Description
About this role
The Core Services team is responsible for some of the key services. We work primarily with a high-volume, low-latency microservices environment built on Kotlin, Spring, GraphQL, Kotlin, gRPC, and DynamoDB. Working on the team, you will build the APIs and microservices for products and features that impact millions of learners.
What you'll be doing
- Contribute to the process of defining and designing features in a highly collaborative agile environment
- Design, specify and implement features and services
- Participate in code reviews making sure that our code is well designed, tested, robust, secure, performant and readable
- Document, monitor and maintain features post-release
- Contribute to a team culture that values openness, inclusiveness, quality, robustness, and scalability while fostering innovation
- Grow your Software Engineering skills!
Requirements
What you’ll have
- Minimum three (3) years of experience as a full-stack or backend software engineer
- Experience building APIs and backend services called by frontend interfaces
- Knowledge of Object Oriented software design patterns and computer science fundamentals (e.g. data structures, algorithms).Web application development using modern frameworks
- Experience with Testing methods, including unit and integration tests
- Minimum 2 years of experience with Java, Kotlin or other strongly typed language
- Excellent communication skills in English
Preferred but not required:
- Experience with microservice development and communications using gRPC.
- Experience with Spring Boot Microservices
- Experience defining and developing APIs with GraphQL
- Experience working with Real-time messaging and NoSQL infrastructures: Redis, Kafka, DynamoDB, etc.
- Familiarity with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Marathon, Nomad, etc.)
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (DataDog, etc.)
About your Skills
- Strong Communication Skills: You excel in articulating complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and transparent work environment.
- Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: You approach challenges with a logical and analytical mindset, systematically analyzing problems, identifying root causes, and devising innovative solutions that address both short-term needs and long-term objectives.
- Team Collaboration: You excel in fostering collaboration within cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives and expertise to achieve common goals and deliver successful outcomes.