**Backend Engineer**

Remote | Full Time NewtonX matches the worlds toughest questions with the only minds who know the answers. We find the right subject matter expertise from an open network of 1.1 billion professionals. To do this, we use the most sophisticated search engine in the research industry the NewtonX Graph. It identifies the exact audience for our clients business questions. We ensure every professional is 100% verified, so you can ground your work in true expertise and make strides with confidence.

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We are seeking Backend Engineers to join our team in designing and developing fault tolerant modular systems utilizing **sophisticated APIs, large-scale queuing and streaming systems, data processing pipelines, and more**. Our team is smart, visionary, supportive and, above all, excited by what we do! We are looking for strong, inquisitive engineers with clever solutions, with a desire to join a small but fast growing team (<50) to get in early and help shape the direction of our technology.

**Responsibilities**

* Design and develop modular, reusable, and highly functioning production-grade applications

* Build horizontally scalable software, including **RESTful APIs** andperformant **background jobs** that consume queues

* Collaborate with other technology team members on **solution design** and code review

* Perform **debugging**, tech debt resolution, and continuous code quality improvement

* Respond to incidents during business hours to troubleshoot production issues

**Required**

* **2 years MIN** experience as a software engineer

* **Python** experience with at least one web application project (Tech stack: **Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, Celery**)

* Hands-on experience developing Web applications that include **REST APIs**

* **SQL** experience with any common relational database

* Experience working on Agile/Scrum teams

* Familiarity with writing unit and integration tests using frameworks like **Pytest, UnitTest, etc.**

* Experience working with a contemporary version control and branching system (e.g. Git)

* Bachelor's degree or greater in relevant field of study

**Bonus Skills**

* Experience building asynchronous job processing applications involving **RabbitMQ/Celery**

* Comfortable working with horizontally scalable systems (e.g. Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, EC2 behind a load balancer)

* Familiarity with load testing applications (e.g. **K6, Jmeter, Artillery**)

* Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

* Experience in our DevOps stack: Docker, Kubernetes/Helm, Jenkins

* Redis

* RabbitMQ or other major queueing systems (Kafka/PubSub/SQS)

* Agile development using Jira

**What we offer**

* Competitive compensation package & benefits

* Group company-sponsored medical, dental and vision

* 401k match with immediate vesting

* Health savings/flexible savings account, life insurance, and pre-tax commuter benefits

* Paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick, and parental leave

* Healthy company culture and diverse team

* Beautiful office steps from Grand Central

* Good vibes (happy hours, regular social activities, team projects, retreats)

NewtonX is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.