Senior Backend Engineer (Java)

• Collaborate effectively with Clients, Product Management, and User Experience teams.
• Work closely with the client team during the system design for new and existing features.
• Write clear and concise design documentation when assigned tasks to develop a feature, and then drive the discussion with your peer developer group.
• Review technical design documentation to ensure it clearly communicates assumptions and options, and provide justified recommendations.
• Develop testable software artefacts with associated unit tests.
• Review pull requests (PRs) in a meaningful way when assigned by team members.
• Embrace the Agile processes used by the development team, while influencing incremental improvements.

• You possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• You have 5–8 years of proven experience working as a backend developer in a strongly typed language framework.
• You have deep hands-on expertise with Java (Java 8+ preferred) and a solid understanding of software design patterns, especially in service-oriented architectures.
• You have experience with RDBMS (MS SQL, MySQL, Postgres) and data modeling.
• You are skilled in debugging, profiling, and troubleshooting, with proven ability to improve performance and scalability.
• You have experience with data transformation tools (e.g., GSON, Protobuf) and server-side frameworks (e.g., GraphQL).
• You have strong AWS cloud exposure: S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, and serverless architecture.
• You have practical knowledge of SOLID principles and OOP, with experience in designing scalable, maintainable systems.
• You thrive in fast-paced, distributed teams and are comfortable delivering in Agile environments.

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