Senior Backend Developer

Nanit

Welcome to Nanit, the high-growth baby tech company that is changing the way parents view their babies' wellness through the world's most advanced baby monitor and parenting products. In 2016, the Nanit baby monitor revolutionized the industry with computer vision and machine-learning capabilities that helped parents understand their baby's sleep patterns and allowed them to achieve better sleep quality. Now, the company has become the leader in the connected parenting space, with an incredible customer base of highly engaged parents who look to Nanit as a source of information and expertise on their parenting journey.

About You:

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will take a leading role in our engineering team, influencing product development from design to production. You will have a crucial role in enhancing our product's capabilities and efficiency. If you're someone who loves responsibility, challenges and considers software engineering as a craft, you're the right fit for us.

Your Impact:

• Enhance a backend system with cutting-edge technologies to support hundreds of thousands of global cameras.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering technical excellence and alignment with company objectives.
• Advocate projects, promote engineering best practices, and contribute to software craftsmanship.
• Work with diverse programming languages like Rust, Clojure, Ruby, and Golang.
• Work in close collaboration with other teams in the company, handling mission-critical microservices and APIs.
  
  

• 5+ years of backend software development with strong coding skills, and experience in software design/architecture.
• Experience with high-scale, critical production systems and techniques like load balancing, caching, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in designing and maintaining web services and understanding various protocols (REST, gRPC, WebSocket).
• Solid experience in testing methodologies and test automation frameworks.
• Proficient in monitoring and observability with tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Jaeger.
• Proven experience in delivering large, successful backend projects.
• Strong problem-solving abilities under pressure and leadership experience.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes will be an advantage.