Contract: Senior Staff Back-end Engineer
- Upwork
- 8 - 12 years
- Kolkata
- 10 months ago
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Job Description
- Collaborate with Engineering, Data Science teams, and Product Managers to create outstanding products for our users.
- Partner with product management and engineering colleagues to plan, execute, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality projects.
- Understand the larger vision, features, and challenges and translate them into actionable plans, considering trade-offs to achieve goals.
- Work within and across teams to design, build, and deliver robust systems that deliver value for our business and customers.
- Handle complex, ambiguous projects with minimal guidance.
- Simplify complex projects, potentially leading to strategic pivots from the original product plan.
- Participate in code reviews and design reviews, mentor junior engineers, promote best practices, and write supporting documentation.
- Share ownership of our code domain, focusing on improving code quality and reducing technical debt.
- Monitor system performance, respond to incidents promptly, and participate in on-call rotations as needed.
- Utilize collaborative tools such as Gmail, Slack, Confluence, and Jira for communication, documentation, and project management.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and robust server-side logic, databases, and APIs.
- Utilize programming languages such as Java or Kotlin for backend development.
- Architect and optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement security measures to protect backend systems and data.
- Manage your time independently and effectively to achieve project deliverables, which may require an estimated 40 hours of project-related effort per week.
- Coordinate with the team during core hours (8:00 am to 11:00 pm Pacific Time) to enhance project collaboration. Some roles or urgent matters may require availability until 12:00 pm Pacific Time on occasion.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct code reviews and develop comprehensive supporting documentation.
- Take shared ownership of our codebase, focusing on improving code quality and reducing technical debt.
- Drive and influence technical decisions across teams and up to engineering leadership.
- Lead and initiate projects, emphasizing localized infrastructure and cross-team collaboration.
Must Haves (Required Skills):
- Professional Experience: 8+ years in software development.
- Technical Leadership: Proven experience in taking complex projects from ideation to launch.
- Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in Java and RESTful services.
- Expertise in writing well-structured, maintainable unit tests (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).
- Deep knowledge of relational databases and distributed system design.
- Proven track record of building and supporting high-load web applications and addressing scalability challenges.
- Experience with financial technology or ledger systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles and practices.
Collaborative Skills:
- Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to successfully launch products.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with extensive experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
- Practical communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Additional Skills:
- Comfortable working with AWS and cloud-based environments.
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and continually develop professional skills.
- Experience with implementing virtual currencies, ledger systems, or financial technology.
- Experience with high-load applications and databases.
Job Classification
Industry: InternetFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QARole Category: Software DevelopmentRole: Back End DeveloperEmployement Type: ContractContact Details:
Company: Upwork Location(s): Kolkata+ View Contact
Keyskills: Product management software architecture Interpersonal skills Scalability Database design Project management Finance Manager Technology System design JIRA
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