Sr. Software Engineer

1 Month ago • 4 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a senior backend engineer at Vimeo Create, you'll collaborate with engineering teams to craft innovative solutions for complex challenges and maintain high-performance, scalable platforms. You will participate in architectural designs, implement new features, refine existing code, optimize performance, and elevate systems to meet stringent monitoring standards. The ideal candidate is an experienced backend developer with expert-level knowledge of backend development for high-traffic websites and applications, who thinks independently and has a great passion for the role.

Must have:

4+ years of experience in backend and API development
Proficiency in Python programming or similar is essential
Familiarity with web infrastructure and databases
Experience working with AWS/GCP is required

Good to have:

Hands-on experience with the Django framework
Proficiency in PHP

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Job Details

The Vimeo Create engineering group, based at Vimeo’s Israeli R&D site, is looking for a senior backend engineer to join our backend team. The team is responsible for the backend infrastructure of Vimeo Create products and APIs. Our mission is to unleash the full potential of video for businesses by enabling them to create and edit compelling videos effortlessly and at scale.

Job Description:

As a senior backend engineer at Vimeo Create, you’ll collaborate closely with our engineering teams to craft innovative solutions for complex challenges and maintain high-performance, scalable platforms. As a valued team member, you’ll participate in architectural designs, implementing new features, refining existing code, optimizing performance, and elevating our systems to meet stringent monitoring standards.The ideal candidate is an experienced backend developer with expert-level knowledge of backend development for high-traffic websites and applications, who thinks independently and has a great passion for the role.

Responsibilities:

Be involved in all stages of the development life cycle, from architecture design reviews to production
Work autonomously and be comfortable executing features from start to finish as planned
Conduct code reviews, write unit and integration tests to improve code quality
Proactively seek opportunities to enhance system efficiency and functionality

Qualifications:

4+ years of experience in backend development and API development
Proficiency in Python programming (or similar) is essential
Extensive familiarity with web infrastructure and databases
Experience working with AWS/GCP is required
Hands-on experience with the Django framework - advantage
Proficiency in PHP - advantage

If you're eager to leave your imprint on the realm of video editing and collaborate with an extraordinary team, seize the opportunity and apply now.

About Us:

Vimeo (NASDAQ: VMEO) is the world's most innovative video experience platform. We enable anyone to create high-quality video experiences to better connect and bring ideas to life. We proudly serve our community of millions of users – from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world's largest companies – whose videos receive billions of views each month. Learn more at www.vimeo.com.

Vimeo is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. At Vimeo, we believe our impact is greatest when our workforce of passionate, dedicated people, represents our diverse and global community. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion is championed in how we build our products, develop our leaders, and strengthen our culture.