Senior Backend Engineer with SQL Expertise (Fully Remote) - EdTech

Job Overview

Job Description

About Us




Playpower Labs provides integrated software development services to solve challenging problems in the EdTech industry. We have best-in-the-business EdTech companies as our clients that serve millions of learners. We help them deliver the best learner experience through advanced technology. 




We are fully remote since pre-COVID times and plan to remain so. We are US-based, with a development center in Gandhinagar, India. 




Our belief 
Technology can help provide engaging and effective education for millions of learners word wide. For us, technology is a force multiplier.
The future of education will be supported by advanced online learning. We want to be right there to shape the future with ample experience in Ed-Tech, already on our side. The recent surge in online learning, due to COVID, has just vindicated the path we had already taken. 
Education data combined with AI has creates opportunities for novel technologies in education. We should harness this data to create learning experiences that are personalized and adaptive.



Day-to-day activity
Writing clean code with best quality, scalability, maintainability, readability in mind
Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes
Have a solution-oriented mindset and high load capacity system in mind
Troubleshoot issues using backend monitoring tools like Datadog, New Relic, etc
Strong Articulation skills - Ability to write/explain complex problems over email or call



What we are looking for? 
2+ years of relevant work experience as Senior Backend Engineer
Proficient in writing SQL queries, stored procedures, debugging/profiling queries (We use PostgreSQL)
Proficient in application development methods using Java, Spring Boot is preferred but we are open to other technologies
Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, scalable and performant applications
Having experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions or any other CI/CD platform
Experience working with AWS is highly preferable. We work heavily with AWS services like EC2, SNS and S3.
Good communication skills to collaborate for resolving inter-team dependencies and internal team blockers



Growth opportunities at Playpower Labs



We are looking for long-term career-oriented individuals. We eagerly wait to listen to your career aspirations and life dreams. Come, talk to us. We believe that there is always room for bright and motivated individuals to be part of a fast-growing company such as Playpower Labs.



Benefits
Opportunity for the on-site role 
Unlimited leave policy (yes, that is true!)
No time tracker/timesheet to fill ;)
Flexible working hours (except meetings)
Working desk and a MacBook Pro or anything equivalent