Senior Backend Engineer

At Arthur, we are building the first platform for Responsible AI. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design & build APIs and developer tools that will empower our customers and our internal teams. The ideal candidate will be a strong hands-on coder but will also be a passionate advocate for technical users of our back-end systems, have foundational skills in designing & building APIs and/or SDKs, and will guide and grow the skills of our back-end engineering teams.

As Senior Backend Engineer, you will:

• Design & implement scalable REST APIs that are consumed by our customers & our internal team for both front-end interfaces and programmatic consumption
• Work closely with our data engineering team to build a back-end platform that can resiliently ingest petabytes of data for our multi-tenant, highly-available SaaS platform.
• Define a testing & monitoring strategy to ensure versioned, stable, scalable code can be continuously released without impact to our customers
• Make proactive recommendations about what technologies & paradigms are right given our goals & constraints
• Exhibit continuous curiosity in understanding emerging technology that improve our ability to deliver
• Mentor others on engineering best practices

Qualifications:

• 4+ years software engineering experience with an emphasis on building backend services
• Experience with backend REST-ful frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, Play, Lift
• Experience designing & building unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests for a microservices architecture
• Experience integrating with DBs, SQL or NoSql, such as Postgres
• Expert-level proficiency in at least one development language, such Python, Scala, or Java
• Experience securing application code using role-based access control (RBAC)
• CS (preferred) or other technical degree, or equivalent practical experience

Preferences

• Experience working with cloud environments such as AWS and GCP
• Experience contributing to open-source software, building SDKs, or CLIs
• Familiarity with machine learning & AI
• Familiarity with enterprise integration technologies & protocols such as SAML and LDAP
• Experience running a 24x7 SaaS platform with an SLA

We offer

• Working with a small, fast-growing team, lots of opportunity to take ownership and run with projects
• The opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a rapidly growing startup, working with a cutting-edge technology stack
• Generous equity
• A culture that empowers great people to accomplish great things
• Full benefits package