Backend Engineer - Europe/UK Timezone

About This Role

Key ResponsibilitiesAI-extracted

• 1
  Build and operate high-throughput, low-latency services that handle millions of requests per minute
• 2
  Focus on tail latency, caching, and distributed systems failure modes to ensure high performance and reliability
• 3
  Work on feature flags evaluation and real-time decision engines, including architecture, development, and maintenance
• 4
  Own whole services and set their latency and uptime targets, with a focus on driving them to completion without being managed
• 5
  Collaborate with teammates to balance the team and overlap with them daily, while working independently for much of the day

RequirementsAI-extracted

• Experience building and operating systems that handle high volumes of requests or data, with a focus on tail latency and caching
• Productivity in Rust and Python, or confidence in getting there quickly
• Ability to work independently, pick a sensible architecture, and drive it to completion without being managed
• Typically: experience with feature flags, customer data platforms, or other real-time decision engines
• Typically: experience with cloud infrastructure, benchmarking and profiling tools, and incident management

Perks & BenefitsAI-extracted