Backend Software Engineer

Job Description

WHO ARE YOU?

Do you enjoy dance music? Are you an experienced developer? Then you're in luck! We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who embodies both a passion for dance culture and developing web based products. Is this you? Read on…

THE ROLE
Insomniac Events is seeking a highly skilled Backend Software Engineer for a hybrid eligible position.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality code releases and managing multiple development projects while providing direction on software design and development processes. You must have experience with back-end systems, automated testing, AWS, and Git workflow. The ability to work collaboratively with internal and offshore development teams is essential, as well as experience with Kubernetes, RESTful and GraphQL services, and event-driven microservice architecture.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collaborate with product, design, and marketing teams to build and maintain new features to achieve roadmap goals
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Partner with offshore development teams to build innovative new features that operate at scale
• Write clean, secure, and reusable code while working closely with internal and offshore development teams
• Support debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Strategize and manage multiple development projects while providing direction on software design and development processes

QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or 3+ years of equivalent work experience working with a team
• Demonstrated fluency in React (with Typescript) and Go (bonus points for Next.js)
• Experience writing automated tests
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, Route 53, Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, etc.)
• Unix/Linux web server knowledge and applied understanding (SSL certificates / DNS / email setup)
• Experience with Kubernetes and managing CI/CD tooling
• Git workflow (branching, merging, tagging, cherry picking)
• Understanding of RESTful and GraphQL services and how to interact with them
• Experienced with event-driven microservice architecture
• Database design concepts and experience with SQL (primarily Postgres)
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with a diverse population

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT
• Experience & confidence to help direct discussions about an optimal infrastructure configuration for our needs
• Experience writing automated E2E tests
• Experience with implementing automated tooling to standardize & streamline software engineering workflows
• Experience implementing observability & logging systems across multiple services (Golang, Typescript (Node.js), Typescript (Next.js)) for the purposes of debugging & performance testing
• Experience in the travel industry

WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Must be able to tolerate loud noise levels & busy environments
• Must be willing to work in drastic temperature climates when onsite at our events
• Must be willing to travel to work during evening and weekend hours, as required, to meet deadlines

Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by Insomniac for a visa.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnykmk-18-222-163-31-42 in your application.