Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Backend Engineer to join our Data Platform team. You will design and implement scalable, reliable, high‑performance backend services that power our data‑ingestion products, enabling millions of users to benefit from proactive digital employee experience management.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale distributed backend systems serving millions of users.
• Drive end‑to‑end delivery of features from design through deployment and monitoring.
• Architect real‑time, low‑latency APIs and backend services for large‑scale data ingestion.
• Develop cloud‑native services in Java (17+), ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Work on infrastructure components, including AWS deployments, Docker containerization, and Kubernetes/ECS orchestration.
• Ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, and compliance in high‑throughput environments.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure engineers, and other teams to deliver production‑ready systems.
• Contribute to technical discussions, share knowledge, and evolve best practices in backend and infra engineering.

Required profile

• BSc/BEng or Master in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Proven experience designing and scaling backend systems for millions of users or high‑throughput real‑time services.
• Strong background in high‑availability systems, failover, and resiliency design.
• Curious mindset with eagerness to learn and adapt.

Required skills

• Java (version 17 or higher)
• Distributed data systems (e.g., Redis, Apache Kafka, SQL databases)
• AWS (or similar cloud platform)
• Docker
• Kubernetes or ECS
• Cloud‑native architecture experience
• High‑availability and fault‑tolerance design knowledge