Senior Backend Engineer

1. Architecture & Evolution

• Design & Strategy: Lead the design of scalable event-driven backend services making pragmatic decisions on when to build new versus refactor old.

• System Decoupling: Strategically dismantle a monolithic legacy application migrating logic into modern independent microservices without disrupting business operations.

• Modernization: Lead the structured migration of legacy backend systems to modern frameworks ensuring production stability minimizing technical debt and maintaining long-term maintainability.

2. AI & Feature Development

• AI Integration: Architect backend pipelines that integrate with LLMs to power advanced search automation and generative features.

• Build robust APIs and services that support our product roadmap ensuring they are AI-ready.

3. Performance & Reliability

• Database Optimization: Analyze and optimize complex MySQL data models and queries for speed. Implement advanced caching strategies using Redis.

• Monitoring: Proactively identify and diagnose performance issues using observability tools like New Relic and Kibana.

• Scale: Ensure our infrastructure on AWS (EC2/ECS) is tuned to handle high traffic and growth spikes.

4. Leadership & Mentorship

• Code Quality: Ensure software reliability by enforcing strict testing and review standards.

• Mentorship: Support team growth by mentoring mid-level engineers and leading technical discussions.

Qualifications :

Core Technical Skills:

• Experience: 8 years in backend engineering.

• Languages: Expert in PHP (Laravel Symfony Yii ) with working knowledge of .

• Databases: Advanced skills in MySQL and Redis.

• Cloud: Solid experience with AWS (EC2 ECS RDS).

• Messaging: Familiarity with queues like RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ.

• Search: Experience with Algolia or similar search engines.

• Mindset: Strong focus on product ownership and business impact.

Infrastructure & Architecture:

• Cloud Native: Strong experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (EC2 ECS RDS).

• Asynchronous Systems: Hands-on experience with message brokers (RabbitMQ ActiveMQ) and event-driven architecture.

• Search: Familiarity with implementing and tuning search engines (Algolia or Elasticsearch).

Professional Qualities:

• Product Mindset: You understand that code is a tool to solve business problems.

• Ownership: You take full accountability for your features from the whiteboard design to production monitoring.

Additional Information :

Why Join Us

• Impact: Contribute directly to the design and evolution of a high-scale backend platform.

• Technical Challenge: Work on complex backend problems including modernizing legacy systems integrating AI features and optimizing system performance.

• Autonomy: Take ownership of technical decisions and deliver solutions independently.

• Professional Growth: Collaborate with a team committed to maintainable code modern engineering practices and continuous improvement.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time