Backend Engineer

Summary

Drivetrain is a remote-first company on a mission to empower businesses to make better decisions through their financial planning and decision-making platform. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to tackle challenging problems in backend application development and contribute to the company's engineering practices and culture.

Responsibilities

• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Take accountability for the quality, total cost of ownership, maintainability and security of the component developed
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback
• Seek out opportunities for innovation that can be shared between multiple teams that have a willingness to experiment as well as the courage to boldly confront problems of a large complexity and scope
• As an early team member, you’ll help shape our company culture, engineering practices, and the product

Skills

• A great problem solver and is passionate about the craft of building software
• Has a deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
• Has at least 3 years of experience in software engineering
• Is aspirational, self-driven, and proactive
• Has excellent communication skills
• Experience with the above-mentioned stack would be helpful but is not necessary

Qualifications

Must Haves

• A great problem solver and is passionate about the craft of building software
• Has a deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
• Has at least 3 years of experience in software engineering
• Is aspirational, self-driven, and proactive
• Has excellent communication skills

Nice to Haves

• Experience with the above-mentioned stack would be helpful but is not necessary

Benefits

• Remote-friendly: Drivetrain brings together the best and the brightest, no matter where they are and provides them a great degree of autonomy.
• Open & transparent: We know that when our creators have access to all the information they need, their best work will emerge.
• Idea-friendly: We provide an environment to explore new ideas, to take risks, to make mistakes, and to learn, so you can succeed.
• Customer-centric: We follow a product-led growth strategy, continuously learning from our customers and collaborating to build the amazing software that Drivetrain is.