Backend Engineer

Company: Array
Location: Bowie
Posted on: July 30, 2022

Job Description:

Array is revolutionizing how businesses leverage and enhance consumer data. Our platform enables innovative companies and developers to seamlessly integrate credit and identity data into their apps, websites or workflows. As a remote-first company, we're focused on providing opportunities for autonomous individuals to have high levels of impact at the forefront of the fintech space. Continuous improvement, experimentation, and a clear mission stretch us individually and together in service of delivering the best products for our clients and users. We build RESTful API's using microservices built primarily in Go with some Node.js sprinkled throughout. We are looking for great engineers who know how to build scalable services to help consumers with their financial health and wellness via credit monitoring and identity protection. Interested? We'd love to hear from you! And we are always esp. happy to see any pointers you may have to your work on Git (GitHub, GitLab, etc.) or a personal Web site.
Responsibilities

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• Build RESTful web services in Go to be consumed by single page application(s).
  
• Use best practices to help us optimize for developer productivity, reliability, and scalability.
  
• Implement business logic using both code and MSSQL stored procedures.
  
• Provide comprehensive unit and functional testing for all routes, endpoints, and features.
  
• Mentor and coach existing development team on Go standards, tooling, and best practices.
  
• Design & build caching mechanisms such as using Redis to provide the fastest experience possible to our customers / web visitors.
  
• Participate in daily standup calls with the development team and project managers.
  
• All services built will run in a containerized Linux environment in Docker and Kubernetes.
  
  Job requirements
  
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  • 5+ years of software development experience building SaaS products.
    
  • Experience building web and mobile backend services. (Ideally using Go but we will train you on Go if needed.)
    
  • Usage of Redis or similar technology for caching, message and job queues, etc.
    
  • Strong Javascript skills both client side and server side (NodeJS) to foster strong communication between varied project development teams.
    
  • Experience as a team lead and mentoring junior developers.
    
  • Experience with MS SQL database using stored procedures.
    
  • Experience writing automated tests for both functions and service endpoints.
    
    Bonus
    
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    • Experience with grpc via protobuf to accelerate communication between micro-services.
      
    • Frontend experience consuming RESTful web services using any framework (React, Angular, etc).
      
    • Understanding of credit bureaus, credit reports, and credit related products.
      Array Offers All Employees the Following Benefits and Perks:
      
      
      Full medical, dental, and vision, premiums covered at 100% for employees and 50% for dependents
      Unlimited PTO and sick leave + 14 company holidays to encourage a healthy work-life blend
      In-house wellness concierge and partnership with TalkSpace to support mental health
      100% 401k match with immediate vesting -
      Generous and competitive parental leave for all parents
      $1,000 desk setup subsidy to set-up your unique remote office -
      $100/month to subsidize wifi/cell phone expenses
      
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      One of our core values at Array is to care and support one another, and that's why we strive to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. Diversity, equity, and inclusion foster collaboration, comfort, and confidence. - We're at our collective best when we each feel our best. - -
      We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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