Senior Backend Engineer

## About the Role Senior Backend Engineer (Remote - US) ## About Us Barometer is an AI powered platform for contextual targeting and brand suitability in audio advertising. We help advertisers align with the perfect podcasts for their ad campaigns and we make it easier for publishers to educate buyers on their content. We are an early-stage, venture backed startup going through rapid growth in customer traction. http://www.thebarometer.co We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help us scale our development to meet the demand of our customers. ## Responsibilities - Lead the development of backend systems for our product dashboard and API service. - Design, develop and maintain fast and responsive APIs built on AWS cloud. - Manage AWS cloud web-app and database with tiered feature pricing and organizational account structure. - Develop and manage secure data pipelines for our services and customers. - Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment of services. - Design and implement data models and database schemas using SQL and NoSQL databases. - Participate in code reviews and contribute to team-wide engineering initiatives. - Keep up-to-date with new technologies and techniques in backend development, AWS services, and software engineering best practice. ## Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in backend development, ideally supporting both product and infrastructure teams in a serverless environment. - Strong working knowledge of modern Javascript frameworks, including Typescript, Node.js & React. - Experience building and working with RESTful APIs, including familiarity with Swagger, Postman and Stripe API. - Strong knowledge of AWS services and tools, such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch. - Working knowledge of databases, including MYSQL and NOSQL. - Familiarity with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). - Understanding of Git and experience with version control systems. - Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment. - BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred, however suitable and equivalent work experience in backend development will also be considered. ## Our Current Tech Stack - Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, EC2, ECR, SageMaker, Tsoa, Swagger - Database: MySQL, DynamoDB, S3 - Frontend: React, TypeScript, MaterialUI Our tech stack will evolve and change over time as we build more things - we're looking for folks with experi