Sr Engineer - 2 (Backend)

Job Summary

Job Title - Software Engineer- 2 (Backend)

Location - Bangalore

Responsibilities

• Design, write and deliver highly scalable, reliable and fault tolerant systems with minimal guidance
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
• Partner with the product management team to define and execute the feature roadmap
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution, and customer delight
• Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies
• An enormous sense of ownership
• Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization

The Ideal Candidate

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in commercial software development in large distributed systems

Experience

• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying applications on Golang, Ruby, Python, .Net Core or Java for large scale applications
• Deep knowledge of Linux as a production environment
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures
• Expert in at least 1 of the following languages: Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++
• Proficient in OOP, including design patterns
• Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services
• Hands-on coder who has built backend services that handle high volume traffic
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
• Possess excellent communication, sharp analytical abilities with proven design skills, able to think critically of the current system in terms of growth and stability
• Data modeling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases
• Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
• Ability to plan, prioritize, estimate and execute releases with good degree of predictability
• Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency risks
• Passion for learning new things, solving challenging problems
• Ability to get stuff done!

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Golang ecosystem
• Familiarity with running web services at scale; understanding of systems internals and networking are a plus
• Be familiar with HTTP/HTTPS communication protocols

Abilities and Traits

• Ability to follow agile best practices
• Ability to provide exceptional attention to details of the product
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
• Work well as a team player and help the team members to resolve issues
• Be committed to quality and be structured in approach
• Excellent and demonstrable concept formulation, logical and analytical skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and prioritization skills

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