Senior Backend Developer
Amuse is the platform for curious people. Our app activates cultural exhibitions through smart, accessible, location-aware storytelling. In museums and galleries, enthusiasts and experts alike add layers of texture with short videos, fun facts, trivia, and tidbits from behind the scenes, enriching the in-person visitor experience and promoting a childlike sense of wonder. Meanwhile, Amuse propagates this content to the places you'd least expect, connecting cultural storytelling to everyday life and inspiring inquisitive minds to question the world around them.
We are a tight-knit team creating the services that power this complex software platform. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team and help build it from the ground up.
What you'll do
- Think about problems holistically. You'll know the full story behind the problems we solve, empowering you to make informed decisions based on real world use cases
- Dream about mapping data and how data points can relate to each other geo-spatially
- Take ownership and set guidelines for testing and maintaining Amuse's APIs and data architecture
- Design and implement efficient data models and endpoints
- Collaborate with senior leadership to turn high level concepts into production-ready software
- Manage multiple projects and prioritize work as needed
- Bring the latest tech trends to the table
- Be flexible in growing and helping to shape ideas
- Be considerate of and respectful to others as they are to you
Who you are
- You are confident using Go & ORMs, or have the ability to quickly pick them up
- You have extensive experience developing REST APIs and real-time applications
- You have a deep understanding of relational databases, security principles, and networking protocols
- You love maps and GIS, and you have some experience with PostGIS, Mapbox API, and/or MTS
- You know the ins and outs of cloud computing infrastructure, and know when it is best utilized (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.)
- You are enthusiastic about data and data analytics
- You have some knowledge of web front-end to assist as needed
- You think about efficiency, scalability, and stability at every step of development
- You don't ask yourself if this can be done but how it can be done
- You are curious about the world around you and can embrace a challenge
- You welcome personal and team growth
- You care about quality and have remarkable attention to detail
Bonus points if
- Your previous work experience includes startups and/or small teams
- You have knowledge of museum and library archive technologies
- You have worked with a variety of media like audio, video, images, and real-time geographic coordinates
- You are passionate about AI and machine learning
- You are interested in managing the team as it grows
What we offer
- Salary based on experience
- Significant equity stake
- Flexible schedule
- Generous vacation policy
- Health stipend
- Fully remote, autonomous work environment
- Opportunity for growth and upward mobility