containerization tools like Docker.
• Strong grasp of system design, algorithms, and data structures.
• Proficiency with Git for version control.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively within a remote, cross-functional team environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with microservices architecture and open-source contributions.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, DBT, Redshift, Redis, or ElasticSearch.
• Background in building and supporting ELT/ETL data pipelines.
• Previous experience in a formal mentorship capacity.

Benefits

The annual salary for this position is $100,000 USD.

• Fully remote work environment.