Our Engineering Culture & Values

• Engineering Excellence: Taking immense pride in our technical craft and the products we build, treating both with utmost respect and care.
• Impact-Driven Development: Firmly committed to engineering high-quality, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable systems that evolve seamlessly with business needs, minimizing disruption.
• Collaboration Over Ego: Valuing exceptional work and groundbreaking ideas above all else. We seek talented individuals who are accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment and are driven to ship often to achieve significant impact.
• Continuous Growth: Fostering an environment of continuous learning, mentorship, and professional development, where you can deepen your expertise and grow your career.

Responsibilities

• Core Backend Development: Design, develop, and implement highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and high-performance backend services and APIs using primarily Kotlin, leveraging extensive Java ecosystem knowledge, focusing on robust business logic and efficient data processing.
• Distributed Systems & Architecture: Lead and contribute to the architectural design of our large-scale distributed systems, ensuring reliability, resilience, security, and operational excellence across the entire platform.
• Operational Excellence: Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies to ensure system transparency, proactive issue identification, and efficient resolution in production environments.
• Scalability and Low-Latency Systems: Leverage and implement solutions using high-performance networking frameworks such as Netty or Vert.x, and be proficient in applying modern Java concurrency features, including Java Virtual Threads, to build robust and efficient distributed systems.
• Database Interaction: Design, optimize, and manage interactions with various databases (relational and/or NoSQL), ensuring data integrity and efficient retrieval for mission-critical applications.
• Deployment & Operations: Work extensively with modern deployment tools and practices, including Kubernetes, to ensure continuous integration, delivery, and robust operational stability of our services.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, data scientists, AI engineers, and front-end teams to translate complex requirements into technical solutions and integrate backend services seamlessly into the Arbiter platform.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and conduct code reviews for junior engineers, championing best practices in coding, testing, and system design.
• Testing & Quality: Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and functional testing strategies to ensure the highest quality and reliability of all developed components.
• Hiring & Onboarding: Participate in interviewing and onboarding new team members, helping to grow a world-class engineering organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of deep, hands-on experience in backend software engineering, with a strong emphasis on Kotlin or Java development in large-scale, production distributed systems.
• Exceptional proficiency with core Java and its modern ecosystem.
• Must-have experience with modern concurrency paradigms, including Java Virtual Threads, and a strong understanding of asynchronous and event-driven architectures demonstrated through experience with frameworks such as Netty and/or Vert.x.
• Strong expertise in building and operating applications within large distributed systems architectures.
• Demonstrated expertise in operational excellence, including designing and building fault-tolerant, transparent, and highly monitorable systems.
• Extensive experience with container orchestration platforms, particularly Kubernetes.
• Extensive experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Intimate knowledge of and ability to implement unit, integration, and functional testing strategies.
• Experience providing technical leadership and guidance, and thinking strategically and analytically to solve problems.
• Friendly communication skills and ability to work well in a diverse team setting.
• Demonstrated experience working with many cross-functional partners.
• Demonstrated experience leading a software product or component vision and delivery plan.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Kotlin or other JVM languages.
• Experience with message queues or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Google Cloud Pub/Sub).
• Experience with API design and development (e.g., RESTful, gRPC).
• Experience working with large-scale, complex enterprise systems in highly regulated industries, such as healthcare or finance.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS) and associated services for scalable backend applications.

Job Benefits

• Highly Competitive Salary & Equity Package: Designed to rival top FAANG compensation, including meaningful equity.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): To ensure a healthy work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance: Robust coverage for you and your family.
• Life and Disability Insurance: Providing financial security.
• Simple IRA Matching: To support your long-term financial goals.
• Professional Development Budget: Support for conferences, courses, and certifications to fuel your continuous learning.
• Wellness Programs: Initiatives to support your physical and mental health.

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