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Staff Backend Engineer

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about 4 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable Tier-1 services for order planning and fulfillment optimization.
  • Own architecture across distributed systems involving gRPC, Kafka, and multi-region deployments.
  • Write production code in Kotlin and Java, ensuring correctness and performance.
  • Lead design and code reviews to identify issues in latency-sensitive order flows.
  • Drive reliability for mission-critical services through observability and incident prevention.
  • Partner with Product and Data Science to translate optimization goals into technical execution.
  • Mentor engineers and create scalable technical mechanisms.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in high-scale distributed systems with strict latency and reliability requirements.
  • Excellent coding skills in Kotlin or Java for backend systems.
  • Deep understanding of system design, including API design and concurrency.
  • Strong code review skills to identify issues in complex codebases.
  • Experience with production-grade systems handling high QPS and large data volumes.
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures using Kafka.
  • Experience with multi-region systems and resilience engineering.
  • Proven track record of technical leadership and mentoring.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaElasticsearchgRPCJavaKotlinPythonRedisSpring Boot

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringDevOps