About the role
We are looking for an experienced SDE 3 - Backend Engineer to join our product engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java or Golang, hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, and excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms. As an SDE 3 you will take ownership of designing and developing scalable backend systems, contribute to architecture and system design decisions, and solve complex technical problems.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop scalable, highly available, and reliable backend services.
- Take ownership of critical product modules and deliver high-quality, production-ready solutions.
- Work extensively with Java or Golang for backend development.
- Design and implement solutions on AWS or GCP.
- Apply strong knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms to solve complex engineering problems.
- Participate in System Design and Architecture discussions.
- Drive technical decisions and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Review code and provide technical guidance to other engineers.
- Identify and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
- Take ownership of production issues, debugging, monitoring, and continuous system improvements.
Requirements:
- 5-9 years of software development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java OR Golang.
- Hands-on experience with AWS OR GCP.
- Strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
- Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and design principles.
- Experience building scalable and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of System Design.
- Experience developing and consuming REST APIs / backend services.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience working in a product-based technology environment.