Backend Engineer • Senior

Who you are

5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems at scale — you've owned services from design through deployment and have war stories from debugging complex distributed systems issues. You have deep expertise in Java and are comfortable working with APIs, ensuring they are efficient and reliable for high-volume data processing. Your experience includes optimizing database performance and data models to support complex analytical queries, making you adept at handling large datasets. You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with frontend engineers to design clean and efficient API contracts. You are passionate about establishing backend engineering best practices and enjoy mentoring other engineers on your team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What you'll do

In this role, you will design and build scalable backend services and APIs that process massive marketing datasets with high reliability. You will architect distributed systems capable of handling 10x growth in data volume and customer workloads, ensuring that the systems remain robust and efficient. Your responsibilities will include optimizing database performance and data models to support complex analytical queries at scale, which is crucial for delivering actionable insights to clients. You will build robust data processing pipelines that transform raw marketing data into insights that Fortune 100 companies can rely on for multimillion-dollar decisions. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with frontend engineers to design clean, efficient API contracts that enhance the overall user experience. Additionally, you will establish backend engineering best practices and mentor other engineers, helping to elevate the team's technical capabilities.

What we offer

At Alembic, you will be part of a team that is tackling some of marketing's hardest problems. We offer a dynamic work environment where you can take significant technical ownership of your projects. You will have the opportunity to work on complex distributed systems at enterprise scale, which will challenge and enhance your skills. We believe in fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, where your contributions will directly impact the success of our clients. Join us to decode the chaos of modern marketing and build trusted systems that drive real results.