Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer

Build and scale high-throughput, low-latency APIs and distributed systems that power core product experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable RESTful and gRPC APIs to support web and mobile clients
• Optimize database performance (schema, query patterns) for relational and NoSQL systems
• Build and maintain event-driven asynchronous processing pipelines using Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Write unit, integration, and load tests to ensure reliability and prevent performance regressions
• Monitor and debug production using observability tools
• Participate in design reviews and perform rigorous code reviews to improve engineering best practices

Requirements

• 3–6 years of professional backend engineering experience building distributed systems
• Strong backend skills in at least one: Go, Python, Java, or Node.js/TypeScript
• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational database design, query optimization, and caching
• Experience with AWS or GCP and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts, microservices, and API security

Nice to have

• GraphQL federated graphs
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• WebSockets for real-time communication