Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve a robust serverless backend infrastructure. You will take ownership of cloud engineering initiatives, ensure system reliability and scalability, and help shape an AI-first development culture. This role involves architecting distributed systems, scalable APIs, and secure payment and subscription integrations, all while maintaining enterprise-grade standards for performance and reliability.
 

Key Responsibilities
 

• Architect and build scalable, high-availability backend systems leveraging serverless cloud technologies.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and operations teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Lead AI-driven engineering initiatives, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Mentor and guide engineers, promoting a culture of technical excellence.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Node.js and Python within AWS environments (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, etc.).
• Collaborate with front-end teams for efficient client-server integration (React.js).
• Implement best practices in monitoring, logging, and automated alerting.
• Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive technical documentation.
• Proactively identify architectural enhancements to improve system resilience and performance.
• Work autonomously with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
   

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Node.js and Python with a strong grasp of asynchronous programming.
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS).
• Strong knowledge of database design and optimization (SQL and NoSQL).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated expertise in site reliability engineering (SRE), including monitoring and failover strategies.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to work in distributed teams.
• Background in SaaS product development and familiarity with SaaS-specific scalability challenges.
• Experience working within Agile methodologies.
   

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with AWS security and compliance best practices.
• Experience in real-time analytics or event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of C# or additional backend languages.
• Experience designing microservices architectures.
• Exposure to high-traffic consumer applications.
• Understanding of networking and URL routing logic (e.g., link shortening and redirection).