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About the Job The Lifetime Value Co. is looking for a Backend engineer to join our growing team. If you re comfortable writing backend APIs, working in database design, debugging complex issues that span multiple systems, optimizing distributed infrastructure, and working on cool new products then this might be the job for you. Your experience here will allow you to be a significant contributor to our Payments and Risk engineering efforts, and to learn a broad spectrum of skills up and down the stack as well as work with a breadth of technologies in any one layer. You will have a voice in what you build and you ll have the opportunity to prove your ideas right with data and testing. This role s high-level focus will center on implementing optimized fraud-blocking strategies for post-paywall transactions, improving our billing processes, managing and implementing integrations with external providers, and continuing our ongoing efforts to address tech debt for the future and improve developer and team member quality of life. For this role it is expected that the Backend Engineer will interact with the team during the hours of 10:30 am EST to 5:00 pm EST (Monday to Friday). What You Will Get to Do Optimize fraud-blocking measures for post-paywall purchases, with an emphasis on working with external providers. Manage seamless integration of new fraud/chargeback data providers. Work with senior engineers to migrate business logic to separate services as needed and plan/implement other tech debt items. Help plan, coordinate, and implement improvements to internal tooling and automation to improve developer and team quality of life. Help identify future opportunities for the Payments and Risk team as the online payments space continues to evolve with new payment method options, processing techniques, tools, and strategies. Leverage our learning resources to educate yourself on the latest development techniques and best practices, share with other team members as needed, and benefit from other developers doing the same. What You Bring to the Table 3+ years of experience working as a software engineer required Bachelor s Degree, Technical Degree, Bootcamp Training in Computer Science/Related field or equivalent experience Fluency with at least one object-oriented language, with a strong preference for Ruby experience Working familiarity with SQL and various databases. Experience with source control systems like Git. Comfortable picking up new technologies. Understanding of code testing methodologies, including integration testing, TDD, and BDD. Understanding of standard collaborative coding practices like code reviews, pull requests, pair programming, agile development, and execution Familiarity with Unix-based operating systems and Docker/Kubernetes. Be independently driven and resourceful to deliver results with minimal direction. Have an entrepreneurial spirit with a drive to contribute new ideas for future development. Great communication skills. Pluses Experience working with payments in any capacity Experience working with fraud prevention in any capacity Experience working with e-commerce transactions or subscription businesses Experience in one or more JS front-end frameworks (React preferred) Familiarity with A/B testing Experience with GraphQL Languages: English - Proficient level
