Application Backend Engineer (Remote - Mexico)

Summary Yelp engineering culture is driven by our values: we’re a cooperative team that values individual authenticity and encourages creative solutions to problems. All new engineers deploy working code their first week, and we strive to broaden individual impact with support from managers, mentors, and teams. At the end of the day, we’re all about helping our users, growing as engineers, and having fun in a collaborative environment. Want to join a team where your work makes a significant impact? Yelp is the richest source of local business data and user-generated content in the world. Our backend engineers use that data to power our websites and mobile apps. As a remote backend engineer, you’ll work closely with our mobile and web application developers to bring our 200M+ reviews to millions of users. Backend engineers take on a diverse set of challenges across Yelp engineering. Do you want to make a positive impact on Yelpers looking for the best local businesses? Build products for business owners to get the most out of Yelp? Take on some of the most meaningful problems in distributed computing and API design? We'd love to share more about how our agile team creates an amazing experience for millions of users. This opportunity is fully remote and does not require you to be located in any particular area in Mexico. We welcome applicants from throughout Mexico. We’d love to have you apply, even if you don’t feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp, we’re looking for great people, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. What you'll do: Build new features on top of our Service Oriented Architecture. Able to iterate quickly using Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment principles. Be familiar with Python as a Backend Development Language Articulate a technical vision and execute it. Give back by mentoring other engineers and sharing the skills you learn. Collaborate with team members and engineers across the company to design elegant systems. What it takes to succeed: Some years of relevant industry experience. Great understanding of and interest in elegant API designs. Relevant experience in at least one server-side programming language. You’re excited about the challenges of scalability, reliability, and performance. Passion for building and improving software libraries/frameworks/platforms. All communication for this role, both spoken and written, will be conducted in English. What you'll get: This opportunity has the option to be fully remote in all locations across Mexico. Full responsibility to contribute to and lead projects from day one. A dynamic, collaborative, global and diverse team environment. Competitive salary and bonus structure. A competitive benefits package that includes paid time off and remote work reimbursements. Flexible working hours and meeting-free Wednesdays. Regular 3-day Hackathons and bi-weekly learning groups. Opportunities to participate in virtual events and conferences. Quarterly team offsites. Closing At Yelp, we believe that diversity is an expression of all the unique characteristics that make us human: race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, and education — and those are just a few. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our teams and our product. The foundation of our diversity efforts are closely tied to our core values, which include “Playing Well With Others” and “Authenticity.” We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other protected status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or 1-415-969-8488. Note: Yelp does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Yelp is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. #LI-Remote Recruiting and Applicant Privacy Notice