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Luckily, you happen to be living through it. Now what?\nIf you’re one of those rare people driven to add their intellectual energy to the relentless momentum of technological advancement, consider Loka your optimal leverage point.\nLoka, a globally distributed tech consultancy based in Silicon Valley, is seeking an Advanced Backend Engineer to join our growing team. In this position you’ll serve as the primary specialist in designing and implementing Backend solutions across multiple projects. Your expertise in Python and/or NodeJs development will help us design and deliver high-performing, reliable and secure backend applications. Ultimately we expect you to not just fit in with our Backend crew but to elevate it to new heights.\nWe count more than 100 certified specialists, technical experts and PhDs among our teammates, all of whom contribute their brilliance to serving our clients as well as to mentoring junior colleagues. We work entirely remotely, test new ideas with an in-house incubator called LokaLabs, observe local holidays and take every other Friday off (really). We’re as proud of our culture as we are of our projects. You will be too.\nThe Role\nDesign, develop and implement Backend components spanning APIs, serverless functions, distributed services, queue systems, data storage services and more.\nContribute to decisions around architectural trade-offs on a system, as well as application level with performance requirements and external constraints in mind.\nContribute to and implement security and data-protection best practices across systems.\nRaise the quality bar by maintaining effective test suites and writing clean code and documentation.\nWork together with your technical leads and clients to gather requirements, align expectations and provide updates on deliverables.\nFollow Loka’s career track for growth by demonstrating technical excellence, innovation, autonomy, ownership, communication and teamwork.\nDirect report to a Backend Lead.\nStay up to date with industry trends to incorporate cutting-edge techniques and tools into projects.\nParticipate in cross-functional collaboration with other teams (Machine Learning, Data Engineering, etc.) to ensure seamless integration of Backend solutions.\nTake full responsibility for assigned tasks and projects, ensuring accountability for outcomes and results.\nRequired Hard Skills\n3+ years Backend development\nFluent in Python or NodeJs (Typescript)\nStrong CS foundation\nUnderstanding of API/Web communication protocols (openapi, grpc, etc)\nUnderstand concurrency concepts in APIs/Web\nUnderstand cloud services and landscape\nUnderstand traditional and serverless architectures\nCapable of working container-first\nNot Required but Nice to Have\nLanguages: Go, Typescript, PHP, Ruby\nFrameworks: Django, FastAPI, NextJS, Express, Laravel, RoR\nDatabases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL, Redis\nExperience working with and building CI/CD pipelines\nExperience working with AWS\nExperience with DevOps tools (AWS CDK, cdktf or terraform)\nExperience with generative AI tools and services\nExperience with observability tools and stacks\nAdditional Requirements\nExcellent English: As a global team we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications\nCV written in English\nPersonality Profile\nCurious: You strive to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack.\nAutonomous: We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team.\nCollaborative: You work well as a team player.\nAdaptable: You operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace.\nBenefits\nEvery other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)\nRemote and flexible\nExplore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)\nPaid sick days and local holidays\nBusiness English classes program\nContinuous Learning Support\nFitness and/or Mental Health Subscriptions\nAccess to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program\nDefined career path\nYour achievements matter to us! 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