Lead Backend Engineer
Womp
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Lead Backend Engineer
Womp makes 3D creation incredibly easy. The first live-collaborative 3D platform, Womp combines all of you and your teams 3D needs into a single 3D workspace. Whether you a expert industrial designer, a creative who has dipped their toes in 3D or a total 3D noob, Womp makes 3D easy for everyone. 100% on the browser, zero downloads or knowledge required.
Opportunity:
Womp is looking for an experienced backend engineer to help us build the next generation of our 3D creation platform. You will work with a team of front-end engineers, graphics researchers, and senior leadership to design and build the critical back-end services that drive Womp. We are a small but steadily growing team, and this position will be essential in shaping the future of our product, team, and company culture. Check out our product hunt page. We're recently Venture backed and growing fast.
Responsibilities:
Build, test, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs to power our platform
Work with the CTO and other senior engineers to make high-level architecture and design decisions
Contribute to our continuous efforts to improve our development infrastructure and processes
Help communicate and implement best practices across the engineering team
Perform and participate in code reviews
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
Collaborate and participate in team meetings and daily standups
Ability to multitask and adapt within an agile startup environment
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
6+ years of experience in a product-centered team
Expert experience in Linux especially Ubuntu.
Deep architectural knowledge about distributed system
Proficiency with Node.js
Deep understanding of API development (REST/RPC)
Strong familiarity with cloud platforms, especially AWS
Ability to write high quality, maintainable, modular and well tested code
Experience with profiling, troubleshooting and optimizing performance of complex system
Familiarity with Agile and Lean development practices
Good written and spoken English communication skills are essential for this role
Bonus Skills:
Experience in building large-scale real-time applications
Experience with C++ and CUDA
Experience with streaming technique including WebRTC
Front-end experience with React is a plus
Understanding of 3D modeling and design is a plus
What we offer:
Competitive salary + Stock options
Work from anywhere. You can work for Womp from wherever you want to be, so long as the wifi is strong and your schedule overlaps the EST time zone at least four hours each day. If co-working spaces are open in your area and you prefer that to your home, we'll cover the cost.
Flexible time off policy.
Work with creatives and artists in a culture of honesty, professionalism, and risk taking.
Make a true impact on the product, customers, team and 3D community!
How to Apply:
Email us at info@womp.xyz and be sure to include:
The job title in the subject line
Why Womp and Why you?
Resume/CV
Any links to relevant projects and contributions
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Womp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
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