Backend Engineer

As a Backend Engineer at Teleskope, your responsibilities include building end-to-end user-facing features for the Teleskope platform, collaborating with product designers and leadership to translate requirements into functional code, and troubleshooting complex systems at scale. Your role will be crucial in ensuring the security and functionality of our data protection solutions.

To qualify for the Backend Engineer position at Teleskope, candidates should have at least 2 years of engineering experience, strong skills in back-end development with languages such as Golang or Java, and experience with databases, data modeling, and schema design. A BS/BA in computer science or a related field is also required.

Backend Engineers at Teleskope enjoy a hybrid work environment based in NYC. You’ll work in a beautiful office located in the Financial District, offering a collaborative atmosphere alongside a team of passionate engineers. Daily breakfast and snacks help keep the team's spirits high, fostering a productive and enjoyable workplace.

Teleskope is committed to the professional growth of its employees. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll have the chance to take ownership of projects, learn from experienced colleagues, and rapidly advance your career. The fast-paced and innovative nature of our work presents unique opportunities for personal and professional development.

Backend Engineers at Teleskope are offered a competitive salary and meaningful equity, along with comprehensive health, vision, dental, and 401k benefits. Additionally, the company provides flexible vacation and work-from-home days, enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees.

It's essential to discuss any experience you have with back-end programming languages like Golang or Java. Highlight specific projects where you utilized these languages and explain how you approached challenges faced during development. Tailor your experience to the needs of Teleskope's data protection focus.

Detail your experience with various databases, whether SQL or NoSQL, emphasizing how you have managed data, designed schemas, and performed optimizations. Provide examples of how you’ve resolved data-related issues or improved performance in past projects, especially in a role similar to a Backend Engineer.

Share your systematic approach to debugging. Describe your methods for identifying issues, analyzing logs, utilizing debugging tools, and collaborating with team members. Providing an example from a past experience can help illustrate how you effectively resolved a significant issue.

Discuss an experience where collaboration was key to achieving a project goal. Elaborate on the communication strategies you employed to ensure that technical and business requirements were well balanced, and how your contributions positively impacted the final product.

In your response, address challenges such as data privacy regulations, evolving security threats, and ensuring user trust. Discuss how your experience as a Backend Engineer has prepared you to tackle these challenges and contribute to Teleskope's mission.

Explain specific techniques you employ, such as code profiling, caching strategies, or asynchronous processing. Use examples from past projects that demonstrate successful optimization efforts and the positive impact they had on application performance.

Highlight your commitment to continuous learning, whether through online courses, tech blogs, or community involvement. Mention any relevant resources you follow and how you have applied new knowledge to improve your work as a Backend Engineer.

Express genuine enthusiasm for Teleskope’s mission in data protection. Discuss what attracted you to the company culture, the team, and the specific challenges you are excited to tackle in this role. Personal anecdotes about your passion for data security can enhance your answer.

In your answer, recount a specific project you found challenging. Discuss the obstacles you faced, your approach to overcoming them, and the results achieved. This showcases your problem-solving abilities and your resilience in backend development.

Talk about the importance of following best coding practices, such as code reviews, writing unit tests, and adhering to design patterns. Provide examples of how these practices have helped you deliver high-quality code in past projects as a Backend Engineer.