Backend Engineer, Platform

Transfr is on a mission to help create pathways to career success. Our immersive career exploration and training simulations empower learners and job seekers of all ages find the right job for them and build the skills they need to enter (or reenter) the workforce or change careers — helping them improve their quality of life.Immersive VR experiences from Transfr have been shown in studies to deliver better learning gains than video tutorials, slide presentations, and other training methods. Learners also find Transfr experiences highly engaging and enjoyable. At Transfr, we believe the future starts with innovative workplace training and skills development. We’re building bridges between schools, workplaces, and governments to help improve training and job placement pipelines and create a better tomorrow, today.Summary: As a Platform Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the backend infrastructure and services used by our VR training simulations. You will work closely with multiple teams to define data contracts and endpoints, capture events, and perform analytics to optimize the learning experience for our trainees. Additionally, you will collaborate with product managers, VR developers and other stakeholders to implement services that support new training simulation features. Your expertise in microservices architecture, data contracts, and analytics will be crucial in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our backend platform services.Key Responsibilities:• Design and develop high-performance, scalable, and reliable backend services for our VR platform, utilizing best practices in software development and architectural design• Collaborate with the VR team to define data contracts and events schema that will be used for simulation scoring and measurement of a trainee's learning experience• Work with the product manager to define and implement platform service features that align with business requirements and user needs• Optimize and support the existing platform pipeline used for capturing events from production released simulations. This pipeline is used for mining events and calculating scores for a trainees' VR experiences• Ensure code quality, security, and performance of the backend platform services, through code reviews, testing, and optimization techniques• Troubleshoot and resolve backend issues, including performance bottlenecks, data integrity, and system failures, in a timely manner, working closely with relevant teams and stakeholders• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers, promoting best practices, coding standards, and continuous improvement in backend engineeringRequirements:• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related coursework• 2 to 4 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale backend systems and services• Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure• Strong background in designing and building high-throughput low-latency distributed systems• Proven experience developing RESTful APIs• Experience with using Python as a server-side language• Knowledge of relational database technologies, such as PostgreSQL• Proficiency in using AWS services such as Fargate, Lambda, S3, Kinesis, SQS and RDS• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively• Ability to work in an agile environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbalWhat We Offer:The base salary range for this position is expected to be between $130,000 and $150,000, with the actual base salary amount dependent on a number of factors, including but not limited to a candidate’s credentials, relevant experience, and primary job location. In addition to salary this role may be eligible for additional company benefits such as stock options, 401(k), paid vacation and sick time, and medical/dental/vision insurance.In Closing:If you're looking to make a big difference in the lives of others, we invite you to join us on our mission to make learning more intuitive and help individuals develop the skills they need for career success.Be a part of creating pathways to prosperity by helping to develop training simulations to teach skills that lead to well-paying jobs, for all.At Transfr, we embrace diversity because it breeds innovation. Transfr is an equal opportunity employer that participates in E-Verify committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants, consultants, and employees, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.• *Must be authorized to work in the United States without restriction**Learn more at transfrinc.com