Responsibilities
- Design and implement RESTful APIs that allow both internal and external consumers to securely access and manipulate data for use across Flatiron’s technology platform
- Architect, deploy, and operate distributed services by building reliable and scalable distributed backend systems that can handle high volumes of incoming requests, ensuring efficient scaling and load distribution
- Proactively address potential failures—such as network issues or resource limitations—to keep services online and prevent downtime and enhance reliability
- Continuously refine service efficiency to minimize infrastructure costs related to compute power and data storage to optimize performance
- Develop scripts and workflows to automate processes, reduce manual tasks, minimize operational overhead, and maintain consistent performance
- Utilize relational database management systems (e.g., MySQL) to design effective data schemas and manage information critical to the services
- Understand networking principles to troubleshoot connectivity issues, ensure smooth inter-service communication, and optimize traffic flow
Requirements
- Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science or related field
- Architect and implement scalable server-side components, services, and RESTful (Representational State Transfer) APIs using modern programming language
- Utilizing containerization frameworks to create and test service artifacts
- Implement scripts, command line utilities, and services written in Python (v3.8) and related tooling
- Build and implement high availability, fault tolerance, and scalable distributed systems using highly available database storage technologies (including DynamoDB) and key-value stores (including Redis)
- Leverage deep knowledge of advanced data structures (including binary search, stack, queue, trie, graph) and algorithms (Topological sort, KMP, Raft) to solve scalability challenges in large, distributed systems
- Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks using debugging, profiling, and automated testing techniques
Benefits
- Annual bonus and equity may be provided as part of the compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — New York, NY
Additional Information
- May telecommute up to 2 days per week
