Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Approximately 5 years of professional experience designing, building, deploying, and operating backend systems in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) context. You have production experience with:

Strong experience with Typescript, Java, C++ and/or Python

Service decomposition.

API design.

Different interaction patterns (e.g. RPC, publish/subscribe, event-driven).

At least two database technologies

Trading off consistency for availability/performance.

Proven experience (5+ major services) with at least one major cloud provider (AWS strongly preferred).

Demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas:

Integrating with complex third-party APIs and building reliable, distributed workflows (e.g., using task queues, state machines).

Building event-driven applications and/or scalable data processing pipelines (e.g., using Kafka, message queues, serverless functions).

A business-oriented mindset, with a focus on leveraging technology to solve concrete problems and deliver value.

A strong sense of ownership, comfortable venturing beyond immediate expertise to understand and solve problems effectively.

The ability to earn trust by providing and receiving candid, constructive feedback.

Willingness to participate in on-call rotations to ensure the reliability of our production systems.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly and drive mutual understanding across teams with diverse technical backgrounds.