Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs, and integration components.
- Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.
- Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.
- Manage and optimise relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.
- Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.
- Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities.
- Troubleshoot application and integration issues to ensure reliability and performance.
- Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
- Implement authentication, authorisation, and security best practices.
- Support testing, deployment, and production operations.
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code and participate in peer reviews.
- Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Support knowledge sharing across the project team.
Experience & Skills
- Experience in backend software development and enterprise-grade applications.
- Strong programming proficiency in at least one of: Python, Node.js, or Java.
- Experience designing RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend integration services.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including query optimisation and data integrity.
- Experience with message queues, event-driven architectures, and system integration.
- Knowledge of software design patterns, enterprise application architecture, and secure coding.
- Experience developing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
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