Backend Technical Lead

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.  Backend Technical Lead- Aspecto Lead the development of an awesome distributed tracing product, collaborating with a talented engineering team, and writing efficient, reusable code. Dive into cutting-edge monitoring tech and become an OpenTelemetry expert while building a high-performance product trusted by top organizations Backend: Strong skills in Go, Node.js (bonus points!), experience with databases like MongoDB and elastic search, and expertise in messaging systems and data pipelines. Product intro Aspecto is the go-to solution for end-to-end distributed tracing at scale, powered by OpenTelemetry. It enables developers to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and errors within microservices. By correlating root causes across traces, logs, and metrics, Aspecto provides invaluable insights for optimizing application performance. Used by numerous engineering teams globally, Aspecto helps deliver high-quality software with confidence. Go to our product page if you want to know more about Aspecto You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊 About the role We are seeking a Backend Technical Lead to join our team and help us build a world-class distributed tracing product. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge monitoring technologies and become an expert in OpenTelemetry, a rapidly growing open-source project. Lead the development of our distributed tracing product and drive its evolution to meet the needs of the world's largest and most complex organizations. Work with a team of talented engineers to design and implement scalable solutions that can handle billions of events per day. Leverage your expertise in distributed systems, data processing, and performance optimization to ensure our product provides best-in-class performance and reliability. Write efficient, reusable, and scalable code that can handle a large volume of data. Collaborate closely with other teams to integrate our systems and services with theirs, and to ensure a seamless experience for our joint customers. Keep up to date with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies in distributed tracing, and identify opportunities to innovate and improve our product. We are looking for you if you have: At least 5 years of experience in backend development (experience in full-stack web development is a plus) Experience with programming languages such as Go is a plus. Experience with responsive web design and mobile-first development. Experience with databases such as MongoDB and elastic search Experience with backend technologies such as messaging systems and data pipelines Why you should join the SmartBear crew: You can grow your career at every level. We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun. We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off. We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person. We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes. Did you know: Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place. SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve. SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India. We’ve won major industry(product and company) awards including best places to work SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status. #LI-JC4