Senior Backend Engineer

COMPANY BACKGROUND

flexEngage (formerly flexReceipts) is an innovative, retail technology startup headquartered in Downtown Orlando Florida. The company is a graduate of the prestigious business accelerator YCombinator, and is well funded by strong VC firms, including Bullpen Capital, Point Judith Capital, and Synchrony Financial.

We are the leading provider of personalized transactional communications for retailers, enabling brands like Under Armour, DXL, Michael Kors, GNC, and 5.11 Tactical, to transform standard transactional touchpoints (receipts, order and ship notifications, packing slips, curbside delivery, order tracking, etc.) into dynamic engagement channels that drive customer loyalty and revenue.

Rather than sending customers standard transaction information, flexEngage enhances every post-purchase touchpoint with deep personalization enabling a seamless brand experience, improved engagement with shoppers and incremental sales.

THE ROLE

flexEngage is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to work on our products and platforms. The role involves working with a cross-functional team of engineers as well as Product Managers to deliver on our product roadmap. This role is remote and may be based anywhere in the US. However, the candidate should be aware that most team meetings are mid to late morning (Eastern time) to accommodate team members in Europe. Flexibility on both sides will be encouraged.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop features and improvements to flexEngage products in a secure, well-tested, and performant way. Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering (Frontend, Data Engineering, etc.) to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment. Solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity. Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Participate in all aspects of the development process including story grooming, technical design, coding, code reviews, QA, and delivery. Identify areas of improvements in the code base and contribute to make it better. Drive change by being an advocate for these improvements. Participate in Tier 3 on-call rotations to assist troubleshooting product operations, security operations, and urgent engineering issues.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related degree or equivalent practical experience. 3+ years of hands-on experience developing backend applications. Professional experience with Kotlin (preferred) or Java. Professional experience with the Spring and Spring Boot frameworks. Professional experience with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL Databases (Dynamodb). Professional experience writing automated tests, including unit-tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests. Experience with building and running applications for a microservices architecture running on Kubernetes. Experience with AWS and using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to provision cloud infrastructure. Experience using CI/CD tools like Bitbucket Pipelines or Jenkins.

COMPENSATION

flexEngage offers a competitive compensation plan in line with the candidate’s experience and ability to drive results at target retailers. Compensation consists of a competitive annual base salary, stock options, 401k, and health benefits, unlimited PTO, flexible/remote schedules.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING WITH US

Career mentorship Passionate founders Opportunity to create something – be part of a startup in a fun industry Opportunity to make a difference – your work will truly matter Great personal upside potential – in learning, earnings, and future exit potential Your voice will matter!