🌎 Akvelon is a known USA company, with offices in places like Seattle, Mexico, Ukraine, Poland, and Serbia. Our company is an official vendor of Microsoft and Google. Our clients also include Amazon, Evernote, Intel, HP, Reddit, Pinterest, AT&T, T-Mobile, Starbucks, and LinkedIn. To work with Akvelon means to be connected with the best and brightest engineering teams from around the globe and working with an actual technology stack building Enterprise, CRM, LOB, Cloud, AI and Machine Learning, Cross-Platform, Mobile, and other types of applications customized to client’s needs and processes.
Our project is a well-known social media platform that fosters online communities and user-generated content. The team is focused on delivering seamless user experiences across core features like Feeds, Posting, Commenting, Media, and more. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll join a high-impact, fast-moving team working on large-scale backend systems and services that directly shape the product. You’ll contribute to systems supporting millions of users, integrating machine learning models, and building scalable architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Migrate and refactor existing Python logic into Golang within GraphQL API services.
- Rapidly learn and adapt to internal tools, systems, and processes to speed up migration.
- Collaborate closely with engineers across teams to ensure smooth delivery.
- Debug complex issues quickly and provide clear, actionable solutions.
- Maintain high-quality, well-tested code with thorough validation.
- Identify and implement improvements in our migration tooling.
Requirements:
- At least 5+ years of experience in backend development.
- Strong expertise in Golang and Python.
- Familiarity with GraphQL APIs, GraphQL Router and Federation.
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Quick learner with the ability to pick up unfamiliar tools or systems quickly.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work effectively in distributed teams.
Overlap time requirements: Full overlap with PST time zone
Working conditions and benefits:
- Paid vacation, sick leave (without sickness list)
- Official state holidays — 11 days considered public holidays
- Professional growth while attending challenging projects and the possibility to switch your role, master new technologies and skills with company support
- Flexible working schedule: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
- Personal Career Development Plan (CDP)
- Employee support program (Discount, Care, Health, Legal compensation)
- Paid external training, conferences, and professional certification that meets the company’s business goals
- Internal workshops & seminars
- Corporate library (Paper/E-books) and internal English classes.
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