Backend Engineer

Role Overview:

• Architect and build scalable, performant, and secure APIs and backend services
• Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver backend systems supporting critical features
• Build reliable systems that scale, with focus on frameworks, databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful or GraphQL APIs
• Architect backend systems with clean separation of concerns
• Optimize database performance with indexing, query tuning, and caching
• Implement security best practices (authentication, authorization, rate limiting, etc.)
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Deploy and monitor services using CI/CD and observability tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features
• Troubleshoot production issues including memory leaks and outages

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in backend languages: Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript), Python, Java, or Go
• Experience with backend frameworks: Express/NestJS, Django/FastAPI, Spring Boot, or Gin/Fiber
• Strong with relational and NoSQL databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Expertise in API design: REST, GraphQL, pagination, versioning, error handling
• Familiar with authentication protocols: JWT, OAuth2
• Strong understanding of security principles: XSS, CSRF, SQL injection
• Experience with Docker and microservice deployment
• Knowledge of caching, background processing, and job queues
• Comfortable with Git workflows, CI/CD, and automated deployments

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Monitoring/logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, Sentry
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, serverless architecture
• Exposure to ETL pipelines or GenAI/ML layer integration

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Equivalent experience or open-source contributions are also considered