Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Backend SDE 3 with 5+ years of experience in backend/platform engineering. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in backend programming and a strong understanding of the applications and system design concepts. You will play a vital role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems that power our innovative fintech products suite. This role requires a strong foundation in software engineering principles, technical leadership and implementations of best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Ownership of product/ feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production
Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns
Work closely with senior engineers for refining the design and implementation
Contribute to Low-Level and High-Level Design discussions and documentation
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices and design patterns
Assist directly and indirectly in the continual hiring and development of technical talent
Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.
Proactively mentoring and guiding the young talent of the engineering team to enforce S/W engineering best practices
The ideal candidate is a passionate engineer about delivering experiences that delight customers and creating solutions that are robust. He/She should be able to commit and own the deliverables end to end
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including front-end, product, and design
Proactively identify and resolve issues, implement effective error handling, and contribute to monitoring strategies
Participate in CI/CD processes and leverage AWS cloud services for deployment and management
Actively participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

Required Skills & Qualifications:

5+ years of professional backend development experience.
4+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Typescript, Python, Node.js, NestJS, JavaScript etc with strong proficiency.
2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
Strong Proficiency in Data Structures, Algorithmic design, problem solving and complexity analysis.
Experience in building scalable high performance large systems.
Solid understanding and hands-on experience with RESTful API design and communication.
Experience with both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases, including schema design.
Proficient in asynchronous programming concepts (e.g., async/await, Promises, event loop).
Working knowledge of user authentication and authorization principles and implementation
Familiarity with Firebase authentication and JWT.
Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS preferred) and CI/CD concepts/to ols.
Outstanding interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills
Attention to details coupled with the ability to think abstractly and analytically.
Proven technical Leadership and mentoring experience
Obsession with code quality and customer experience.
Proven track record of being able to learn new tools and technologies, languages and workflows.
Exceptional at time and priority management.
Passion for working in a high-paced startup environment and a continuous learning mindset.

SDE III - Backend Developer