Backend Developer - SDE 1

How to apply?

Step 1:

Assignment direct link- https://www.notion.so/bitespeed/Bitespeed-Backend-Task-Identity-Reconciliation-1fb21bb2a930802eb896d4409460375c

Submission Form link- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdy1k9SPaW5MQYd0TUj4N5K3AqdOK7G1hXTtnYIzCHw438W-g/viewform

About BiteSpeed

Sequoia backed SaaS startup

2000+ Shopify brands

Read more about our mission and the story of commerce here-

https://www.notion.so/bitespeed/BiteSpeed-s-Mission-the-Future-of-Commerce-b3cf14a080d94654ba46693c8cacd24f

Check out more about us here -

We’ve had some solid investors back us

• BiteSpeed Raises USD 3.5M Funding, Led by Peak XV’s Surge-

  https://www.businesswireindia.com/e-commerce-ai-startup-bitespeed-raises-usd-3-5m-funding-led-by-peak-xvs-surge-92455.html

• E-commerce AI start-up BiteSpeed raises $3.5 million funding led by Peak XV’s Surge-

  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/e-commerce-ai-start-up-bitespeed-raises-35-million-funding-led-by-peak-xvs-surge/article68863058.ece

• BiteSpeed Raises $1.9 Million Seed Funding From Sequoia India's Surge-

  https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/business-news/bitespeed-raises-19-million-seed-funding-from-sequoia/418414

About the role

backend developer

What you’ll do

Tl;dr, we’re at 100k requests per day, you’ll take us to 10M requests per day.

As we’re still early at building a dedicated backend team, responsibilities will have breadth over a lot of cool stuff 🙌

• Looking out for cool

  new technologies

  and implementing them for required internal as well as business use cases.

• Designing

  scalable architectures

  for backend systems.

• Optimising performance

  of applications for full scale production deployments.

• Implementing business logic and developing

  APIs

  and

  services

  .

• Conceptualising and implementing

  scalable databases

  across various services.

• You’ll be hiring and mentoring junior developers.

What makes you a good fit

• If you can write code that works, we should be good but read on (disclaimer: most of what follows is

  not a hard requirement

  );

• You have

  1-3 years of experience

  building and scaling backend systems from scratch;

• You've built server-less backend architectures using

  AWS platforms and resources like Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora, etc.

  (Brownie points if you’ve worked with

  NodeJS, Redis and PostgreSQL

  );

• You have managed deployment at scale using

  CI/CD integrations

  and implemented

  error management systems

  like Sentry;

• Most of the above is us trying to sound legit about our stack, so if you’ve not worked with some of it & are open to learning or have better ideas, it’s totally cool;

• Be ready to jam to this every time we push to prod - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QNUcrjtOs;

Salary and Location

Location:

Expected CTC:

Our Way Of Life

Our Purpose

At BiteSpeed, work is personal. You could blame this on us being existential, but most of us are spending the best years of our lives doing this and we want to be purposeful about the kind of workplace we’re trying to create.

Our purpose is about why we’re here and what we care about:-

• Personal Transformation
• Wealth Creation
• Winning Together

Our Values

Our values are about how we do what we do. Values define the right thing to do. We hire, reward and sometimes have to let go based on our values.

We have 5 core values:-

• Go Above And Beyond
• Making Things Happen
• Say It Like It Is
• Progress Over Perfection
• Don’t Take Yourself Seriously, Take Your Work Seriously

Perks & Benefits

Small things we’ve done to ensure we take care of our wellness, learning & keep things fun:-

• Health Insurance -

  Health insurance cover and accident coverage for extra cushion and mental peace when rainy days hit us.

• Quarterly Off-sites -

  Quarterly off-sites are a core part of the BiteSpeed culture. Our off-sites range from intense quarter planning sessions to crazy mafia nights and competitive cricket matches (with a lot of trash talking).

• Cult Fitness Membership -

  All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. Cult Fit and Cult Play passes to make sure we hit the gym more often.

• Personal Development -

  We sponsor courses, conference tickets, books on a case to case basis to ensure we’re constantly growing.

• Salary In Advance -

  Trust first, by default. We pay out salaries in the first week of the month.

Refer

For any queries feel free to write to talent@bitespeed.co.