Job Description
Salary:
Senior Backend Engineer - Immutably
Cambridge, MA
About this position:
Context Labs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help drive forward our product initiatives with our Immutably Platform and analytics spaces. Working as an integral leader within the development team, the engineer will lead many aspects of developing our platform services, APIs, and related product capabilities; as well as provide thought leadership, upskilling of less senior engineers, and taking part in defining strategic linkages across the company's products. This role will report to the SVP, Engineering.
In this role you will:
* Provide leadership on the API services engineering team as a technical authority.
* Develop and maintain APIs and services for use within the Immutably Platform.
* Collaborate with other development teams and the product owner to define and estimate business requirements and then translate these into specific software tasks.
* Lead hands-on software development in various projects and (minimally JVM).
* Provide exemplary code, structure, design, etc. for the platform services team to use as guidelines.
* Document designs, architecture, code.
* Conduct code reviews.
* Design and implement performant, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
* Collaborate as a member of an agile team to develop and complete products with best-in-class software development practices.
* Coach and mentor team members through technological and methodological challenges.
* Coordinate across a distributed team spanning multiple time zones.
* Perform other duties as reasonably required by the company.
Experience & Skills:
* 7+ years of experience in full-stack development.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Detailed experience with authentication and authorization systems (auth0, Keycloak, Okta, OAuth, or similar).
* Familiarity with distributed authorization systems like OPA, Zanzibar, etc.
* Ability to work independently.
* End-to-end understanding of modern application architectures.
* Proficiency in object-oriented development.
* Proficiency in unit and functional testing.
* Proficiency in API development and integration (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC, etc.).
* Experience with Java frameworks such as Spring.
* Proficiency with Docker-based microservice architectures and Kubernetes.
* Proficiency with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or equivalent RDBMS.
* Proficiency in source code management.
Additional Experience:
* Experience with functional programming.
* Experience with languages other than Java (e.g., Kotlin).
* Experience with frameworks other than Spring (Quarkus/Helidon/etc.).
* Experience leading technical talks on microservice systems.
* Experience with NoSQL/NewSQL databases.
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Why you'll like it here:
* Context Labs is collaborative at its core, fostering continuous learning and discovery.
* We aim to build meaningful products that positively impact climate change.
* Our mission is to transform complex data into trusted, actionable information using our Immutably platform.
We understand that applying for a job can be intimidating. We encourage all interested applicants, even if they don't meet every requirement.
Context Labs embraces diversity and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Contact Human Resources at HR@contextlabs.com for assistance.
Who we are:
Context Labs is dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and contextualizing climate information. Our platform delivers Asset Grade Data, enabling insights and solutions for market and environmental challenges. Founded from MIT research, we have offices in Amsterdam, Cambridge, and Houston.
Learn more at www.contextlabs.com
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