Backend Engineer

Job Title: Backend Engineer or DevOps Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA - Hybrid

What you will do :

• Analyze product requirements and design to develop efficient, re-usable, reliable and scalable software with quality conformance in an innovative and iteratively growing environment
• Develop and deploy highly scalable and efficient Cloud native solutions for hybrid cloud
• Apply and extend CI/CD tools and execute end-2-end ownership of your developed Software stack, including DevOps and testing aspects
• Implement tools to enhance both automated and semi-automated workflows, involving backend/service-based software stacks, but also dashboard components for data tracking and analysis
• Collaborate with Lead and Principal engineers on architecture, design, code and configuration reviews.

• Provide technical expertise for teams focused on specific software modules.
• Work with other engineering teams and internal customers to identify new opportunities, address critical needs and solve complex problems using your backend development expertise
• Become an expert at leveraging internal platform resources and APIs'
• Build out systems to monitor deployed workflows and alert/handle failures
• Collaborate with Engineers to develop quality code and review the design/code
• Respond to internal customers escalation requests

What you need to succeed:

• Very Good understanding of Cloud native application concepts and 12 Factor application concepts

• Very Good understanding on Microservices application development and Microservices pattern language
• Ability to solution applications using Cloud- native application concepts
• Experience in solutioning and migrating legacy applications to cloud platforms
• Good understanding of distributed application architectural patterns
• Experience in building applications for containerized environments
• Good knowledge of public, private, hybrid cloud environment
• Experience in working with DevOps, Continuous integration, continuous deploy custom code, and Agile product development
• Sound understanding of application design principles, practices, system development methodologies, and software life cycles
• Good in Cloud security, Cloud Native app security, Role- based access control
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Quick to evaluate, understand and implement newer technologies
• Exhibit strong ownership and ability to work in global team environment
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Strong hand-on experience in:

• 7+ years of software development experience with expertise in Java and Python

• Deep skilled in one or more OO and/or functional programming languages such as Python, Go, Java etc.
• In designing and building microservices based applications
• Expert in REST based web service technologies, JSON and XML
• Horizontally scalable NoSQL storage services, such as MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase
• Experience with Akka (Akka HTTP, Akka Streams)

• Experience with data streaming (Kafka, AWS Kinesis)
• Experience with message processing (AWS SQS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ)
• Experience with NodeJS and JavaScript client framworks (AngularJS, React)
• Configuration management technologies and their implementation, such as Puppet, Salt, and Chef
• Proficiency in using continuous integration, build and collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, Git/Gerrit, Wikis).
• Deployed applications with Web UI frontends, application with RESTful/SOAP services interfaces
• Firm grasp on cloud security, Federated AD, AD integration
• 3+ years of working experience with AWS/Azure services
• Fluent with Linux/Unix
• Contribution to open source community

Key Technologies areas you should have hands on experiences:

• Python
• REST APIs
• Microservices

• Flask
• Django
• RDBMS PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL
• NoSQL MongoDB
• Jenkins

• Kubernetes
• Git
• Salt/Puppet/Chef
• Linux
• IaaS / PaaS

• VMware/ LXD / OpenStack
• JavaScript
• NodeJS / Express
• ReactJS
• Redux / MobX