Principal Engineer - Backend

Experience : 8+ Years

What you’ll do

Understand customer requirements and business challenges to architect workable.

Create a convincing value proposition by collaborating with multiple cross-functional teams.

Design Solution and present Architecture fit to CTO / Head of Engineering / CEO. Create Architecture diagrams for the proposed solution.

Should be able to build prototype apps to achieve complex business objectives for demos.

Be SPOC for Engineering and PM teams.

Create technical documentation for projects and guide the team members.

Be the SPOC for Product feature asks with the PM Teams.

Help in kickstarting a project for Implementation by starting clear discussions during the tech cycle, eliminating any discrepancies that arise during the handover process.

What are we looking for :

8+ years of hands-on coding experience in JAVA (other Object-Oriented Languages are okay if JAVA experience is 4+ years).

In-depth understanding of System design and Java Design patterns

Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products with low latency at high concurrency.

In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure that is highly available, end-to-end functioning of a cloud-first product.

Experience with distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL).

Familiarity with in-memory storage solutions like Redis or Hazlecast.

Ability to understand the requirements and break them into actionable tasks.

Ability to mentor other team members on system design, and coding guidelines. Be a role model.

Good understanding of Linux / Unix.

Experience with container technologies like ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

Understanding zero downtime deployment in a distributed environment is a plus.

Experience with socket programming, game programming, or messenger applications is a plus.

Understanding of state full matching, maintaining state, and recovering state in a distributed system.

Experience with AWS is preferred.

Key Behaviours that we look for

Good in problem analysis, design, requirement analysis, and solution design.

First principal thinking.

Ability to break down a problem into solvable components with business goals in mind.

Solid verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Great at documentation.

Fast learner and can pick up new technologies.