Software Engineer (Backend)

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services and robust APIs.
• Define and implement robust API contracts to ensure seamless data integration with consuming services (e. g., frontend applications).
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise the performance of backend systems, data pipelines, and database queries.
• Architect, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS services, focusing on scalability and reliability.
• Document system and service configurations and procedures.
• Review code rigorously, providing constructive feedback and ensuring code quality and maintainability.

Requirements:

• Experienced professional: At least 3 years of experience developing scalable backend systems using object-oriented languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Deep experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and management (e. g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Solid understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and designing for performance, security, and high availability.
• Proven experience designing, building, and documenting RESTful and/or gRPC APIs.
• Strong experience with Django and Django REST Framework for developing scalable backend applications and RESTful APIs.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud for infrastructure management and service deployment.
• Experience implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for production environments.
• Microservices: Skills in design, developing, and deploying containerised microservices on AWS platforms like ECS or Fargate, ensuring independent scalability and agility.
• Automation champion: Belief in "code over manual" and implementation of automation tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to streamline provisioning, deployment, and management of infrastructure and microservices.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker.
• Experience with message queuing or streaming systems (e. g., Kafka, SQS).
• Passion for staying up-to-date with the latest backend technologies and trends.