Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Contractual)

Description:

• We are seeking Senior Backend Engineers who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low latency, distributed systems with RESTful services.
• You will be responsible for developing new software products (internal) and solving complex technical challenges for scale-ups and enterprise companies.
• You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.

Requirements:

• You’ll be responsible for writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, and maintainable code.
• You will solve complex technical problems and perform an objective analysis of the problem statement to come up with an unbiased technical solution before writing any code.
• You will coordinate cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards.
• You will participate in and drive code reviews, build robust, secure, and scalable microservices, and implement RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway.
• You will ensure sub-second server response and will be responsible for implementing various data stores as needed.
• You will track defects and work with business owners and users to triage bugs and manage the backlog.
• You will take ownership to run and maintain Cloud infrastructure and evaluate relevant technologies, influencing and driving architecture and design discussions.
• You will architect and design the platform, mentor junior engineers, write documentation, and create engineering processes.
• You will work as an individual contributor, help drive KPIs with Product, and take ownership of backend systems.
• You will assist with unit tests and the QA process, scale the engineering team, and system scale to hundreds of millions of users.
• You will work with product managers and designers.
• You need to have overall 6+ years of experience in software development with a strong base in Golang/Java/Python and a degree in Computer Science (optional).
• You should have experience with Go, K8, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD, as well as micro web frameworks like Springboot and Gin/Mux.
• You should have experience in working with microservice architectures, transactional systems, and distributed environments.
• You need exposure to building RESTful APIs with monitoring, fault tolerance, and metrics.
• You should have experience with MySQL and NoSQL databases, server-side services using ElasticSearch, and DevOps experience.
• You should have excellent attention to detail, outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance.
• You should be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable and distributed systems and be agile in adapting to changing requirements.
• Experience in leading or mentoring an engineering team, contributing to open-source projects, and proficiency in English are also required.
• Experience with Web3 is optional, and bonus points are given for 4+ years of actively working on Golang and open-source contributions.

Benefits:

• You will be part of a 100% remote team, allowing you to work from anywhere you please.
• You will enjoy flexible timings, enabling you to set your own hours and create a productive schedule that works for you.
• You will receive a best-in-class salary, as we hire only the best and pay accordingly.