Principal Backend Engineer (Node, Java, Ruby)

You will architect, develop, and optimize critical backend systems powering our platforms. You'll drive the full software development lifecycle—from technical discovery to solution design, implementation, testing, code reviews, and operations. You’ll work primarily with Node.js, Java, and Ruby on Rails, leveraging modern frameworks and best practices. This is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise across multiple languages and influence engineering culture at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product, Design, and DevOps teams to develop backend services that power innovative product features
• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend applications using Node.js, Java (Spring, Jersey), and Ruby on Rails
• Make key decisions on system architecture, including microservices, data storage, caching strategies, and real-time messaging
• Lead efforts to ensure code quality through automated testing, code reviews, regular refactoring, and thorough documentation
• Mentor and support engineering teammates by sharing backend development expertise and promoting best practices.
• Optimize the backend for improved performance, scalability, and security
• Share responsibility for system reliability by participating in the on-call rotation and developing fault-tolerance solutions
• Continuously improve our architecture, development standards, and deployment pipelines

Requirements

Nice to Have

Benefits

Across Vizrt, we all work with our shared purpose in mind; to deliver more stories, better told. That is because we believe that stories have the power to impact not just the audience, but the teller as well. A well-crafted and well-delivered story can change the world. We strive and innovate to deliver the best software-defined visual storytelling tools to the world’s storytellers across broadcast, media, public service, enterprise, not-for-profit, education, health, houses of worship, in fact wherever there is a need to educate, entertain or inform. Because that is what stories do, it is why they are important.

4 billion humans see the stories that our customers tell every day. So, for us diversity is not an optional objective, it is a simple reality. Our customers’ customers are diverse, our customers are diverse, Vizrt gains strength from being diverse.

It is true that we hold our diversity to be essential, it is something we constantly nourish and pay attention to, but it is not something we take for granted. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment. We champion inclusion and we value each other’s stories, and we relish their telling.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes :

Join our team and take advantage of these benefits while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

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