Senior Backend / API Engineer

Company: SimpleHash

Location: San Francisco

Closing Date: 15/10/2024

Salary: £250 Per Annum

Hours: Full Time

Type: Permanent

Job Requirements / Description

(Full Time) Senior Backend / API Engineer at SimpleHash (United States)

SimpleHash United States

Date Posted: 31 Oct, 2022

Work Location: San Francisco, United States

Salary Offered: $170000 — $220000 yearly

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 6+ years

Remote Work: No

Stock Options: Yes

Vacancies: 1 available

We are hiring for this role in-person in San Francisco - this is not a remote position

Responsibilities:

Own, build and scale the API infrastructure serving data from the SimpleHash platform
Implement optimizations designed to improve the response time of our API endpoints for our users
Work hand in hand with our CTO to thoughtfully design and implement core models and primitives underpinning our indexing and database setup
Own and build the full testing and documentation setup for the SimpleHash API

Requirements:

5+ years working on building and scaling API-centered products and services
Experience with designing REST-based APIs
Deep knowledge of relational databases and SQL, specifically on optimizing query and index performance
Experience improving the response times of API services, including using caching systems and other optimizations

Nice to haves:

Experience defining SLOs and implementing monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Experience using Docker and CI/CD flows

We’re looking for someone who has:

Excitement about working at an early-stage startup, and the opportunity to have an outsized influence on the trajectory of the company
High standards, for themself and others, and attention to detail
Pride in owning projects end to end and driving them to successful completion
A strong sense of urgency and a bias to action
Open communication skills — asks questions, assumes good intentions, and defaults to transparency
Curiosity about web3 / crypto - prior experience not needed, but we hope you’re excited about the space