Back-End Software Engineer

Who we are:

Nowak Apps employs 220 people across engineering hubs in San Diego and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

Nowak Apps is hiring for the Back-End Software Engineer position to build and run the APIs and services behind our web and mobile apps. Our headquarters is in San Diego, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in Peru, with a local contract and salary paid in local currency. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Responsibilities:

• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling.
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current.
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers.
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups.
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python.
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans.

What we're looking for:

• 3+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services.
• Clear written communication, including design docs.
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production.
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms.
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js.

Nice to have:

• Prior work breaking up a monolith.
• NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB.

What we offer:

• Performance bonus.
• Flexible hours.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Public holidays observed per your country.
• Equity.
• Paid sick days.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Nowak Apps.