Remote Backend Engineer

The CORE Team is focused on advancing the features and design of the core Violet API. From authentication to a completed order, making sure the API meets the needs of our customers guides this team. Responsibilities

• Build robust and scalable software in Java.
• Design and create services and system architecture for your projects and contribute and provide feedback to other team members.
• Help improve our code quality through writing unit tests and participating in code reviews.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.
• Help improve the performance and scalability of the API.
• Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution.
• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule.
• Be a developer advocate and support channels.

• 5+ years of experience developing software in an object oriented language like Java or C#.
• Fluency in Java or C#.
• Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Experience in agile software development practices.
• Strong OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• A willingness and curiosity for learning new technologies.
• Familiar with integrating into 3rd party APIs.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Comfortable working on a fully distributed team.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Familiar with the Spring Boot framework is a plus.
• Experience building high throughput distributed systems/microservices.
• Knowledge of Docker or other Containerization system is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud systems like AWS is a plus.