Senior Staff Engineer, Backend

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to design and implement backend services and APIs.

• Write efficient, scalable, and maintainable server-side code utilizing modern backend technologies.

• Develop and optimize microservices for high-performance distributed systems.

• Enhance real-time data processing and event-driven architectures.

• Conduct unit, integration, and load testing to guarantee system reliability and performance.

• Implement RESTful APIs and server-side logic using Python and FastAPI.

• Develop and deploy containerized applications in cloud environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Work with server-side events and messaging queues (e.g., SQS) to facilitate real-time communication.

• Ensure application security, scalability, and resilience through robust backend design.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience as a backend engineer.

• Extensive experience with Python, particularly in creating REST APIs using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.

• Strong expertise in microservices architecture and deployment within containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Comprehensive understanding of databases (e.g., Snowflake, AWS DynamoDB, RDS, MySQL, MongoDB).

• Experience with distributed search and indexing technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr).

• Proficient in server-side events, event-driven architectures, and messaging systems.

• Experience with cloud-based deployment on AWS, including serverless platforms like AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and SQS.

• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Octopus).

• Strong problem-solving abilities and experience in debugging and optimizing backend systems.

• Solid understanding of security best practices for backend systems, including authentication and data protection.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees can work remotely.