Backend Engineer

Job description

Anlatan is a company working on cutting edge AI and making the best possible AI-fueled products. We pride ourselves on being user-friendly, privacy-safe, and censorship-free. We're a ragtag team of personalities, focused on crafting the best of the best in the AI world. We are seeking a skilled **Backend Engineer** to join our dynamic and passionate team at Anlatan. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computer science, with in-depth knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles. You will be working on building new backend services, also you will be maintaining, updating and enhancing our existing code for our SAAS products, NovelAI and AetherRoom. ### Responsibilities - Writing and designing well performant, secure and scalable backend services. - Develop and maintain software applications using Go programming language and GRPC framework. - Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes. - Design, develop, and optimize SQL databases. - Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues. - Utilize Git for version control and collaboration. - Work and communicate with the rest of the Anlatan team to efficiently build and ship new updates and products. - Participate in the architecture design of new services and the implementation of them. - Work closely with the frontend team at the integration of the backend and the frontend. - Troubleshoot and debug issues in the production environment. ### Requirements - Proficiency in Go programming language and GRPC framework. - Experience with writing and using RESTful APIs. - Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and the k8s ecosystem, like Helm. - Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures. - Good problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. - Experience in working with large and ever-changing codebases. - Past experience with designing high performance scalable backend services. - Understanding of good security practices. ### Bonus Points - Knowledge of NoSQL databases like Cassandra, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, etc. - Experience with TypeScript and NodeJS for maintaining and working with our legacy NovelAI codebase. - Experience with payment system APIs, like Stripe and Paddle. - Knowledge of common software design patterns - Familiarity with CI workflows like Github Actions, CircleCI, etc. - Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud.