What you will do
- Lead backend development efforts with end to end ownership from ideation to implementation;
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver high quality and user focused backend services;
- Design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and internal APIs;
- Apply expertise in backend technologies to introduce improved architectures and patterns;
- Help shape engineering standards, design reviews, and best practices across the team;
- Stay up to date with industry advancements and incorporate relevant ideas into engineering work;
- Contribute to the evolution of the backend stack to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance;
- Ensure efficient use of AI code assist tools;
- Work closely with frontend engineers to ensure smooth integration between backend APIs and user interfaces;
- Collaborate with cloud and DevOps teams to improve deployments, observability, and performance;
- Integrate external systems, services, and vendors into the backend;
- Identify platform gaps and design backend components to support new initiatives;
- Ensure backend services are reliable, secure, and optimized for high traffic.
Must haves
- 4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer focused on backend development of scalable services;
- Expert level proficiency in Java;
- Deep experience with frameworks such as Spring Boot or Flask;
- Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, including serverless technologies, containerization, and managed services;
- Proven ability to design high availability, high performance applications following microservice architecture and RESTful API design;
- Strong understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and NoSQL systems such as MongoDB or Redis;
- Deep understanding of backend architecture principles, caching, security, and system integration patterns;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
- Experience in companies with a solid engineering team, focusing on an internal roadmap.
Nice to haves
- SaaS experience is a plus;
- Experience integrating AI vendor services or external inference systems;
- Experience with large scale distributed systems;
- Experience in the healthcare industry or digital media;
- Experience with CI CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure management.
About the project
The benefits of joining us
Professional growth
Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps
Competitive compensation
We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities
A selection of exciting projects
Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands
Flextime
Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.
Your AgileEngine journey starts here
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