Back End Developer

Position: Back-End DeveloperWorking Hours: M-F 8am-5pm ESTSalar: 4,000 to 5,500 USD/Month

About the company: RareCircles is the all-in-one customer experience platform built for retail. Our customers are independent retailers across North America. Our mission is to deepen the relationship between our merchants and their customers - leading to more profitable local businesses. We’re passionate about contributing to the development of local economies.

Our founders and leaders come from the commerce technology space. We are searching for experienced, self-motivated, and passionate software developers looking to be part of something groundbreaking. You should be a self-starter who enjoys solving difficult problems. We are looking for developers who can take on and own projects and responsibilities.

Summary of Position:The role entails spearheading the research, design, and development of upstream systems utilizing cutting-edge backend technologies. This involves evaluating and implementing new tools and techniques while maintaining and enhancing existing services to bolster downstream applications. Additionally, the position involves managing and scaling the cloud infrastructure, particularly within the Google Cloud Platform, using Terraform IAC. Collaboration and promotion of best practices within the team are integral aspects of this role.

ResponsibilitiesResearch, design, and develop systems of upstream services leveraging the latest back-end technologiesEvaluate the application of new tools & technologies as they continually evolveMaintain and extend existing services to support our downstream applicationsMaintain and scale our existing cloud infrastructureHelp to promote best practices within the team

Requirements4+ years of experience building highly optimized back-end solutions in Golang, Protobuf, gRPC, and GraphQL2+ years of experience in managing resources in Google Cloud Platform using Terraform IAC (or similar). Experience in managing a Kubernetes cluster is a mustStrong knowledge of common algorithms and data structuresStrong experience in building reliable, performant, maintainable, and testable code—with proper abstractionA collaborative spirit, and the ability to work effectively within a teamProficient in English with good writing and communication skillsWillingness to work in North America timezone Background & Characteristics

Solution-oriented with a positive mindsetExperience working with large codebases across teams with multiple contributorsA high bar for the quality of code and quality of user experienceAn ability to understand requirements and help surface high-impact ways of solving problemsExperience building CRM and marketing products like SMS, website, email, and loyalty programs is considered a plusExperience within the Shopify, Lightspeed, and Square apps ecosystem is considered a plus

Ready to take your backend development expertise to the next level? Join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our upstream services.

Key Skills

• Backend
• GraphQL
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• GCP
• gRPC