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Senior Backend Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago

Contract W2

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Depends on Experience

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Skills

Backend Engineer
Amazon Web Services
Apache Kafka
C++
Caching
Cloud Computing
DevOps
Docker
Front Office
Good Clinical Practice
Google Cloud Platform
Concurrent Computing
Conflict Resolution
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
HPC
Java
Kubernetes
Mentorship
Messaging
Microservices
Microsoft Azure
Performance Tuning
Problem Solving
Python
Real-time
Redis
Scalability
Streaming
Workflow
Kafka
HighPerformance Computing

Summary

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, cloudnative backend services
Build and support eventdriven and asynchronous systems using streaming and messaging platforms(Kafka)
Engineer lowlatency, highthroughput systems with strong resiliency and fault tolerance
Optimize performance for compute and dataintensive workloads
Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and Front office teams to deliver endtoend solutions
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and production readiness assessments
Troubleshoot production issues and drive performance, reliability, and scalability improvements
Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and mentoring

Required Skills & Experience

6 10+ years of experience in backend software engineering
Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or similar backend languages
Solid experience building microservices and REST / async APIs
Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalability patterns
Handson experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
Experience with event streaming / messaging systems (Kafka or equivalent)
Strong problemsolving skills and ability to work in complex, evolving systems

Good to Have

HighPerformance Computing (HPC) experience, including performance tuning, parallelism, or computeintensive workloads
Experience using Redis for caching, pub/sub, or distributed state management
Strong working knowledge of Apache Kafka, including producers/consumers, schemas, and stream processing
Experience with Symphonybased integrations or platforms (messaging, workflows, or automation)
Basic to intermediate exposure to C++, or comfort understanding and modifying C++ code
Experience with lowlatency / realtime systems
Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 91097274
Position Id: 8958959
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