Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

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Senior/staff backend engineer focused on building scalable cloud solutions for Migaku language learning platform. Engaging in system architectures, mentoring, and end-to-end feature development.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as senior/staff engineer in a team of ~4 backend engineers, interacting frequently with the broader engineering team
  • Develop client- and server-side (Google Cloud) backends for new features, generally in Kotlin or TypeScript
  • Design feature and system architectures meeting robustness and scalability requirements
  • Integrate with 3rd-party systems, such as LLMs or payment providers
  • Mentor backend team members
  • Develop proof of concepts as well as implement features end-to-end
  • Proactively suggest and carry out system and team improvements

Requirements:

  • Proficiency in English and strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Role-model individual contributor able to develop end-to-end features quickly
  • Strong experience and theoretical understanding of scalable system designs and data structures
  • Experience implementing cloud-based services
  • Ability to work independently and prioritize your own tasks, balancing importance and urgency and able to quickly switch contexts if needed
  • Positive, solution-oriented attitude
  • Ability to work in a diverse, full-remote team, generally with 4+ working hours overlap with JST timezone

Benefits:

  • Remote Work
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Flexible Working Hours