Back End Developer (Remote PH)

As a Back End Developer, your primary responsibilities will include designing and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs, working with various databases to ensure accuracy and performance, collaborating with front-end developers and product managers, and contributing to overall system design and architectural decisions that drive our product forward.

To qualify for the Back End Developer position, candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in similar roles, strong knowledge of server-side programming languages such as Node.js, Python, or Java, and solid experience with databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MySQL. Familiarity with API design, microservices, cloud infrastructure, and containerization concepts is also essential.

A successful Back End Developer at our company should be proficient in server-side programming with Node.js, Python, or Java. Additionally, experience with databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MySQL, as well as knowledge of Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, is highly beneficial.

Our Back End Developers enjoy a competitive salary, annual performance reviews, a learning and development budget for courses or certifications, and a fun inclusive culture with virtual team events. There are also great opportunities for professional growth into lead or staff engineering roles over time.

Collaboration for our Back End Developers in a remote setting is facilitated through various tools and platforms that support team communication and project management. You'll work closely with front-end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams, ensuring everyone's efforts align to meet project goals effectively.

In discussing your experience, share specific projects where you designed or implemented APIs, highlighting how you managed data integrity and response times while ensuring security and scalability.

Talk about your approach to optimizing database queries, indexing methods, and any tools you've used to analyze query performance. Providing examples of challenges you've faced can strengthen your answer.

Discuss your coding standards, use of design patterns, and best practices. Make sure to underscore your process for writing unit and integration tests to uphold code quality.

Use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to articulate the specifics of the project, the challenges you encountered, and the measures you took to ensure success in delivering the project.

Detail your experience with any cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP, emphasizing your familiarity with deployment processes, CI/CD pipelines, and how it enhances your team’s delivery speed and efficiency.

Explain your methodology for task prioritization, whether through Agile practices, tools you use, or how you manage communication with stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities.

Describe the tools, logging, and monitoring frameworks you use to diagnose problems, along with your approach to analyzing logs and reproducing issues efficiently.

Outline your experience with security best practices and regular code reviews. Also, mention any past issues you've resolved related to security vulnerabilities and how you have learned from them.

Highlight the importance of teamwork in your past projects, your communication style with other developers and teams, and the tools you find most effective for collaborative work.

Share your career aspirations, whether it's moving into a lead role, enhancing your technical skills, or expanding into adjacent fields like DevOps or full-stack development, and how you plan on achieving that growth.