Software Engineer, Product Backend (8+ YOE)
Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.
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Software Engineer, Product Backend (8+ YOE) at Airtable in Remote (United States). UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.
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- Design and build systems that dramatically increase the scalability and performance of all applications built on Airtable, to earn the trust of our customers through predictable, reliable, and thoughtful interactions.
- Work at the deep backend of the Airtable software stack within the Enterprise Product portion of the org, just above the Infrastructure org.
- Partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to understand the needs of potential users and build a product that unlocks their potential.
- Work alongside and learn from a talented group of engineers with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds.
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- You have 8+ years of industry experience with modern systems development, ideally database internals development.
- You are interested in programming in TypeScript and Rust.
- You are excited by a product-oriented backend role, i.e. not pure Infrastructure.
- You have a good understanding of modern web technologies and large-scale web application architecture.
- You have a background in computer science or a related field.
- You believe the best product is the one that helps users accomplish their goals while growing the business.
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