Backend Developer

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Job summary

Pillarline is hiring for the Backend Developer position to build and run the APIs and services behind our web and mobile apps. We hire in Spain through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

Key responsibilities

• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces

What you need

• 3+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Clear written communication, including design docs
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms

Preferred qualifications

• Terraform or Pulumi
• Prior work breaking up a monolith

Why work with us

• Paid sick days
• Monthly internet allowance
• Company laptop
• Annual team retreat

Start: Immediately.

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