Senior Software Engineer I - Backend (For temp workers)

What we’re looking for

• Able to become productive within the first few weeks.

  
  

• Comfortable working in large, existing codebases.

  
  

• Strong engineering fundamentals and pragmatic decision making.

  
  

• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.

  
  

• Clear written and verbal communication.

  
  

• Advanced Claude and Codex usage.

  
  

• Reliable delivery with minimal supervision.

  
  

• Able to estimate work realistically and communicate risks early.

  
  

• Comfortable working in fast-paced Agile environments.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and evolve scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend services.

This role is suited for engineers who can quickly understand complex distributed systems, make sound technical decisions, lead implementation of large initiatives, and consistently deliver production-ready software with minimal supervision. In addition to hands-on development, you will help drive technical excellence through architecture, code quality, and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.

  
  

• Lead the technical implementation of medium to large engineering initiatives.

  
  

• Design resilient, observable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.

  
  

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested Java code.

  
  

• Review technical designs and provide architectural guidance.

  
  

• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.

  
  

• Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

  
  

• Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and testing standards.

  
  

• Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers.

  
  

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and operational tooling.

  
  

• Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and infrastructure teams.

  
  

Must Have

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.

  
  

• Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.

  
  

• Extensive experience designing and building REST APIs.

  
  

• Strong experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures.

  
  

• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications.

  
  

• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.

  
  

• Experience with relational databases and data modeling.

  
  

• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, resiliency, and fault tolerance.

  
  

• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting.

  
  

• Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

  
  

• Strong debugging and production troubleshooting skills.

  
  

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production deployments.

  
  

• Ability to drive technical solutions independently.

  
  

• Strong code review and mentoring experience.

  
  

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with GraphQL.

  
  

• Experience with AWS or GCP.

  
  

• Experience with SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.

  
  

• Experience with A/B testing platforms.

  
  

• Experience optimizing JVM performance.

  
  

• Experience working on high-scale consumer platforms.

  
  

• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams.