Cloud Backend Engineer

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GENERAL

• Most Important Information at the Top: Include the most important information in summary at the top followed by responsibilities and requirements. The further down the page the information the less likely candidates are to reach it.

• Open with a strong, attention-grabbing paragraph - Take this time to show the job seeker what makes your company a special place to work and why this job is a great opportunity.

• Communicate Your Company’s Style & Character: give job seekers as clear sense of your company’s style, culture and values. Define your company’s differentiator focusing on inspiring the right people to apply.

• Balance Brevity & Detail: Be concise but provide enough detail – with relevant keywords and terms. Describe projects or interesting work, but without lengthy paragraphs that will be challenging to read, especially on a mobile device. Ideal job description length is approximately 408 words (335 words for Pharma/Healthcare and 410 words for Healthcare).

• Repeat Job Title keywords at least 2 times in beginning of job summary. Example: ‘As a ____, you will…’

• Role Function, Salary & Benefit Information is Key: Include an overview of employee benefits, salary, schedule and other perks. Indicate how the job functions within the organization or who the job reports to.

• Include Specific Activities, Responsibilities, Education and Experience Requirements: Describe the types of activities and responsibilities required by the job so job seekers can self-qualify themselves (thus improving your candidate quality). Cite specific educational/certification requirements including desired years of experience but avoid writing an excessively long list that can detract from what’s truly needed for someone to succeed in the role.

• Stay Consistent: Maintain hierarchy/formatting consistency across recruiting teams. Contain dashes to break up lists.

• Optimizing the job description provides an opportunity to use relevant, on-page keywords to improve organic rankings and to ensure that the job will appear on the search results page when candidates are searching for jobs- Ultimately helping the job posting get found by qualified candidates.