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Senior Backend Engineer

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8 months ago

Responsibilities

  • Design and build robust, scalable backend systems, APIs, and microservices for the platform.
  • Build highly available, secure, sustainable, and maintainable technology.
  • Analyze and improve service quality and performance.
  • Implement and advocate for best practices in testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Own innovative feature and system development while considering usability, scalability, security, and performance.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience developing successful, highly available online services.
  • Experience building and deploying services into cloud environments and using infrastructure as code.
  • Strong backend development experience, primarily with Kotlin.
  • Experience implementing GitOps across infrastructure, deployments, CI/CD, live operations, and documentation as code.
  • Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, including Redis and DynamoDB.
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to deliver features and improve systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and security.
  • Knowledge of system design, distributed systems, caching strategies, and asynchronous processing.
  • Experience in growth software, SaaS, edtech, or high-scale B2C applications such as streaming or e-commerce.
  • Preferred experience in compliance-focused industries such as finance, healthcare, or education.
  • Preferred familiarity with player data models, real-time services, and telemetry or event tracking.
  • Interest in technology, education, and child-safe technology development.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBKotlinRedis

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