Senior Backend Engineer

9 Hours ago • 4 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Unity is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for its Aura platform in Tel Aviv, Israel. This role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing large-scale software solutions using clean, highly scalable code. The engineer will collaborate with Product, Architects, and DevOps teams, staying updated with industry trends and driving innovation. The platform facilitates unique content discovery experiences for millions of users, operating in a fast-paced environment with cutting-edge technologies. The ideal candidate will be a team player with technical excellence and ownership, capable of selecting the right tools for tasks.
Must have:
  • 4+ years of experience in server-side development
  • Experience with SQL & NoSQL databases
  • Understanding of Stream Processing & Event Sourcing
  • Experience designing scalable web applications
  • Knowledge of public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
Good to have:
  • Experience with microservices and Kubernetes
  • Experience with workflow orchestration tools
  • Experience with infrastructure as code
  • Deep knowledge of NodeJS
  • Previous ad-tech experience

Job Details

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Requisition ID: JOBREQ-2514382

Senior Backend Engineer

Tel Aviv, Israel, Full-time
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The opportunity

Aura, a revolutionary large-scale mobile platform, is looking for an outstanding and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join a rapidly growing team. We work in a fast-paced environment, building a content discovery platform used by millions of users. The service enables unique content discovery experiences allowing users to access and find their favorite content in a simple and accessible way. Our team uses the most up-to-date technologies to build a scalable and resilient product that is growing at a high pace. This is a great opportunity for those looking to make a huge impact on a technically challenging product with a huge audience. We value team players with technical excellence and a sense of ownership who know how to choose the right tool for the right task.

What you'll be doing

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
  • Write clean, highly scalable, and top-quality code that sets industry standards.
  • Work closely with the Product, Architects, DevOps, and BI.
  • Continuously learn and stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the industry.
  • Drive innovation by researching and implementing new technologies and best practices within the development team

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience building the server-side of enterprise-level systems (high-performance, highly available, and scalable systems) preferably in Nodejs.
  • Hands-on experience with SQL & NoSQL databases such as Postgres/MySQL, Aerospike, Mongo, DynamoDB, Redis.
  • Good understanding of modern Stream Processing and Event Sourcing paradigms.
  • Experience in designing and implementation of highly scalable & distributed web applications
  • Knowledge & experience with public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Google

You might also have

  • Experience with microservices and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow or Temporal for managing complex data pipelines.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code development such as Pulumi or Terraform.
  • Deep knowledge of NodeJS.
  • Previous ad-tech experience.

Additional information

  • Relocation support is not available for this position.
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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