Senior Backend Engineer
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Description
- Role Overview:
Lead the development of scalable backend systems and APIs while mentoring team members and driving technical decisions. Work with product teams to deliver robust solutions that meet business needs.
Lead the development of scalable backend systems and APIs while mentoring team members and driving technical decisions. Work with product teams to deliver robust solutions that meet business needs.
- Core Responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable backend services and APIs
- Lead technical architecture decisions
- Optimize system performance
- Mentor junior engineers
- Collaborate with product and design teams
- Design and implement microservices architecture
- Establish patterns for service communication and data flow
Requirements
- Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong expertise in:
- TypeScript/Node.js
- GraphQL and REST APIs
- Express framework
- NoSQL/SQL databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
- Redis
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Microservices architecture patterns
- Message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Service discovery and configuration management
- Inter-service communication (gRPC, REST, Event-driven)
- API Gateway implementation
- Key Skills:
- Technical leadership and mentoring
- System design and architecture
- Microservices design patterns
- Distributed systems knowledge
- Problem-solving
- Clear communication
- Project management