Senior Backend Systems Engineer (Java, SQL)

Yinzcam - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Pittsburgh, PA

101-250 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Senior Backend Developer at YinzCam, you will play a crucial role in enhancing and implementing the backend infrastructure for digital products used by over 200 professional sports teams and leagues globally. This position requires advanced programming skills and a deep understanding of backend systems to deliver robust features and products that enhance the experience for sports fans. You will collaborate closely with iOS/Android developers and UI/UX designers to ensure seamless integration and functionality.

Responsibilities

• Learn the company's backend infrastructure quickly.
• Implement and enhance backend infrastructure and features.
• Deliver backend-heavy products and features to sports teams.
• Collaborate with iOS/Android developers and UI/UX designers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of expert-level programming and debugging experience with Java and C#.
• 6+ years of expert-level experience in writing complex SQL queries and using relational databases.
• 6+ years of expert-level experience in building RESTful APIs using XML and JSON data formats.
• 6+ years of industry experience with building large-scale, complex, production distributed fault-tolerant systems.
• 6+ years of industry experience with writing and debugging complex, production Java code.
• 6+ years of experience in working with AWS and AWS-related technologies, e.g., DynamoDB, Redshift.
• 6+ years of experience with database fundamentals including working with relational data, semi-structured data, unstructured data, and database schemas.
• 6+ years of experience with distributed systems such as DynamoDB, Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Redshift.
• 3+ years of experience in using Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in complicated, large-scale, distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of distributed-systems algorithms, including concurrency, scalability, consistency, partitioning, caching, reliability, synchronization, serialization, multi-threading, DHTs.
• Strong networking fundamentals, including knowledge of common network protocols and wire formats (e.g. HTTP) and debugging of network-level issues.
• Proficiency in asynchronous programming and multithreaded programming.

Nice-to-haves

• Willingness and ability to explore uncharted territory on your own.
• Willingness and ability to work the non-traditional hours of the sports industry.

Benefits

• Paid time off every year
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Full medical, dental and vision health insurance
• Paid gym membership in LA Fitness
• Paid Coursera plan to take 10,000+ courses around the world
• Beverages and snacks
• Paid parking near the office
• Relocation assistance