Hireovo · Software Engineering
Backend Developer
Austin, TX · Remote · FULL TIME
About the role
Mid-level Backend Developer talent pool in Austin, focused on operable services other people can run.
Profiles in this pool are matched to Backend Developer assignments with a hiring base in Austin, United States. The emphasis is operable services other people can run. Day to day that means writing runbooks, reviewing alerts, and handing a service over without a private briefing.
Responsibilities
- Brief the next on-call developer on the runbook and state how you checked the startup steps.
- Accept the handed-over alert definition only when the note covering the noisy pages is attached.
- Turn a vague request into one concrete dependency list before work starts, and list the unlisted downstream systems.
- Protect time every week for the capacity note so you are not still dealing with the known limits in the last hour.
- Leave the dashboard checklist so the next person knows what to watch regarding the graphs that nobody reads.
- Close open questions on the handover log instead of parking them, and record the decision on the open incident.
Requirements
- Roughly 3 to 6 years of running a service that other people support that matches this backend developer profile, or a shorter record with the same kind of finished work.
- Practical skill with logs, metrics, and a written runbook in backend developer work, not a certificate alone.
- Able to explain which alert means a user is actually blocked to a colleague who was not in the room.
- Careful with alerts that page someone for noise; this is checked in review of backend developer work.
- For the backend developer brief in Austin, use the working language of that assignment in United States.
Nice to have
- On-call shadowing is useful on backend developer assignments in Austin, and it is not required.
- People who have already done writing a runbook can start this backend developer brief with less coaching.
- Dashboard hygiene is a plus for backend developer work based in Austin.
Skills
SQL, Python, API design, data modelling, logging, version control, code review, incident notes
Working conditions
This backend developer listing is remote. The hiring base is Austin, United States, and candidates are expected to reside in United States and overlap main business hours on Central Time. A quiet room, a reliable connection, and a computer that can run the tools named above are the home-office basics. The work is desk-based, with occasional incident cover outside the usual day.
Location
The hiring base for this backend developer listing is Austin, United States. English is the working language for this Austin brief.
Qualified people are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
This is a talent-pool listing. Your profile will be reviewed and matched to employer openings that fit; submitting an application does not guarantee an interview or placement.
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