Sr. Backend Engineer Iv

Sr. Backend Engineer - Job Description Unicity is a multi-level marketing company doing business globally in more than fifty countries. We provide world-class health and wellness products and a leading business platform that together Make Life Better for people worldwide.

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Backend Engineer to join our API & Data Consumability product engineering team. We are currently engaged in reorganizing our Information Technology department into strong Agile Product Engineering teams and are building our team. This position will have a key role in helping develop and maintain services that process data asynchronously, use event-driven systems, take advantage of data replication methodologies, and work with internal and external APIs. Come be a part of this exciting new time with Unicity.

In addition to competitive wages, we offer:

- Hybrid, flexible work environment
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Generous vacation allowance in addition to company paid holidays
- Phone and internet reimbursement
- 401(k) with company match
- Travel opportunities
- Substantial company product allowance

Competitive benefits package The ideal Sr. Backend Engineer will be:

- A self starter who has an attention to detail;
- Able to take ownership of tasks, seeing them from start to finish;
- Able to work with mínimal supervision;
- Able to write clean, concise code;
- Able to write unit tests;
- Able to troubleshoot and solve complex problems;
- Able to recommend and implement cloud-based solutions that will improve the stability and performance of our internal infrastructure;
- Proactive in identifying problems and have a willingness to fix them;
- Proactive in measuring the overall effectiveness of our systems and identify areas of improvement;
- Able to work with a variety of technologies;
- Able to automate scripts;
- Able to design/architect systems that can be easily monitored;
- Able to work with others in a fast paced environment; and,
- Able to finish tasks on-time. Key Areas of Responsibility:

- Be involved and participate in the overall lifecycle of projects.
- Help define and communicate technical and design requirements.
- Design and implement high-quality solutions that will add business value.
- Follow coding standards and guidelines.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and test solutions.
- Be accessible in the event of an emergency (when needed).
- Provide training, help, and support to other team members.
- Implement security and data protections.
- Optimize code for maximum speed, scalability, and flexibility.
- Stay up to date with current best practices, as well with new and emerging technologies.
- Attend and participate in meetings and Agile ceremonies.

Requirements / Preferred Skills:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.
- 5+ years working as a Backend Engineer in an Agile product team environment.
- 5+ years developing in NodeJS and PHP.
- 3+ years using Test Driven Development (TDD) and/or Behavior Driven Development (BDD) methodologies in practice.
- Solid understanding of API architecture and design concepts, including how to write/test microservices.
- Strong proficiency with REST APIs and web sockets.
- Experience with asynchronous and event-driven systems, as well as with queueing technologies (e.g. RabbitMQ and SQS).
- Experience with order fulfillment and 3PL integrations, including shipment tracking.
- Experience generating bulk files and writing batch processes.
- Strong proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong proficiency with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server and PostgreSQL) and document databases (e.g. MongoDB).
- Strong proficiency with in-memory key-value stores (e.g. Memcached and Redis).
- Experience with data replication methodologies.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
- Experience with API development tools (e.g. Git and Postman).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Willingness to travel from time to time. If you’re interested in an organization where you can have a large impact, be a key part of driving core initiatives forward, and carve out the scope of your own role, we’d love to talk to you