Senior Backend Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. As a backend developer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining the core infrastructure and APIs that power our applications. You will work on creating scalable, efficient, and secure backend solutions leveraging cutting-edge technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side logic, APIs, and services using Node.js.
• Design and implement data storage solutions with MongoDB for scalability and reliability.
• Integrate and manage caching mechanisms using Redis to enhance application performance.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain backend services on AWS using services like EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and more.
• Ensure system security and data protection by following industry best practices.
• Debug and optimize code for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
• Monitor and manage the health and performance of backend systems, implementing alerting and monitoring solutions.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Node.js, with at least [Insert Minimum Years, e.g., 3+ years] of hands-on experience.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and a strong understanding of NoSQL database design principles.
• Proficiency in Redis, including configuring, maintaining, and optimizing its usage.
• Solid experience with AWS services, including deploying, managing, and scaling cloud-based solutions.
• Familiarity with RESTful API design and best practices.
• Understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Knowledge of best practices in software development, including CI/CD and automated testing.
• Problem-solving mindset with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with serverless architecture and services such as AWS Lambda.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, JWT).
• Exposure to message queues like RabbitMQ or Amazon SQS.

Sizzle is an exciting new startup that’s changing the world of gaming.  At Sizzle, we’re building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube streams. We’re looking for a superstar Python expert to help develop and deploy our AI pipeline. The main task will be deploying models and algorithms developed by our AI team, and keeping the daily production pipeline running. Our pipeline is centered around several microservices, all written in Python, that coordinate their actions through a database. We’re looking for developers with deep experience in Python including profiling and improving the performance of production code, multiprocessing / multithreading, and managing a pipeline that is constantly running. AI/ML experience is a plus, but not necessary. AWS / docker / CI/CD practices are also a plus. If you are a gamer or streamer, or enjoy watching video games and streams, that is also definitely a plus :-)

You will be responsible for:

• Building Python scripts to deploy our AI components into pipeline and production
• Developing logic to ensure multiple different AI components work together seamlessly through a microservices architecture
• Managing our daily pipeline on both on-premise servers and AWS
• Working closely with the AI engineering, backend and frontend teams

You should have the following qualities:

• Deep expertise in Python including:
• Multiprocessing / multithreaded applications
• Class-based inheritance and modules
• DB integration including pymongo and sqlalchemy (we have MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases on our backend)
• Understanding Python performance bottlenecks, and how to profile and improve the performance of production code including:
• Optimal multithreading / multiprocessing strategies
• Memory bottlenecks and other bottlenecks encountered with large datasets and use of numpy / opencv / image processing
• Experience in creating soft real-time processing tasks is a plus
• Expertise in Docker-based virtualization including:
• Creating & maintaining custom Docker images
• Deployment of Docker images on cloud and on-premise services
• Experience with maintaining cloud applications in AWS environments
• Experience in deploying machine learning algorithms into production (e.g. PyTorch, tensorflow, opencv, etc) is a plus
• Experience with image processing in python is a plus (e.g. openCV, Pillow, etc)
• Experience with running Nvidia GPU / CUDA-based tasks is a plus (Nvidia Triton, MLFlow)
• Knowledge of video file formats (mp4, mov, avi, etc.), encoding, compression, and using ffmpeg to perform common video processing tasks is a plus.
• Excited about working in a fast-changing startup environment
• Willingness to learn rapidly on the job, try different things, and deliver results
• Ideally a gamer or someone interested in watching gaming content online

Seniority: We are looking for a mid to senior level engineer

Salary: Will be commensurate with experience. 

Who Should Apply:

If you have the right experience, regardless of your seniority, please apply.

Work Experience:  4 years to 8 years

About Sizzle

Sizzle is building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube videos. Sizzle works with thousands of gaming streamers to automatically create highlights and social content for them. Sizzle is available at www.sizzle.gg. 

You should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming and MySQL, an understanding of MVC designs specifically Code Igniter, JSON, JavaScript, and working knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Development and maintenance of Web applications in Code igniter framework.

- DB Schema designing

- UI Designing

- Web services/API endpoint implementation

- Development of back-end process

- UML designing

- Strong in SQL Queries

Company Brief- Bangalore -

NowApps Technologies Pvt Ltd. (http://www.nowappstech.com/index.php) is a company focused exclusively on providing solutions for extended enterprises Our aim is to build a platform that creates more wealth for every stakeholder who directly or indirectly participates in the upstream and downstream supply chain process. We envisage a world wherein every business that operates through channel partners - irrespective of small, medium, or large - can get connected and work on a single platform to provide a unified experience to its customers. For additional information, visit channelkonnect.com.

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• System engineering and implementation in Golang.
• Working on performance issues using creative experiments and internally developed product features.
• Research, propose, and integrate relevant open-source projects based on product objectives.
• Write organized, efficient, and well documented Python/Golang code as an example for junior engineers.
• Participation in all levels of product definition, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Must include the ability to discuss abstract system architectures from ideas through implementation and
• creatively apply domain experience to solve technical challenges.
• Mentoring software engineers, fostering an environment of trust and accountability.

• Strong Golang skills to develop framework(s).
• Hands-on to design & develop re-usable framework components.
• Hands-On experience on developing framework, designing re-usable framework components.
• Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven development,
• Continuous Integration, building highly scalable applications, application security and functional programming.

• Knowledge of Cloud native would be an advantage.
• Understanding of Kubernetes from Architecture side and also understand the Standard API.
• Code contributed to CNCF or similar community will be plus.
• Performance benchmarking of K8’s or any cloud will be added advantage.

• Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do.
• Background in designing high performant scalable software systems with strong focus to optimize hardware cost.
• Solid collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic environment.
• Strong commitment to get the most performance out of a system being worked on.
• Prior development of a large software project using service-oriented architecture operating with real time constraints.

• You will get a chance to work on cloud-native and hyper-scale products
• You will be working with industry leaders in cloud.
• You can expect a steep learning curve.
• You will get the experience of solving real time problems, eventually you become a problem solver.

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Open Learning - 100% Reimbursement for online technical courses.
• Fast Growth - opportunities to grow quickly and surely
• Creative Freedom + Flat hierarchy
• Sponsorship to all those employees who represent company in events and meet ups.
• Flexible working hours
• 5 days week
• Hybrid Working model (Office and WFH)

• Initial Resume screening call with our Recruiting team
• Next, candidates will be invited to solve coding exercises.
• Next, candidates will be invited for first technical interview
• Next, candidates will be invited for final technical interview
• Finally, candidates will be invited for Culture Plus interview with HR
• Candidates may be asked to interview with the Leadership team
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email
• As always, the interviews and screening call will be conducted via a mix of telephonic and video call.

Experience with Hibernate and Spring.

•   Experience with Spring-boot, spring MVC
• Experience with all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle, including system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation
• Teamwork & collaboration skills to work across organizations
• Problem solving skills to develop quick yet sound solutions to resolve complex issues
• Programming Language(s): Java, J2EE, JSON, HTML, DHTML, HTML 5, XML, EXTJS.
• Experience with XML/HTTP and Web Services
• Experience with HTML, JSP, CSS, JQuery / Ajax / JSON,
•     Experience /Knowledge of Angular, React.
• Experience building J2EE based Web Applications
• Experience with MySql.