Backend Engineer I - .NET

About the company

Advertising, subscriptions and transaction fees each bring in a significant share of revenue. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. We started in 2000 and have grown to about 7,800 people.

Role overview

Pleasant Valley Interactive is looking for a Backend Engineer I -.NET to join a small, steady team. The Platform team owns services that process several million requests a day. We need another engineer who is comfortable owning them in production. You'll work mostly on server-side code: services, queues, databases and the glue between them. Little to no frontend work. Hybrid. You will need to be in Lafayette at least two days per week.

What you'll be doing

• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning.
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ.
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current.
• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling.

Required qualifications

• 1+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services.
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms.
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries.

Perks and benefits

The base pay range for this position is $96,000-$114,000/year. Actual pay depends on experience, skills and location.

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid time off.
• Vision insurance.
• Gym membership reimbursement.
• Hybrid work.
• Flexible schedule.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

This position requires a background check.

Start: Immediately.

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