As a Senior Backend Engineer at Salesfinity, you'll play a crucial role in driving our mission to revolutionize sales automation. Headquartered in San Francisco, our B2B SaaS startup is dedicated to empowering sales teams with real-time customer conversations and streamlined workflows. If you're a backend wizard with a strong command over Node.js, AWS, and building REST APIs, this role is tailor-made for you.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and develop scalable backend solutions to enhance our sales automation software using Node.js and other relevant technologies.
- Collaborate closely with the product team to understand requirements, design APIs, and implement robust features.
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs to enable seamless integration with third-party applications and services.
- Implement real-time communication using web sockets to facilitate instant customer interactions on the phone.
- Work on database design and optimization to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.
- Take ownership of product features, from the initial concept to deployment, and contribute to continuous improvements.
Requirements:
- Proficient in Node.js and backend development with a strong focus on writing clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
- Extensive experience in building RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party applications.
- Familiarity with AWS services and cloud architecture to deploy scalable solutions.
- Knowledge of web sockets and real-time communication protocols.
- Strong understanding of databases and experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
- Proficient in version control using Git and collaborative development workflows.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
- Excellent communication skills to convey technical ideas and collaborate with colleagues.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience with serverless architectures and microservices.
- Familiarity with frontend technologies like React JS to facilitate effective collaboration with frontend engineers.