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Summary

Senior Backend Engineer builds, scales, and operates core Java/Kotlin services end-to-end, owning architecture, APIs, and cloud infrastructure for a product company.

Our client is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and scale the core systems behind their product. The successful candidate will own services end to end, design, build, ship, operate and work directly with product on what gets built next.

What the role involves:

  • Designing, building, and operating backend services in Java/Kotlin
  • Owning services end to end: architecture, deployment, monitoring, and on-call
  • Designing APIs and data models other teams depend on
  • Partnering with product managers to shape technical solutions
  • Mentoring engineers and contributing to system design reviews

What we're looking for:

  • 5+ years backend experience, strong in Java and/or Kotlin
  • Background at a product company, having owned services full lifecycle (not just feature delivery)
  • Solid distributed systems experience: APIs, Kafka (or similar), SQL/NoSQL
  • Comfort with cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Docker/Kubernetes
  • Strong system design instincts and great cross-team communication

Please reach out to (HIDDEN TEXT) for more information.

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