Senior Backend Engineer
Mondly by Pearson
English Language Learning Division
Spain - Madrid OR remote
Mondly by Pearson:
At Pearson, we're committed to a world that's always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better.
Job Summary:
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work on the Mondly by Pearson's core products alongside one of the most capable teams of professionals in the app development world. You will have full ownership of your projects, covering responsibilities from software architecture to development, testing, maintenance, and deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop medium to high-complexity features for the Mondly by Pearson's web apps and implement back-end functionality that will reach millions of users.
Collaborate efficiently with the web development and design teams to implement, adapt and deploy design templates.
Collaborate with product owners and UI/UX designers to create prototypes for new and enhanced features.
Work with designers, backend engineers and product owners to deliver an optimized product and exceptional user experience.
Conduct A/B and other testing strategies to optimize performance.
Produce quality code that is robust, efficient, reliable, and maintainable, using technologies like Yii2 (PHP framework), Ember.js (Javascript framework), MySQL, AWS, Redis, MongoDB.
Evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices and leverage those that would strengthen our applications.
Demonstrate ability to multitask, manage and own concurrent project efforts, and work with minimal supervision in a team environment.
Collaborate with product delivery team to ensure technical feasibility for new features and enhancements to the existing features.
Choose the best technical solutions, perform database migrations when needed, test the apps and develop bug fixes.
Ensure that any new feature has a back-end and a database architecture that can support a large volume of users (100 million and growing).
Optimize and improve current tools and applications to meet dynamic business requirements.
Scale the backend processes; improve release pipeline, build automation and monitoring.
Be able to mentor new and more junior engineers in the team. Organize peer code-reviews to spot problems and ensure quality of the product.
Ensure data quality and integrity.
Test and debug the tools and applications performance.
Research and stay up-to-date on the latest trends and techniques in web software development.
Monitor and ensure performance, scaling capacity and cost optimization for cloud services and infrastructure.
Ensure that agreed product performance metrics are available and ready to be consumed.
Promote a culture of partnership, teamwork, innovation and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Participate in a highly collaborative, customer-centred, data-driven culture.
Duly observe all applicable health and safety laws and regulations.
Qualifications & Skills :
Degree (or equivalent) preferred ideally in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Proficiency with back-end programming languages and related frameworks.
Nice to have but not mandatory front-end skills and experience.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with several teams.
Considerable experience in building and maintaining digital products.
Good understanding of the whole development lifecycle.
Strong understanding of software quality assurance principles.
A problem-solving mind-set with great attention to detail.
Strong customer empathy and ability to translate customer insights into winning product management strategies.
Passion for education and learning.
Proficiency in English, both spoken and written.
Our Tech Stack:
PHP 8
Yii2 Framework
MySQL 8
Elasticsearch 8.x
MongoDB 5.x
Redis 6.2
AWS
ElasticBeanstalk
SQS
SNS
EmberJS 3.16+
ReactJS
NextJS
Why join Mondly by Pearson?
Opportunity to work on impactful projects that reach millions of users worldwide. Collaborative and inclusive company culture that values diversity and innovation. Competitive salary and benefits package. Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options.
What to expect from Pearson
At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging.
Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations.
Job: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: English Language Learning
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Remote
Req ID: 16364
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