Senior Software Engineer - Backend Developer

Responsibilities

• Discuss the Cost of Change (= code quality) with your team members continuously
• Write unit tests, integration tests and API tests
• Should be able to support the application 24/7 based on team on call rotations.
• Write clean code (mindful about coupling, separation of concerns, etc.)
• You would be expected to write code 90% of the time, with an emphasis on Test-Driven Development
• Spend at least 10% of your time learning and improving existing application architecture
• Should be open to learn and adapt to new technology architectures and patterns
• Should be able to conduct code reviews and design discussions
• You should be able to collaborate and coordinate and present ideas with different stakeholders including product, datascience, account managers etc
• You should be able to diagnose AWS infrastructure issues related to the application
• Follow best practices on 24/7 application monitoring and orchestration and performance optimization
• Implement and Practice DevOps and SecOps for continuous incremental delivery and quality product with the guidance of senior engineers

Key Skills

• Required
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline (field), or equivalent work experience.
• 4-8 years of advanced experience working with Java and Relational Databases(Postgresql) with Spring Boot.
• 4-8 years of experience Developing, maintaining and performance tuning microservices using REST.
• 4+ years of  experience working with AWS services (S3, EC2, Aurora Postgresql, API gateway).
• 2+ years of experience with building CI/CD pipelines in GitLab for applications running on Kubernetes (EKS) using Docker.
• 2+ Experience using monitoring and alert orchestration tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpsGenie/PagerDuty/tools.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written, with a large vocabulary (C1 english level)
• Understand and implement basic object oriented principles and functional programming principles. Implements good coding practices with good unit and integration testing, with an emphasis on Test Driven Development.
• Commitment to following best practices for security, scalability, and performance.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Continuous improvement mindset to identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and efficiency gains in infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Ability to document processes, procedures, and technical architectures for knowledge sharing and future reference.
• Follow Agile principles and feature related discussions and participate in grooming and planning sessions to effectively translate business requirements to Agile stories.


• Preferred
• Leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and motivate a team
• Hands-on experience with Python
• At least 1 year of experience with Test-driven development
• Ability to debug, performance tune large scale Java applications.