We’re looking for a full-time Backend Architect with extensive SaaS experience tp help build our flagship product, Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). This is an amazing opportunity to build something from the ground up and integrate our existing Client/Server products with Cloud to deliver a new wave of services and functionality to our users. The work is challenging, but that’s why it’s also fun and rewarding! Plus, our team is small, so you and your work will have a large impact.
What You Will Do
Design, architect and support the team in building performant, reliable and high-quality systems
Interact with stakeholders to translate business needs to clear technical specs and architecture
documents
Establish frameworks, define development and security guidelines to allow the dev teams to operate
with ease
Participate in code and design reviews identifying potential improvements
Identify and uphold engineering best practices
Develop scalable, high-volume, performant API-first applications focused on simplicity
and user delight
Plan solutions to highly complex problems well in advance of development starting
Interact with devops engineers to help build a resilient infrastructure and CI/CD system
Your Experience
3-5 years experience setting architectural direction of a web-based product, bonus points for hybrid
on-prem/cloud design
A deep understanding of modern approaches to building application architecture
5+ years programming in Go with excellent programming fundamentals
Experience with MongoDB, MySQL or PostgreSQL
Comfortable with Linux (CentOS or Debian or Ubuntu)
Great experience with Client/Server applications
Experience in building products on cloud computing platform (AWS or GCP or OpenShift)
Good command of git, familiarity with Github Actions
Ability to work with others as well as independently in a fully remote environment
Excellent written and verbal English language skills
What Will Make You Stand Out
Knowledge of other databases/data stores (ex: redis, clickhouse)
Deep knowledge of security and encryption techniques for transmitting and storing sensitive data
Experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with continuous deployment to cloud / virtualized environments
Experience with Prometheus or other systems monitoring tools
College degree in Computer Science or similar
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