Senior Backend Engineer
FrontRow
Software Engineering
United States · Remote
Posted on Jan 9, 2025
Medium’s mission is to deepen understanding of the world and spread ideas that matter. Medium is building the best place for reading and writing on the internet—a place where today’s smartest writers, thinkers, experts, and storytellers can share big, interesting ideas; a place where ideas are judged on the value they provide to readers, not the fleeting attention they can attract for advertisers.
As we expand our team, we’re looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to drive the development of the backend systems that power both Medium’s website and mobile applications. This is a high-impact role where you’ll have the opportunity to shape the technical direction of our platform, improve system performance, and mentor the next generation of engineers.
- Department
- Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Remote - US
- Workplace type
- Fully remote
- Compensation
- $160,000 - $210,000 / year
- Reporting To
- Melissa DePuydt
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical strategy for large-scale, complex projects with forward-thinking solutions that address broad business challenges and create long-term value.
- Own the implementation of critical features and systems, ensuring their ongoing health, scalability, and efficiency, while improving the surrounding ecosystem.
- Develop & implement tests for ensuring the quality, performance, & scalability of our application.
- Mentor other engineers and participate in code reviews, lightning talks, and other engineering-department activities.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including those in product, design, support, and content, to design and implement product solutions that meet the needs of our users and align with business goals.
- Contribute to enhancing our engineering standards, tools, and processes, and participate in shaping the broader technical culture at Medium.
- Assist in triaging and resolving production issues.
- Attend Medium’s twice-yearly, in-person offsites
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, including at least 3 years experience writing Golang and Kubernetes in your most recent professional role(s)
- You possess a solid foundation in general backend technologies, including databases, services, performance optimization, profiling, and caching, and you’re comfortable working in complex cloud-native architectures.
- You write clean, maintainable, and testable production code, with a strong emphasis on long-term sustainability and system health.
- You are a problem-solver who enjoys tackling ambiguous challenges and continuously improving systems, practices, and processes.
- You are a strong communicator, and you are able to clearly articulate technical concepts and ideas both verbally and in writing.
Benefits
In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium:
- Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France
- Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 70% for dependents
- Generous parental leave policy & tutoring services through Outschool
- Mental health support through Talkspace
- Financial wellness support through Northstar
- Stipends for wellness, Co-working, professional development, wifi and a one-time home office bonus
- Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays
- A Medium subscription!
About Medium
At Medium, we foster an inclusive, supportive, fun, and challenging team environment. We value having a team that is made up of a diverse set of backgrounds and respect the healthy expression of diverse opinions. We embrace experimentation and the examination of all kinds of ideas through reasoning and testing. Come join us as we continue to change the world of digital media.
Medium is an equal opportunity employer.
Read about our story here.
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