Backend Engineer

Key Role & Responsibility:

Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs that power the platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security:

• Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs, and integration components.
• Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.
• Manage and optimise relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.
• Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.
• Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability features to support system reliability and operational troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues to ensure service reliability and performance.
• Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
• Implement authentication, authorisation, and other security best practices in backend systems.
• Support testing, deployment, and production operations activities.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, and participate in peer code reviews.
• Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate effectively with team members to deliver solutions and support knowledge sharing across the project team.

Experience & Skills Needed

• Experience in backend software development and building enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong programming proficiency in at least one of:
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Java
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices, and backend integration services.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including query optimisation, and data integrity management.
• Experience working with message queues, event-driven architectures, and system integration.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, enterprise application architecture, and secure coding practices.
• Experience developing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development practices.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.