What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Systems Engineer (Java, SQL) position at YinzCam, Inc.?
NOTE: This in an in-office role in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. This is not a remote/hybrid role.
ABOUT YINZCAM
Our digital products are used by 200 professional sports teams and leagues around the world, including clubs in the NFL, NBA, MLS, NHL, LigaMX, AFL (Australia), and more.
As a Senior Backend Developer, you will need to learn the company's backend infrastructure quickly, and then use your skills and abilities to implement and enhance our backend infrastructure and the features and products that use it. You will be working to deliver backend-heavy products and features to sports teams. You will be working with iOS/Android developers as well as UI/UX designers to provide the best experience to sports fans.
THE REQUIREMENTS
>>> This is a programming-heavy role requiring advanced expertise in Java, C#, and SQL.
- 6 years of expert-level programming and debugging experience with Java and C# (a must)
- 6 years of expert-level experience in writing complex SQL queries and using relational databases (a must)
- 6 years of expert-level experience in building RESTful APIs using both XML and JSON data formats (a must)
- 6 years of industry experience with building large-scale, complex, production distributed fault-tolerant systems
- 6 years of industry experience with writing and debugging complex, production Java code
- 6 years of experience in working with AWS and AWS-related technologies, e.g., DynamoDB, Redshift
- 6 years of experience with database fundamentals including working with relational data, semi-structured data, unstructured data, and database schemas
- 6 years of experience with distributed systems such as DynamoDB, Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Redshift
- 3 years of experience in using Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos
- Track record of troubleshooting problems in complicated, large-scale, distributed systems
- Deep knowledge of distributed-systems algorithms, in the areas of concurrency, scalability, consistency, partitioning, caching, reliability, synchronization, serialization, multi-threading, DHTs, etc.
- Strong networking fundamentals, including knowledge of common network protocols and wire formats (e.g. HTTP) and debugging of network-level issues (e.g. packet captures, proxying)
- Proficiency in asynchronous programming and multithreaded programming.
- Willingness and ability to explore uncharted territory on your own.
- Willingness and ability to work the non-traditional hours of the sports industry.
THE PERKS
Paid time off every year
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Full medical, dental and vision health insurance
Paid gym membership in LA Fitness
Paid Coursera plan to take 10,000 courses around the world
Beverages and snacks
Paid parking near the office
Relocation assistance
Building products for well-known sports teams
