Staff Software Engineer - Backend

We are looking for a Backend Staff Software Engineer to join our practice management team to innovate and help our engineering teams build and refine large-scale, service-oriented SaaS applications serving thousands of customers. If you are someone who is passionate about solving complex, but important problems and want to make a large impact on our customers, both internally and externally, this is the role for you. You will join a strong, experienced engineering team whose responsibilities include prototyping potential solutions, performing deep-dives into technologies, and ultimately making well-informed technological and architectural decisions that will shape the future of our platform.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide guidance and expertise in software architecture, design patterns, and best practices to engineers across all engineering teams.

• Design and implement scalable applications in microservice architecture using best practices.

• Collaborate with other engineering teams and Product to proactively consider trade-offs and identify risks to timelines.

• Create prototypes and investigate technological solutions to inform foundational and architectural decisions.

• Support software deployments, including debugging, troubleshooting, and coordination with DevOps and QA Engineers

• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements, communicate technical solutions, and ensure alignment with business objectives

• Lead and coordinate meetings to establish effective communication and coordination within and between teams

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, continuously learning and evolving your skills to drive innovation and excellence within the organization

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working with AWS or other cloud-based technologies

• Experience building large-scale distributed systems

• Experience deploying applications with Kubernetes

• Expertise in Ruby and Ruby on Rails

• Expertise in Javascript and Typescript

• Expertise in Node.js and frameworks like Nest.JS

• Expertise in Terraform and IAC 

About You:

• BS in Computer Science or related field

• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, monitoring, and debugging large-scale solutions in cloud-based environments

• Experience building and deploying production-grade web applications at scale

• Familiar with LEAN product development and Agile frameworks - Scrum or Kanban

• Experience building robust and resilient applications with event-based, microservices architecture

• Strong understanding of SOLID design principles and design patterns

• Strong understanding of SQL, and familiarity with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL

• Strong teamwork and documentation skills

Additional Information:

The pay range for this position is between $150,000-$180,000 annually. AffiniPay is committed to offering competitive, fair and commensurate compensation and has provided an estimated pay range for this role. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and education.