Backend Software Engineer
Company: Firework
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: October 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Firework is the world's leading unified video commerce platform
that empowers its global partners to personalize the customer
experience and engagement at scale. Firework bridges the offline
and online for a robust omnichannel immersive brand experience
cultivating a deeper emotional human connection between our
partners and their end consumers. We are customer-centric and
inspired to win together offering total solutions with endless
possibilities to help our customers increase purchases and
conversions using the power of video. At the heart, we are a global
and diverse team of "SuperSpark" creators, entrepreneurs, life-long
learners, and data geeks driven by the future of authenticity to
transform commerce. Firework has raised over $235M to date, with
its latest Series B round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Come
reimagine the online customer experience with us.SummaryOur
engineering team is growing! We're looking for a talented Backend
Engineer to join our global team who will bring technical expertise
and leadership along with hands-on development of backend software
development and SaaS solutions.What you'll be doing* Work closely
with product managers, designers, and the rest of the engineering
team to design, spec, and build elegant and scalable solutions
across multiple platforms* Design and create new API's in the
Elixir Phoenix framework to be used in our core products* Writing
optimized PostgresQL and Cassandra queries and creating high
performance indices* Working with in-memory data stores, such as
Redis, to improve scalability and responsiveness* Debug issues
across the entire stack using logging and monitoring tools* Review
code by your peers on GitHub, offering help and insight from your
experience* Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes*
Ensure coherence of all aspects of projects as an integrated system
and uphold overall technical quality* Strategize and develop ideas
for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry
developments and trends* Define all aspects of development from
appropriate technology and workflow to coding standardsWe'll be
excited if you have* Master's degree in computer programming,
computer science, or a related field* 3+ years of experience
designing high-performance RESTful web services serving billions of
requests per day* Experience writing GraphQL queries and mutations*
High-level experience with SQL infrastructure and data modeling*
Comfortable with change: ability to demonstrate comfort with
ambiguity, adapt quickly and be effective in new situations in a
highly dynamic setting* Data-driven but also imaginative and
intuitive in coming up with ideas and solutions* Must possess a
start-up mindset: hunger to learn quickly and the ability to
balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced team environment*
Advanced production with Elixir and Python experience a big plus*
Experience working with Elixir and ScalabilityA BIG PLUS if you
have* Expertise in video streaming software such as FFmpeg or
GStreamer* Experience working with video/audio codecs to
encode/decode* Working with live streaming encoders and WebRTC
technologyAs a hybrid office-centric company, we are looking for
candidates in the Bay Area. Candidates outside the location are
encouraged to apply though must be willing to relocate.The
following represents the expected range of compensation for this
role: The estimated pay range for this role is $130,000-$150,000.
Other factors that impact compensation include stock options.The
posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the
compensation for this position and is subject to change based on
business need. To determine a successful candidate's starting pay,
we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work
location, an evaluation of the candidate's skills and experience,
market demands, and internal parity. Candidates may receive more
information from the talent partner.Don't hold backWe understand
some candidates may see the above and not apply because they don't
meet all the qualifications. We encourage you to apply anyway; we
often find talented candidates that fit many other opportunities we
have and look for potential too, not just what you did in the past.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, we are a diverse team
that strives for an inclusive environment for all. We prohibit
discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color,
sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age,
disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected
characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.By
submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and
understood Firework's Applicant Privacy Policy located at:
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Keywords: Firework, South San Francisco , Backend Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , San Mateo, California
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