Backend Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description:

• We are seeking a skilled Backend Software Engineer to join our team. As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, shipping, and maintaining backend features independently.
• You will break down features into executable tasks, ensuring timely delivery within sprint cycles.
• Write clear, concise, and well-tested code using Java and Spring Boot, aligned with platform capabilities.
• Ensure end-to-end ownership of features, including design documentation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and post-release improvements.
• Monitor production behavior of owned features and proactively address issues with appropriate automation and runbooks.
• Participate in and conduct code reviews that are constructive, standards-compliant, and improve team code quality.
• Collaborate closely with customer-facing teams to debug production issues and improve overall system stability.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 4–7 years of professional backend development experience, ideally in product-based internet companies or startups.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and web services.
• Proven expertise with relational and/or NoSQL databases such as SQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
• Experience designing and developing scalable, distributed, and high-availability systems.
• Solid understanding of backend design principles and ability to apply them effectively.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and code optimization skills with a focus on performance.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, monitoring, and alerting practices for production systems.
• Exposure to or active use of generative AI tools for coding tasks.

Benefits:

• We strive to live and breathe our Cultural Principles and encourage employees to demonstrate some of these core values – Customer First; Empathy; Transparency; Fail Fast and scale Fast; No Hierarchies for Communication; Deep Dive and innovate; Trust, Do it as you own it;
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diverse people because of and not in spite of the differences.

Others:

• We look forward to hearing from you!