Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Description:

• Pocket Prep is a leading mobile and web-based learning platform that offers efficient and affordable study solutions for professional certifications.
• The engineering team collaborates with product and design teams to develop high-quality, resilient, and accessible applications.
• The Senior Backend Engineer will maintain and add new functionality to application servers that handle requests from client-facing applications.
• This role will contribute to production codebases and test suites, working on endpoints that serve students, instructors, content writers, editors, and external partners.
• Responsibilities include developing and maintaining backend server applications, coordinating with the product team for client releases, and monitoring system health.
• The engineer will collaborate with the larger engineering team to develop best practices and code style guidelines.
• The role may involve rebuilding server infrastructure in a memory-safe language such as Go or Rust, depending on experience and interest.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 4 years of backend development experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript and NodeJS for backend development is essential.
• Experience in specifying and maintaining APIs for external consumption is necessary.
• Proficiency in writing tests with Jest or similar frameworks is required.
• Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases is needed.
• Preferred qualifications include experience in delivering solutions in languages like Go or Rust, managing CI and deployment pipelines, and working on projects from ideation to release and maintenance.
• Candidates should exhibit an engineer’s mindset, a desire to collaborate, humility, and comfort with being nimble and experimental in product development.

Benefits:

• Pocket Prep offers stability as a 10+ year-old, 100% profitable company with year-over-year growth.
• Employees enjoy a work/life balance with flexible PTO and a 3-week company-wide holiday break from mid-December through New Year.
• Competitive compensation includes a generous profit-sharing program and a base pay range of $127,300-$140,700 based on experience and location.
• The company covers 100% of employees' healthcare premiums and 80% for dependents, demonstrating investment in employee well-being.
• Remote flexibility allows employees to work where and when they are most effective, with an office available in downtown Durham, North Carolina.
• Pocket Prep encourages community engagement through volunteer partnerships and offers volunteer time off (VTO) for independent community involvement.