Backend / API Engineer, Metronome
Build and operate backend products and distributed systems for billing and financial infrastructure. The role requires 2–12+ years of backend development experience, strong coding and collaboration skills, and the ability to work autonomously while mentoring engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design the next generation of products to meet the high-growth needs of the company and its customers.
- Deliver value through a collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers.
- Mentor engineers and help them grow.
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
Requirements
- 2–12+ years of experience in backend software development.
- Ability to write high-quality code in programming languages such as Go, Java, and C/C++.
- Hands-on experience contributing to or building large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to work across work streams and contribute to peers' success.
- Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures.
- Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems.
- Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage revenue operations.
- Direct leadership and mentorship experience.
Skills
Go, Java, C, C++, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, Subscription Management, Usage-Based Billing, Financial Reporting, Backend Development
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