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Senior Backend Engineer

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Description

  • As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll dive into complex technical challenges, craft innovative solutions, and play a pivotal role in our mission to revolutionize the way companies understand their customer interactions
  • We’re seeking a Java professional who can leverage their deep knowledge to drive our backend development to new heights
  • System Architecture: Leading the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and high-performance backend services and APIs
  • Feature Lifecycle: Taking end-to-end ownership of major product initiatives, from initial design to coordinating delivery across Backend, Frontend, and Product teams
  • Engineering Standards: Establishing and driving team-level best practices for code quality, testing strategies, and CI/CD processes
  • You’ll Solve:
  • Technical Complexity: Analyzing and debugging intricate challenges across the stack to ensure long-term system reliability
  • Cross-Functional Friction: Managing risks and coordinating dependencies between multiple teams to ensure seamless feature delivery
  • Scalability Bottlenecks: Implementing preventive measures and high-performance solutions to keep services running smoothly under load
  • You’ll Impact:
  • System Integrity: Building the foundation for high-performance services that directly affect the stability and speed of the entire product
  • Operational Excellence: Elevating the team’s technical bar through the implementation of robust CI/CD and quality processes
  • Strategic Delivery: Shaping how major initiatives are executed, ensuring technical excellence is balanced with business milestones

Benefits

  • Mental health support resources
  • Work from home stipend
  • Generous vacation days
  • Quarterly recharge company shutdowns
  • Parental leave
  • Employee equity
  • Commuter & parking benefits
  • Retirement savings
  • Training & development programs
  • Employee resource groups
  • Mentorship opportunities
  • Flexible wellness fund
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate technical ideas clearly and collaborate effectively within a team environment
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and resolve complex technical issues efficiently
  • Proven experience in mentoring engineers
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and building scalable microservices architectures
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale backend development, with a strong emphasis on Java programming (a must)
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred
  • Advantageous experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and building data-oriented applications and APIs
  • We operate in a flexible hybrid work model

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