What You’ll Do

You will play a critical role in developing, enhancing, and maintaining Crossbeam’s backend systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities include:

Develop & Deploy:

• Consistently ship features and enhancements with guidance from team members.

• Work across the full stack of our application, with a focus on backend development.

• Create, test, and deploy high-quality code with a focus on REST API development and backend services written in Clojure.

• Leverage workflow orchestration tools like Temporal to help the team manage distributed backend workflows and ensure reliability and scalability.

• Use Datadog to monitor and improve the performance and reliability of backend systems.

Improvements & Support:

• Prioritize and address support issues reported by users or the Customer Success team.

• Identify areas for improvement in the codebase and contribute to enhancements.

Team Collaboration:

• Work closely with engineers and members of teams like Product, Growth, and Customer Success to launch new features.

• Collaborate on cross-functional projects and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Learning & Growth:

• Continuously learn from and contribute to your team.

• Cultivate an environment where questions and discussions improve the team as a whole.

What You’ll Bring

• Professional Experience: At least 2 years working in a professional engineering team.

• Backend Knowledge: Experience with backend frameworks (we use Clojure but are open to those with transferable skills).

• Frontend Familiarity: Knowledge of modern frontend frameworks like Vue or React is a plus.

• API Expertise: Strong understanding of building and working with REST APIs.

• Database Skills: Experience with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) or NoSQL databases like MongoDB.

• Best Practices: You follow documentation best practices and strive for clean, maintainable code.

• Collaboration: Enjoy working with product and design teams to deliver the best possible product.

• Team Spirit: Thrive in an environment that values diverse opinions and respectful collaboration.

• Adaptability: Comfortable working remotely and collaborating asynchronously with a distributed team.

• Problem-Solving: Embrace complex technical challenges and derive simple, effective solutions.

We go through the same interview steps for all AE candidates to ensure equity in our hiring process. Our process is designed to learn as much about each candidate as possible, as well as to give candidates access to our team and learn about what it’s like to be a team member at Crossbeam. Topics will range from technical skills to problem-solving approaches and collaboration.

• HR interview - 30 minutes

• Interview with the Hiring Manager- 30 minutes

• Take Home Project

• Final Round Interview

  • Pair Programming with Senior Engineers

  • Meet with hiring Engineering Manager and Product Manager