Junior Backend Engineer

Sellers use the platform to list used outdoor gear, and we handle payments, shipping labels and buyer protection. Revenue comes from a mix of advertising, affiliate commissions and a premium tier.

The role:

Rolling Hills Interactive is hiring a Junior Backend Engineer to work remotely from the US. You'll work mostly on server-side code: services, queues, databases and the glue between them. Little to no frontend work. Remote within the US. The team meets in Port St. Lucie once a quarter, travel covered. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

What you'll be doing:

• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB
• Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources
• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ

You'll need:

• 1+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production
• Clear written communication, including design docs

Compensation and benefits:

• Health insurance
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
• Paid holidays
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Gym membership reimbursement

Rolling Hills Interactive provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Rolling Hills Interactive Inc..