Localize (Madlan) - Kingston, NY
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Remote - Kingston, NY
11-50 employees
Publishing Industries
About the position
Localize is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their remote team in the US. This role involves leading the development of a scalable backend platform, focusing on infrastructure, APIs, and databases that support Localize's core product. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background with at least six years of experience and a passion for enhancing customer experiences.
Responsibilities
- Optimize, design and maintain document (NoSQL) databases
- Build and update APIs that power the front-end
- Be actively involved in architecture decisions
- Contribute code, both front-end and back-end, as needed to help deploy amazing features
- Collaborate daily with other remote engineers, product and customer-facing teams
- Participate in peer code reviews
- Help keep the product running smoothly
- Learn new technologies, architectures and methods
- Suggest improvements for the product, processes and technology
- Assist in maintaining scalable, performant infrastructure
Requirements
- At least six years of experience in backend engineering
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript, particularly Node/Express for REST APIs
- Experience with NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
- Familiarity with AWS services such as Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, and Cloudfront
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote team environment
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with React/Redux on the front end
- Familiarity with Redis and S3
- Experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI
- Knowledge of testing frameworks like Jest
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Work from anywhere in North America (100% remote)
- Shiny new Macbook Pro 16” or computer of your choice
- Monthly stipend for home internet costs
- Generous PTO package
