Lead Backend Developer

Job Description-
We are looking for talented and self-motivated engineers to come join us on our mission.
We have a team culture that encourages collaboration and innovation at all levels and we expect developers to take a high level of ownership for the execution of tasks assigned to them.

Roles and responsibilities:
● Understand and derive requirements from product managers and customers
● Able to design APIs and modules for scale.
● Participate in design reviews and look at opportunities to continuously improve on practices
and quality.
● Own end-to-end implementation of modules and drive the project
● Debug prod issues and solve them efficiently and quickly. Customer obsession is key
● Automate recurring day-to-day tasks.
● Show initiative to drive topics to resolution and able to collaborate with multiple teams in
delivering the project
● Mentor junior team members
● Own project deadlines and seeing through project go-live.

Job Requirements Skills
● Good problem-solving skills and ability to understand and use the right data structures and algorithms
● Use design patterns and best engineering practices to design scalable and extensible
solutions. Working knowledge of microservices and/or event-driven architecture is plus
● Working knowledge of relational databases esp PostgreSQL.
● Advanced expertise in Java/server-side technologies. Working knowledge of Spring Boot is desirable
● Should have designed and implemented REST APIs. Good working knowledge of HTTP(S),Web servers desired
● Should have worked in Linux environments and understanding of GIT or any other source code versioning is a must
● Understanding of ORMs, Caching, Object storage, Queues is a must. Exposure to AWS S3, SQS components, Redis is a plus
● Own and write tests using Unit and integration testing frameworks
● Ability to work independently and/or with a team in a fast-paced, rapidly changing
environment
● Should do code reviews.
● Server-side application deployment experience is a plus.

Qualifications
● Experience - A minimum 6+ yrs of relevant experience.