Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Design, optimize, and sustain highly scalable data pipelines encompassing both structured and unstructured data.

• Enhance and maintain current data systems and services to ensure stability, reliability, and high availability.

• Create and develop scalable, high-performance data architectures.

• Collaborate with various teams across the organization to deliver dependable data services to internal users.

• Convert product and business requirements into practical data functionalities and intuitive data visualizations.

• Manage the integration and maintenance of collaborative data with external clients.

• Address and resolve data mining and analytical issues related to third-party data.

• Work collaboratively with teams located in the US, Singapore, and China, with flexibility regarding work hours.

• Uphold best practices in data governance, security, and compliance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field from a top-tier (Tier 1/2) institution.

• 4+ years of practical software development experience.

• Profound understanding of computer science principles, core data structures, and advanced algorithms.

• Exceptional proficiency in Python, Golang, or Java; Python is the preferred language.

• Skilled in messaging platforms such as Kafka, RMQ, and SQS.

• Knowledgeable in relational and NoSQL databases including MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra, ScyllaDB, HBase, Redis, and Aerospike.

• Experienced in architecting and developing large-scale distributed systems.

• Familiar with microservices architecture, API gateway patterns, and service observability, including logging, tracing, and metrics.

• Proven experience in building and maintaining systems with stringent latency and reliability standards in 24/7 environments.

• Background in high-performance, high-availability systems (99.99% uptime or greater).

• Expertise in self-recoverable architectures.

• Experience with container and VM orchestration platforms.

• Strong architectural knowledge of modern backend technologies including Go, Python, Java, and Node.js.

• Familiar with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

• Proficient in Kubernetes and Docker.

• Excellent analytical thinking and the ability to abstract and segment business logic appropriately.

• Demonstrated ownership, self-driven motivation, independent delivery, and effective teamwork.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts and organization-wide strategies to engineers, cross-functional partners, and executives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Vacation time.

• Parental leave.

• Team events.

• Learning reimbursement.

• Comprehensive benefits and perks.

• Opportunities for growth and self-improvement in an environment that emphasizes ownership, respect, and trust.