The Role
Design and implement high-performance backend services in Go, optimize SQL schemas and queries, build async interactions with Kafka, and run services in production. Own delivery, monitoring, incident post-mortems, observability, and CI/CD. Enforce code quality, architectural guidelines, mentor teammates, and contribute to internal tools and continuous technical improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Several Backend Engineer positions are available within product teams. Each role is embedded in a single team and focuses on the development and scaling of backend solutions across the company’s product areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement complex business logic in Golang autonomously, while ensuring high performance and system reliability.
- Design optimal database structures (SQL), manage indexes, and optimize query performance. Build asynchronous service interactions using Kafka.
- Take ownership of backend services lifecycle, including delivery, monitoring and maintaining backend services in the production environment
- Write clean, structured code, conduct code reviews, ensure compliance with architectural guidelines (ADR), and implement engineering best practices.
- Set up monitoring and alerting for your services, participate in Post-Mortem processes, identify root causes of incidents, and automate routine tasks.
- Share expertise with the team, participate in onboarding new members, and contribute to the development of internal libraries and tools.
- Proactively seek improvements in technical implementations and product solutions, striving to deliver the best possible user experience.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 6+ years of commercial backend engineering. With experience solving complex problems in high-load environments
- 3+years of commercial experience with Golang. Knows and has applied advanced features of the Go language in practice
- Strong SQL knowledges, including designing schemas, scaling strategies (replication, partitioning, sharding) and query optimisation for high-load environment
- In-depth knowledge of Redis, familiar with various data structures, and its efficient use in high-load systems
- Experience working with Docker, understanding CI/CD pipelines. Knows how work k8s (or analogs) and cloud infrastructure (like AWS)
- Experience with synchronous and asynchronous inter-service communication patterns, with a focus on reliability in high load environment
- Knows main microservice architecture patterns. Deep understanding of how to build efficient interactions between client and server applications, knows limitations
- Proven ability to design and implement a full observability strategy, including metrics, logging, dashboards, and tracing
- An interest in new technologies, a collaborative spirit, and a drive to continuously develop your skills
Conditions & Benefits
- Stable salary, official employment.
- Health insurance.
- Hybrid work mode and flexible schedule.
- Access to professional counseling services including psychological, financial, and legal support.
- Discount club membership.
- Diverse internal training programs.
- Partially or fully paid additional training courses.
- All necessary work equipment.
About
inDrive is a global tech company on a mission to challenge injustice. We started in 2012 in the coldest city on Earth, when a group of friends created a way for people to agree on fair ride prices. That idea grew into one of the world’s top ride-hailing apps, now with 360M installs across 48 countries.Today, we offer more than rides: from freight and delivery to intercity travel and financial services, all designed to put people first. Our goal is to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2030. Through inVision, our non-profit arm, we support education, entrepreneurship, and equality in underserved communities.Ready to ignite your inner drive?
Skills Required
- 6+ years of commercial backend engineering experience, solving problems in high-load environments
- 3+ years of commercial experience with Golang, including advanced Go features
- Strong SQL knowledge including schema design, replication, partitioning, sharding, and query optimization for high-load systems
- In-depth knowledge of Redis and its efficient use in high-load systems
- Experience with Kafka and building asynchronous inter-service communication
- Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Kubernetes (or analogs) and cloud infrastructure such as AWS
- Experience with microservice architecture patterns and reliable inter-service communication
- Proven ability to design and implement observability: metrics, logging, dashboards, and tracing
- Ownership of backend service lifecycle in production, including monitoring, alerting, and post-mortem processes
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The Company
What We Do
inDrive is a global IT and transportation platform inDrive is one of the world’s fastest growing online ride-hailing services. Its services are available in over 749 cities in 46 countries throughout the world. The Company’s app has been downloaded over 150 million times. inDrive offers other services, including intercity transportation, freight and cargo services, as well as delivery services in different markets of operations. inDrive is based in Mountain View, California, and operates regional hubs in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the countries of the CIS, and employs over 2,000 people. In early 2021, inDrive achieved unicorn status after closing a $140m investment round with Insight Partners, General Catalyst, and Bond Capital, which valued the company at $1.23 billion.
