Baazi Games - Principal Engineer - Backend Development

Description :

What youll do :

- Understand customer requirements and business challenges to architect workable.

- Create a convincing value proposition by collaborating with multiple cross-functional teams.

- Design Solution and present Architecture fit to CTO/Head of Engineering/CEO. Create Architecture diagrams for the proposed solution.

- Should be able to build prototype apps to achieve complex business objectives for demos.

- Be SPOC for Engineering and PM teams.

- Create technical documentation for projects and guide the team members.

- Be the SPOC for Product feature asks with the PM Teams.

- Help in kickstarting a project for Implementation by starting clear discussions during the tech cycle, eliminating any discrepancies that arise during the handover process.

What are we looking for :

- 8+ years of hands-on coding experience in JAVA (other Object-Oriented Languages are okay if JAVA experience is 4+ years).

- In-depth understanding of System design and Java Design patterns

- Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products with low latency at high concurrency.

- In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure that is highly available, end-to-end functioning of a cloud-first product.

- Experience with distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL).

- Familiarity with in-memory storage solutions like Redis or Hazlecast.

- Ability to understand the requirements and break them into actionable tasks.

- Ability to mentor other team members on system design, and coding guidelines. Be a role model.

- Good understanding of Linux/Unix.

- Experience with container technologies like ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

- Understanding zero downtime deployment in a distributed environment is a plus.

- Experience with socket programming, game programming, or messenger applications is a plus.

- Understanding of state full matching, maintaining state, and recovering state in a distributed system.

- Experience with AWS is preferred.

Key Behaviors that we look for :

- Good in problem analysis, design, requirement analysis, and solution design.

- First principal thinking.

- Ability to break down a problem into solvable components with business goals in mind.

- Solid verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

- Great at documentation.

- Fast learner and can pick up new technologies.