Remote Lead Back-end Engineer Jobs
About Turing.com: Turing’s mission is to unleash the world’s untapped human potential. We use AI to source, evaluate, hire, onboard, and manage engineers remotely (including the HR and compliance aspects) in a bigger platform that we call the “Talent Cloud”. We recently achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1B, after raising over $140M in financing over four rounds of funding. 900+ companies including companies like Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Dell, Disney +, and Coinbase have hired Turing developers. About the role: We, at Turing, are looking for talented remote lead back-end engineers who will be responsible for leading the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, ensuring high performant and responsive requests from the front-end, and managing the interchange of data between the server and users. Here's the best chance to collaborate with top industry leaders while working with top Silicon Valley companies. Job responsibilities: - Lead the development of high-performing, scalable, responsive and available back-end infrastructure - Contribute to the processes of site architecture, feature components, development process, SDLC tools, and system design - Transform product requirements and technical designs into a well-structured, clean, scalable and robust code - Explore new technologies or methodologies to improve the architecture, user experience, and the overall development process - Participate in code reviews, pay attention to feedback and share your knowledge with other team members and stakeholders - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new growth initiatives - Recognize performance bottlenecks, propose and implement effective solutions Job requirements: - Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or IT (or equivalent experience) - 5+ years of experience in back-end software development (rare exceptions for highly skilled developers) - In-depth understanding of web development and recent development experience with Ruby/Node - Strong experience with programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP and Python - Sound knowledge and expertise in CMS framework - Solid understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS - Strong grasp of software engineering development cycles, software engineering fundamentals and their practical applications - Knowledge of back-end services or distributed systems - Expertise in OOP languages like Java, Python, R, Ruby, Perl, etc. and tools like PostgreSQL and Redis - Fluent in English to communicate effectively - Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) with a 4 hour overlap with US time zones Apply Job!