Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job Description

• Write high-quality, well-tested Java code for scalable backend services - this is a coding-heavy role.
• Build and operate services on AWS, using services such such as EC2/ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, SQS and kafka.
• Instrument services for observability using Datadog, Splunk and Mixpanel - dashboards, alerts, traces, and logs that give your team real insight into system behavior.
• Own production troubleshooting: diagnose and resolve incidents, identify root causes, and drive lasting fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Participate actively in code reviews, holding a high bar for code quality, readability, and test coverage.
• Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers to turn business requirements into well-scoped technical designs

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Skills and Requirements

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with deep hands-on Java development throughout.
• Strong microservices design and implementation experience - you can architect a service from scratch and reason clearly about its boundaries, dependencies, and failure modes.
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills; comfortable investigating complex issues across service boundaries in production environments and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tooling, specifically Datadog and/or Splunk — building dashboards, writing alert rules, and using traces and logs to diagnose issues.
• Experience deploying and operating backend services on AWS (e.g., EC2/ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, SQS, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
• Experience building RESTful and GraphQL API and working with event-driven or messaging-based architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment practices.
• Strong communication and design skills - you can write a clear design doc, articulate trade-offs to peers, and engage constructively in technical discussions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience