M06 - Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs, and integration components.

- Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.

- Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.

- Manage and optimise relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.

- Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.

- Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities.

- Troubleshoot application and integration issues to ensure reliability and performance.

- Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.

- Implement authentication, authorisation, and security best practices.

- Support testing, deployment, and production operations.

- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code and participate in peer reviews.

- Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.

- Support knowledge sharing across the project team.

Experience & Skills

- Experience in backend software development and enterprise-grade applications.

- Strong programming proficiency in at least one of: Python, Node.js, or Java.

- Experience designing RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend integration services.

- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including query optimisation and data integrity.

- Experience with message queues, event-driven architectures, and system integration.

- Knowledge of software design patterns, enterprise application architecture, and secure coding.

- Experience developing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS.

- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.

- Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development.

- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Originally posted on Himalayas