Software Development Engineer III - Backend Development

Role Overview :

As an SDE3 Backend Engineer, you will take technical ownership of complex backend components, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability of our systems. You will serve as a go-to engineer for challenging problems, mentor junior developers, and play an active role in shaping system architecture and technical direction.

Responsibilities :

• Design and Development : Architect and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python or Golang, ensuring high performance, resilience, and extensibility.

• System Ownership : Take end-to-end ownership of critical modules, from design and development to deployment and support.

• Technical Leadership : Conduct design and code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team's technical bar.

• Collaboration : Work closely with product managers, architects, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Performance and Reliability : Troubleshoot complex issues in production systems, identify root causes, and design sustainable long-term solutions.

• Innovation : Evaluate new technologies, contribute to proof-of-concepts, and recommend tools that can improve developer productivity.

• Process Improvement : Drive initiatives to improve coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.

• Knowledge Sharing : Document designs, create technical guides, and share insights with the broader engineering team.

Requirements :

• 2 - 8 years of backend development experience with Python or Golang.

• Strong expertise in designing, developing, and scaling microservices and distributed systems.

• Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and performance optimization.

• Proficiency with databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).

• Hands-on experience with Linux development, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and related services.

• Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills for production-grade systems.

• Experience with AI-powered development tools is a strong plus; familiarity with concepts like 'agentic coding' for workflow automation or 'context engineering' for leveraging LLMs in system design is highly desirable.

Required Skills :

• Strong problem-solving ability, with experience handling complex technical challenges.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.

• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate trade-offs.

• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate independently while aligning with team goals.

• Passionate about engineering culture, quality, and developer productivity.