Senior Backend Developer

About the Position

We are looking for a talented, experienced, and highly-motivated backend developer to build and maintain services at Talka, joining our engineering team in one of our Lisbon, Toronto, or Silicon Valley offices.

Engineers at Talka are expected to get things done, while exercising a great degree of critical thinking, creativeness, and innovativeness in their solutions to our problems. As a backend developer at our startup, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying a multitude of services. You will work closely with our frontend and ML developers to promptly deploy cutting-edge ML applications.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing a team of engineers to deliver and maintain our services and APIs;
• Designing and implementing successful ML pipelines by working closely with the ML team;
• Implementing solutions for data storage;
• Participating in the backend design process, steering the team’s decisions, and providing constructive criticism;
• Estimating and managing project timelines and risk;
• Mentoring junior backend engineers.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or relevant industrial experience;
• Solid understanding of backend architectures and their trade-offs;
• Solid understanding of DevOps flow;
• Solid understanding of the modern CI/CD pipeline;
• Experience with database systems (SQL or NoSQL);
• Excellent Python skills;
• Experience with GCP, Azure, or AWS cloud platform;
• At least 3 years of backend development experience;
• Experience with developing REST or GraphQL API;
• Great communication skills;
• Proven ability to deliver quality code within budget and time constraints;
• Experience with microservice architecture (Bonus);
• Experience with machine learning development is a plus (Bonus);
• Experience with developing authentication systems relying on OAuth 2.0 protocol (Bonus).

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in Lisbon, Toronto, Silicon Valley, or remotely;
• Collaborative and innovative work environment;
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

About the Company

At Talka, we are committed to building cutting-edge ML applications and providing our clients with innovative solutions. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking company.