Backend Engineer Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

We are looking for a strong Senior Backend Engineer. If you are well versed in Microservices, Solution Architecture, including network, data, application, system, and integration architecture - then we are looking for you.

Responsibilities:

• Design Technical/Integration Architectures, including development, runtime, and operations architectures
• Define scalable solutions using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) patterns, and microservices automating business process models and cloud-based services.
• Design message and event-driven architectures.
• Lead implementation of large, complex solutions from establishing project requirements and goals to solution "go-live"
• Provide Technical design across multiple projects and clients
• Provide Technology Consulting services covering areas such as Architectural Strategy, Architectural review/audit and Architecture road-map.
• Manages the risks, issues, and dependencies of the scoped solution
• Responsible for roadmaps for integration technologies (current and future).
• Introducing Agile processes to the existing team

Profile requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.
• 4+ years of intensive Java backend development and solution architecture. (Java, Spring Boot, API Security, Redis, Sql and NoSql databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
• Should be working on Java 8 or Java 11
• Must have working experience on MongoDB
• Strong experience in hands-on platform delivery and architecture design
• Full understanding of Cloud service, AWS and DevOps tools and CI/CD process
• Strong experience with the full life cycle of Agile software development processes, approaches, delivery and methods with scaling to the Enterprise and release management processes.
• Thought leadership and Technical knowledge combined with delivery experience in some of these areas: ○ Legacy platform migration ○ RESTful APIs and API gateways ○ Microservices based Architecture ○ Cloud deployment (AWS mainly)
• Ability to influence and guide senior stakeholders on technical solutions
• Excellent documentation, presentation and communication skills

Desired candidate profile

• Backend Development:

  • Writing efficient, scalable, and secure code for server-side applications.
  • Developing APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that allow the frontend to communicate with the backend systems.
  • Building and maintaining databases, data storage, and management systems.
  • Integrating third-party services, such as payment gateways, cloud storage, or external APIs.

• Database Management:

  • Designing and maintaining databases (SQL and NoSQL).
  • Ensuring data integrity, security, and scalability.
  • Writing optimized queries for fast and efficient data retrieval and storage.
  • Managing data migrations, backups, and replication.

• System Architecture:

  • Designing the architecture of backend systems, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and modular.
  • Ensuring that the backend services can handle a high volume of traffic (e.g., designing systems with load balancing, caching, etc.).
  • Managing system infrastructure, often using cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).

• Performance Optimization:

  • Monitoring and optimizing server performance, reducing latency, and improving the efficiency of backend services.
  • Analyzing bottlenecks and optimizing algorithms for better performance.
  • Ensuring high availability and reliability of backend systems.

• Security and Authentication:

  • Implementing security measures such as encryption, authentication, and authorization.
  • Ensuring data protection by following industry standards and regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
  • Regularly conducting vulnerability assessments and addressing security concerns.

• Collaboration:

  • Collaborating with frontend developers to integrate the backend systems with the user-facing frontend.
  • Working with DevOps engineers to deploy applications to production environments.
  • Collaborating with product managers and designers to ensure the backend meets the application's requirements.

• Testing and Debugging:

  • Writing unit tests, integration tests, and performing debugging to ensure backend systems work as expected.
  • Troubleshooting and resolving issues that arise in production or testing environments.
  • Continuously improving the backend code through code reviews and refactoring.