Backend Engineer (Remote)

We are adding headcount to this team, so this is a new seat. The operations team owns services that process several million requests a day. We need another engineer who is comfortable owning them in production. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

What you'll be doing

• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current.
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning.
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers.
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't.
• Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources.

Minimum qualifications

• 3-5 years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services.
• Clear written communication, including design docs.

What we offer

Salary range: $147,000-$168,000/year

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid holidays.
• Dental insurance.

About the company

Everyone has access to the analytics dashboard, and weekly numbers are posted in Slack. Dunmore Media is a 34-person team running a niche online store for vintage audio parts. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

Start: Flexible.

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