Software Development Engineer - 1 : Backend : Go | Python

Engineering @ SeaSBee

Building for scale, rapid iterative development, and customer-centric product thinking at each step define every day for a SeaSBee engineer. If building technology that impacts millions, brainstorming with some of the best minds in the country, executing at lightning speed, product-driven thinking, and owning your work from start to finish excites you, then SeaSBee is the right place for you.

About the role: 

As a Software Development Engineer - 1 Backend, you'll contribute to building core product experiences and infrastructure. This high-impact role requires a strong collaborator to work with product, design, and engineering teams, building next-generation products and core platform experiences end-to-end.

What you'll be expected to do:

  • Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and analyze bottlenecks

  • Design robust APIs to support any clients

  • Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud

  • Optimize API for performance and scalability

  • Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and allow for regression testing

  • Produce quality code, raising the bar for team performance and speed

  • Recommend systems solutions by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternative

You’ll be a good fit if:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

  • 1-2 years of experience in backend development.

  • Excited to design and build backward compatible REST or GraphQL APIs.

  • Experience with Python or Go programming languages. Knowledge on Reactjs is a plus

  • Detailed problem-solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.

  • Having the ability to write clean, effective code is a must and drill deep on technical implementation.

  • Self-driven to identify opportunities to make things better and efficient.

  • Ability to work in high growth and rapidly scaling startups.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Passion for designing and deploying high performance, highly scalable distributed systems with extensive monitoring and logging practices.

  • Passion for driving continual improvement initiatives on engineering standard methodologies like coding, testing or monitoring.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.

  • Cross-collaborating with multiple teams to drive impact.

  • Understanding of distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL).

  • Ability to decompose complex problems into clean, extensible, performant services and systems.

What we offer:

  • Hybrid Working Environment: Work both from the office and remotely as needed for a better work-life balance.

  • Flexible Hours: Choose to work in the hours you feel the most productive.

  • Innovate and Evolve: We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact and less by title.

What's in it for you?

We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. You will infuse insights and ideas into business decision-making, solutions strategy, and the innovation roadmap for each product.