Flare is a real-time platform that brings together the fragmented ecosystem of emergency responders in emerging markets. We use real-time and managed data to coordinate emergency response to save lives. Described as the the 911 of the future, by Fast company, Flare uses modern technologies to save lives and make peace-of-mind accessible to billions of people living without access to emergency support. Fast Company Article: https://www.fastcompany.com/company/flare
A database-centric backend is at the core of the success and functionality of our platform - and we're looking to grow the backend team with additional senior/experienced developers, fluent in database best practices, real-time big data management, system scalability, and, of course, writing quality production-ready code. This is open to fully remote and partially remote work, and candidates will ideally be located within GMT to GMT+3.
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL (especially implementing business logic with stored functions and security concerns such as RLS).
- Incremental database-migration workflows
- Excellent SQL, data transformation and analytical skills
- Strong data architecture expertise with the ability to implement secure and performant relational databases
- Experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining core backend software components and services
- Ability to solve latency, and performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency, highly-available systems
- Self-starter attitude and the ability to execute new ideas with autonomy
- Amazing communication and collaboration skills, team-oriented work style
Nice to have
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience Node.js (JavaScript/Typescript), monorepos
- Experience of Amazon Web Services
- Experience with production distributed systems, web applications and integrations with third-party APIs
Benefits
Lean and agile team of highly-skilled and experienced global tech talent.
Mission-driven team &work;chance to work on live and action-packed lifesaving platform.
Delicious daily breakfast and lunch (when in the office).
Can be fully remote or partly remote, #LI-Remote or in-office with full-time benefits and covers.
Flexible working environment and hours.
Flexible holiday/vacation policy.
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