Platform Backend Engineer

Description:

Fiverr’s Platform-Core team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will be a positive addition to our team. As a Senior Software Developer at Fiverr, you will build high-performance service APIs that drive our website and devices. The right person for this role is passionate about building systems that are optimized for scalability, efficiency, quality, and uptime. I

If you are someone who gets excited with sub-millisecond service response time in a fast-growing scalable platform, then this is the role for you.

You will be working with cutting-edge technologies such as Kotlin, Nodejs, Typescript, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Redis, and many more...

• Manage the full development lifecycle: architecture, design, development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Develop highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable core services with robust testing.
• Collaborate closely with team members to meet product and business objectives.
• Explore and experiment with emerging technologies to ensure future scalability and growth.

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in distributed backend systems.
• Experienced developer with a passion for excellence and very strong coding skills.
• Excellent understanding of modern web application architecture and design.
• Strong knowledge of modern software languages (one of NodeJs, Java, Kotlin, etc).
• Strong knowledge working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced highly committed environment.
• BSc/MSc in Computer Science from a leading institute or technology army experience.
• Experience with administering large-scale web applications on modern platforms.
• Enthusiasm for achieving sub-millisecond gains in service response time.
• Experience dealing with production issues at scale.

At Fiverr, we’re not about checklists. If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements for this role but still feel passionate about the position and think it’ll make your life more fulfilling, we want to hear from you.