Assoc. Backend Engineer

NumeratorChicago, IL
19hOnsite

About The Position

Numerator is looking for a talented and passionate Associate Backend Engineer to join our team in our Chicago office. As part of our Insights backend team, you will be building new and improving existing services powering the Insights platform. This is a fast-paced role with high growth, visibility, impact, and where many of the decisions for new projects will be driven by you and your team from inception through production. If you are seeking an environment where you get to do meaningful work with other great engineers, then we want to hear from you!

Requirements

  • A minimum of 1-2 years of experience with Python, or some other object-oriented programming language like Ruby
  • Well versed in building the backend logic of web applications
  • Strong database skills (e.g. MySQL or Postgres)
  • Solid foundation in designing and developing scalable API’s
  • Understanding of general web architecture
  • A Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or some related discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with AWS
  • Experience with multithreaded programming
  • Comfortable with version control systems
  • Familiarity with message oriented architectures (Celery, RabbitMQ)
  • Familiarity with container-orchestration (Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable RESTful APIs and services using Python and modern frameworks to power the Numerator Insights platform.
  • Manage and maintain the underlying cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS) for our platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security of all backend systems.
  • Evaluate and implement new backend technologies, Python libraries, and architectural patterns to accelerate development and improve system efficiency and performance.

Benefits

  • An inclusive and collaborative company culture - we work in an open environment while working together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs as they come.
  • An opportunity to have an impact in a technologically data-driven company.
  • Ownership over platforms and environments in an industry-leading product.
  • Market competitive total compensation package.
  • Volunteer time off and charitable donation matching.
  • Strong support for career growth, including mentorship programs, leadership training, access to conferences and employee resources groups.
  • Regular hackathons to build your own projects and Engineering Lunch and Learns.
  • Great benefits package including health/vision/dental, flexible PTO, flexible schedule, RRSPs matching, travel reimbursement and more.
  • An opportunity to work in a fast moving growth company.
  • If this sounds like something you would like to be part of, we’d love for you to apply!
  • Don't worry if you think that you don't meet all the qualifications here, the tools, technology, and methodologies we use are constantly changing and we value talent and interest over specific experience.
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