Staff Backend Engineer - Media Management

Cloudinary

On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior backend engineers comfortable with legacy system modernization and mentoring in a distributed team setting.

Best fit for

Experienced backend engineers seeking to lead technical migrations from Ruby to Go.
— “help me cut it out into little pieces, extract and bring us into a new era of Go-based services”
Technical leaders who mentor peers across multiple teams.
— “be a mentor to all other backend engineers in my team and also in other teams”
Proactive individuals comfortable with ambiguous technical challenges.
— “be bold, courageous, accountable and with lots of proactive will to bring innovation”

Things to consider

Expect direct involvement in decomposing a monolithic architecture.
— “jump head first into our spaghetti Ruby monolith”
Collaboration across geographically distributed team members required.
— “team members based in Poland and Israel”

How to stand out

Demonstrate specific examples of mentoring engineers during technical transitions.
— “be a mentor to all other backend engineers”
Show measurable impact from modernizing legacy systems in past roles.
— “cut it out into little pieces, extract and bring us into a new era”
Highlight instances where you drove innovation without explicit direction.
— “with lots of proactive will to bring innovation”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

Cutting down a Ruby monolith into smaller Go-based services
Improving API reliability

Typical background

Experience with legacy system modernizationExpertise in backend development

Skills & requirements

Required

RubyGoAPI DevelopmentDistributed SystemsCloud Infrastructure

Preferred

MentorshipLegacy System Modernization

About the role

Original posting from Cloudinary via Lever

Who We Are?
Our team is part of a larger group working on the Cloudinary Assets product, a high-scale, distributed system built on cloud infrastructure.
We deliver a solution for both technical and non-technical users, allowing them to manage, deliver, transform, and collaborate on Media assets and their lifecycles seamlessly through API and UI.
We take full ownership of the entire process, from deciding what to build to delivering it.
Our team has the right mix of skills to make both technical and product decisions together, ensuring smooth execution and meaningful impact.
We are a highly collaborative, open, and proactive team, with members based in Poland and Israel. We work primarily in English.
Few words directly from the team lead
I’m looking for a real expert to my team. Someone who can be a mentor to all other backend engineers in my team and also in other teams in the office. Someone who’ll jump head first into our spaghetti Ruby monolith and will help me cut it out into little pieces, extract and bring us into a new era of Go-based services and fast, reliable APIs. I need you to be bold, courageous, accountable and with lots of proactive will to bring innovation. I’ll offer real partnership and enablement at all functions.

Source: Cloudinary careers (Lever)