Senior Backend Engineer - Targeting

As a Senior Backend Engineer at MNTN, your key responsibilities will include creating and supporting Kotlin APIs and services, working within a range of technologies like Rust and PySpark, and engaging with complex data workflows. You will also be raising the bar on our engineering culture by promoting best practices and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that our products are both impactful and user-friendly.

To excel as a Senior Backend Engineer at MNTN, you need at least 5 years of experience in Java, Kotlin, or Scala, strong SQL skills, and familiarity with microservices architecture. Experience in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP will also be beneficial. We're looking for someone who not only brings technical expertise but also embraces our values for a collaborative and quality-driven work environment.

MNTN fully supports its Senior Backend Engineers by offering flexible work arrangements, competitive compensation, and comprehensive health coverage. Additionally, the company provides access to professional coaching and development, allowing you to continually enhance your skills and career trajectory within a thriving and supportive environment.

The company culture at MNTN is rooted in values like trust, ambition, and compassionate leadership. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll find a collaborative setting where your contributions are valued, your work-life balance is prioritized—such as monthly three-day weekends—and you can thrive in a fully remote environment. It's a place where innovation and the human element go hand in hand.

Yes! MNTN offers a flexible, 100% remote work policy for the Senior Backend Engineer position. This arrangement allows you to work from anywhere within the United States, supporting a healthy work-life balance while providing you the opportunity to connect with team members across the country.

In your answer, highlight specific projects where you've utilized Kotlin, focusing on its concise syntax and null safety features that enhance reliability and decrease boilerplate code. Discuss how these advantages have contributed to project efficiency and maintainability.

Discuss strategies such as load testing, using efficient data structures, optimizing queries, and implementing caching techniques. Share any specific experiences where these strategies led to noticeable improvements in your services' performance and reliability.

Mention your experience with monitoring tools, logging practices, and your process for isolating and identifying issues within a distributed system. Emphasize your collaborative approach in engaging other teams to address the root causes effectively.

Provide examples of cloud-based projects you've worked on, detailing your role in deploying applications, managing services, and optimizing for cost and performance in the cloud environment. Demonstrate your understanding of cloud-native architectures and best practices.

Describe your approach to simplifying technical jargon into relatable concepts using visuals or analogies, ensuring that key stakeholders understand the implications and potential impacts of technical decisions without getting lost in technical details.

Talk about specific data management techniques such as partitioning, sharding, or indexing. Share stories where you successfully managed data growth challenges and how those experiences shaped your approach to data handling.

Discuss your familiarity with AI tools as coding assistants and how they help streamline your workflow, including paired coding practices and debugging support. Provide examples of tools you've used and the impact they've had on your efficiency.

Emphasize your belief in the importance of communication and collaboration in software development, highlighting practices like code reviews and regular team meetings that help ensure ongoing alignment and knowledge sharing among team members.

Discuss aspects such as clarity, versioning, security, and consistency in API design. Share examples of how you've successfully implemented these factors in past projects to create user-friendly and maintainable APIs.

Explain your continuous learning habits such as subscribing to industry newsletters, attending conferences, joining developer communities, or completing online courses. Sharing how you’ve applied new knowledge to your work can further illustrate your commitment to staying current.