Senior Backend Engineer Job Description
About this Opportunity:
We are seeking a skilled software engineer to join our high-performing engineering team. This role is ideal for an experienced professional who can immediately contribute to solving complex challenges and driving technical excellence.
Job Responsibilities:
* Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs
* Lead DevOps initiatives, including CI/CD pipeline management, cloud infrastructure, and container orchestration
* Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
* Work closely with stakeholders to deliver new features and improve existing systems
* Evaluate disaster recovery readiness and compliance with security best practices
* Manage AWS services, including S3, RDS, EventBridge, SQS, IAM, VPC, ECR
* Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and Docker images in production environments
* Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems
Required Qualifications:
* Professional experience in functional programming, with Node.js / JavaScript
* Proven experience with DevOps practices and cloud-native environments
* Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
* Expertise with AWS services, including S3, RDS, EventBridge, SQS, IAM, VPC, ECR
* Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, RDS)
* Experience with automated database migrations and versioning
* Passion for mentoring team members and driving engineering best practices
Benefits:
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