Senior Software Engineer - Backend Architecture

Description :

Responsibilities :

- Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, distributed backend services and cloud-based platforms.

- Architect and implement microservices and API-driven solutions to support internal and external product needs.

- Develop and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS, leveraging services such as Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, SQS, etc.

- Work with containers and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/ECS) to ensure efficient and automated deployment workflows.

- Build CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows to streamline development, testing, and deployment processes.

- Implement observability frameworks including monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system reliability and performance.

- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and infrastructure teams to integrate complex service and data flows across multiple internal systems.

- Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and contribute to evolving engineering best practices and standards.

- Continuously improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency while introducing new features and enhancements.

- Troubleshoot production issues and lead root-cause analysis to ensure continuous improvement.

- Mentor junior engineers and help foster a strong engineering culture focused on excellence, accountability, and innovation.

Qualifications :

- 5- 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience building scalable, cloud-based systems.

- Strong foundation in computer science, system design, distributed systems, and backend architecture.

- Expertise with microservices design patterns, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architecture.

- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, serverless architecture, or container-based deployments.

- Strong skills in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Node.js).

- Hands-on with DevOps tools and CI/CD frameworks (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

- Experience working with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).

- Solid understanding of networking, security practices, and cloud cost optimization strategies.

- Strong ownership mindset, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.