Software Engineer I - Backend

Ziff Davis is seeking a passionate Software Engineer I to join their dynamic and innovative development team. The role involves contributing to web application service development, deployment, scalability, and legacy system migrations, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and optimizing data storage and retrieval processes.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and specifications
• Grow your expertise in developing high-quality, efficient, and maintainable web, mobile, and data handling services using Golang, JavaScript, and PHP
• Grow your expertise in database technologies, including MySQL, Redshift, Athena and S3, to optimize data storage and retrieval processes
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to coding standards
• Eager to help with the full-stack when needed
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues, identifying and implementing solutions in a timely manner
• Participate in agile development methodologies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in web development, and actively contribute to the adoption of new technologies and best practices within the team
• Be self-driven. You need to be comfortable reaching out to cross-functional team members to find the information you need to complete tasks
• Use LLM/AI tools to ramp up on codebases, complete boilerplate tasks, and assist with code completions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent working experience
• 1+ years of professional experience in software development
• Experience with Git
• Experience with database technologies
• Experience implementing a server API
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React
• Experience with CoffeeScript, PHP
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with observability
• Experience using AWS or similar cloud computing environments to build and scale a web application
• Experience with API documentation such as OpenAPI