Backend Developer (Senior)

We are working on an interesting idea which helps parents monitor and manage kid's screen time and other activities on the device. Our product will reduce kids getting exposed to inappropriate online content, online abuse among others. Our customers are parents and teachers across the globe. We are looking for experienced Backend developers responsible for the development and maintenance of complex highly scalable and performing backend systems. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the product.  Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential. Responsibilities   Data modelling to optimize for performance based on access paths  Replicating and sharding multiple data storage systems  Designing APIs and abstractions to expose to various consumers  Building servers and clients for data storage and querying  Experience developing, designing and architecting large-scale web and mobile applications  Extensive database experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions  Ensure the best possible reliability, correctness, performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application  Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into an effective technical implementation  Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization  Mentoring and driving the backend team Skills & Requirements  Prior work experience – 5yrs+  Bachelor/ Masters in Computer Science or related areas  Strong knowledge of server-side programming and frameworks like Spring  Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with AWS ecosystem  Experience with higher level programming languages like Java, Python,  Experience with databases like Postgres, Mongo, HBase  Experience with RESTful APIs to connect front-end applications to back-end service  Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning  Knowledge of the open-source ecosystem, frameworks and the libraries available for common tasks  Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications  A knack for benchmarking and optimization  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git  Familiarity with continuous integration  A strong presence on developer forums like Github, Stackoverflow etc. a plus  Ability to work in a fast-paced startup   Experience in building and handling a team  Outstanding work-ethic