Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining robust, modular backend services.
• Building RESTful APIs with a focus on scalability and security.
• Managing data with SQL, writing optimized queries, and schema design.
• Architecting and deploying services in a microservices environment.
• Using message brokers for async communication.
• Implementing caching for performance optimization.
• Writing unit, integration, and API tests.
• Containerizing apps with Docker, deploying via CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploying and managing infrastructure on AWS.
• Monitoring and debugging systems using logging and APM tools.
• Participating in design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement of dev workflows.
• Following best practices around API versioning, rate limiting, and observability.
  

Requirements

• 1-2 years of backend development experience.
• Strong foundation in Python with hands-on experience in FastAPI or Django.
• Solid understanding of SQL, PostgreSQL preferred.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, service orchestration, and inter-service communication.
• Experience with messaging queues (e. g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS).
• Knowledge of caching layers (e. g., Redis, Memcached) for performance tuning.
• Experience in building, testing, and documenting REST APIs.
• Working knowledge and hands-on experience of Docker, CI/CD, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and metrics collection.
• Bonus: Exposure to C#. NET Core, or Azure, is a plus.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.