Senior Backend Engineer

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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate the core backend systems of our web application. You will own critical services, shape the system architecture, and work closely with frontend and cloud engineers to deliver a reliable, scalable product.

This is a hands-on role with significant influence over technical decisions and engineering standards.

Responsibilities
Core Engineering

Design, implement, and maintain backend services and APIs (REST, GraphQL, or gRPC)

Translate product requirements into clean, maintainable backend architecture

Own data modeling and persistence layers (SQL and/or NoSQL)

Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems

Write clear, testable, and well-documented code

System Design & Architecture

Contribute to system design decisions and architectural trade-offs

Define service boundaries and integration patterns

Review designs and code from other engineers

Balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability

Collaboration

Work closely with frontend engineers to define API contracts

Collaborate with cloud/platform engineers on deployment, scaling, and observability

Participate in technical planning and estimation

Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pairing

Quality & Operations

Implement unit, integration, and contract tests

Participate in production readiness and incident analysis (as needed)

Improve observability through logs, metrics, and traces





Identify and reduce technical debt proactively

Required Qualifications

6+ years of professional backend development experience

Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g. Python, Java, Go, Rust, Node.js)

Experience building APIs for production systems

Solid understanding of:

Data structures and algorithms

Relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL)

Distributed systems fundamentals

Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Strong code review and debugging skills

Ability to work independently and take ownership

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with microservices or modular monoliths

Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub)

Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)

Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)

Experience designing systems that scale beyond a single instance

Prior mentorship or tech lead responsibilities

What Success Looks Like

Backend services are reliable, well-structured, and easy to evolve

APIs are clear, stable, and well-documented

Production issues are rare and diagnosable

Other engineers trust your technical judgment

The system supports new features without major rewrites

Nice-to-Have Traits

Product-minded engineering approach

Strong written communication skills

Comfort making trade-offs under uncertainty

Curiosity about performance, security, and scalability

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