Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) at Beauty Butler

Beauty Butler is building the easiest way to book beauty, hair and spa treatments, straight to your home. We’re an on-demand beauty and wellness marketplace committed to delivering our customers the most seamless and reliable experience. Our focus is on redefining the beauty industry by bringing self-care to you in one click.

Beauty Butler is growing rapidly and changing constantly, allowing our team to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, paid parental leave, and more.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Fully Remote
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

• As a Senior Backend Engineer at Beauty Butler, you’ll contribute to the design and development of our data architecture and interfaces for our app.
• You’ll work closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers, to build out a Beauty Butler that meets our user’s expectations.
• You’ll work in a fast-growing entrepreneurial atmosphere and learn the inner workings of startups. We run a flat, inclusive team that wants to hear great ideas from everyone on the team.
• If you are passionate about building new use cases and driving 0 > 1 opportunities, this role is for you!.

You’re Excited About This Because You’ll Do

• Backend Development: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust and scalable backend systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and understand requirements for new features and enhancements.
• System Architecture: Participate in technical architecture discussions and actively contribute to decision-making processes, including cloud architecture design. Design and implement high-performance, reliable, and secure backend architecture.
• API Development:Help design, develop, and launch cloud-native, API-driven web applications. Ensure API compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Performance Optimisation: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in backend systems to ensure optimal system responsiveness. Conduct regular performance testing and implement improvements as needed.
• Database Administrators (DBAs): Design, implement, and maintain the database architecture of the booking management software. Have expertise in database management systems, data modeling, indexing, and query optimization.
• Code Review & Quality Assurance: Continuously conduct refactoring, evolve standards, and improve build and test systems for code quality; implement documentation, code review, and CI/CD processes. Implement and advocate for best practices in coding, testing, and documentation.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Brainstorm with Product Managers and Engineers to conceptualize and build new features. ****Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers within the team.
• Troubleshooting & Support: Collaborate with the support team to troubleshoot and resolve backend-related issues promptly. Participate in on-call rotations to address critical system issues.
• Quality Champion: Provide QA on our apps before deployment. Be accountable for good or bad user experience outcomes in your work.
• Enthusiast: Keep abreast of industry trends, engineering tools, and emerging technologies to bring innovative ideas to the table.

We’re Excited About You Because

• You have 5+ years of work experience in Backend Development or a similar role. You have a strong consumer experience portfolio across mobile and web.
• You have expertise in server-side programming languages such as Node.js (JavaScript), Python, Ruby, Java, or PHP. You are familiar with server-side frameworks such as Express (Node.js), Django (Python), Ruby on Rails (Ruby), Spring (Java), or Laravel (PHP).
• You have experience with database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and others.
• You can design and develop robust APIs for communication between frontend and backend components.
• You have extensive experience with database systems, including designing and optimizing database schemas.
• You have experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing backend infrastructure.
• You are familiar with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• You have an in-depth understanding of security best practices for web applications. You have expertise in cybersecurity best practices, encryption techniques, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices.
• You have proven experience in building scalable and efficient server-side systems.
• You are proficient in version control systems, with the ability to establish branching strategies and code review processes.
• You excel in complex problem spaces, aren’t afraid to ask important questions and bring clarity to your teams.
• You have a bias for action - speed matters in business. An act-like-an-owner mentality. We want calculated risk-takers.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to present and justify engineering decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You are a strong facilitator who can lead and collaborate across lots of different functions.
• You’re a self-motivated, creative, and solutions-focused team player.
• You have excellent leadership, judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have:

• A track record of leading 0 > 1 initiatives is a big plus.
• Knowledge of booking and management software is a plus.

Salary
N500,000 - N700,000 monthly.

Beauty Butler Benefits:

• Fully remote (physical meeting as required).
• Make an immediate impact on our product from day one.
• Enjoy flexible work schedules and paid time off.
• Join a vibrant, social team with daily interactions.
• Engage in regular team-building events and happy hours.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online