Backend Engineer

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Blackbird Lab Full time

Who we are

Blackbird Lab is a software development company. While we are practicing international working culture, we are proud representatives of Ukrainian values and traditions. We are a team of 90+ energetic, curious, smart, and open to new challenges tech pros who prefer efficient async communication, flexible working hours, a co-working office model, etc.

Being in this craft for about 5 years, we managed to accumulate expertise and bring value to a number of clients. We cooperate with US and Canadian product companies of different sizes, from small startups to established products, in close, trusted relationships.

All team members, including management, have an engineering background. The process, participants who speak the same language and have a similar approach based on technical principles, is always efficient. It is way easier to make decisions and introduce new features in a team with engineering at heart. It is the technical DNA that lets us build high-quality products that facilitate the lives of our customers' users.

Position & client

We're looking for a Backend engineer to join a venture-backed company. It's a SaaS product for IT professionals that allows real-time network monitoring, alerting, anomaly detection and prevention. Learn more about it: We've been a part of the engineering team since the beginning of 2022.

The Auvik system consists of multiple microservices and event processors - to process millions of events that are gathered from thousands of network devices, stored, aggregated and visualized on customer's dashboards.

The new team will integrate the Auvik product with a third-party service.

Stack of the project

Java, Go, Flink, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS

Responsibilities

  • Participate in tech meetings and contribute to the project's technical roadmap
  • Work closely with support teams, troubleshoot issues, debug code
  • Refactor existing code, fix bugs
  • Tests developments (automation, regression, unit)

Requirements

We're looking for backend engineers experienced in REST APIs, microservices, Kafka-based data flows, and cloud deployments. Knowledge of OpenID Connect, API integrations, and experience with Apache Flink or similar streaming frameworks is a strong plus. The role includes building backend services, data-sync connectors, and configuring components inside the Acronis CyberApp Vendor Portal. This is a backend-focused position working closely with Auvik and Acronis engineering teams.

Upper-Intermediate English speaking level.
Fluent Ukrainian speaking level.

Team setup & processes

  • Engineering Manager
  • Principal Engineer
  • Technical Project Manager
  • Senior Backend Engineer x2
  • Middle Backend Engineer x2

The delivery process is organized by the principal of Agile Squads, where each Squad follows 2-week sprints, with Refinement, Planning, Demo, and Retrospective sessions.

Interview process

  • HR interview (30 mins)
  • Technical interview with a Senior Engineer (60 min)
  • PM (60 min)

Benefits

  • Сompetitive monthly compensation
  • Flexible working schedule
  • Working remotely

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