Backend Platform Engineer

HR POD - Hiring Talent Globally

Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Requirements:

5 years of backend engineering experience with a strong track record of scaling production systems.
Senior or Staff-level capability with experience taking systems from functional to highly scalable and understanding failure points.
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems including caching queuing asynchronous processing database optimization and service-oriented architecture.
Expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
Proficient in PostgreSQL including query optimization indexing and database design.
Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure particularly services such as RDS SQS Lambda ECS and other core AWS tools.
Mindset centered on system resilience reliability and high availability.
Demonstrated ownership autonomy and ability to drive end-to-end solutions.
Experience scaling high-volume email systems including deliverability throttling and intelligent sending strategies.
Background in service extraction from monoliths or work with microservices architectures.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog or New Relic.
Previous experience in startups or fast-growing environments.
Fluency in Python or TypeScript.

Responsibilities:

Architect and implement solutions for high-throughput systems including email delivery reporting and calendar workflows.
Build and maintain integrations with platforms such as Salesforce SMTP and other third-party APIs.
Drive initiatives to modularize backend services to enhance system resilience reduce coupling and support independent scaling.
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in PostgreSQL queries API response times and other data-intensive operations.
Ensure the platform effectively manages increasing volumes of customer data syncs across systems such as Salesforce Snowflake and SMTP.
Scale and continuously improve the emailing system while supporting the ongoing delivery of new features and performance enhancements.

Requirements: 5 years of backend engineering experience with a strong track record of scaling production systems.Senior or Staff-level capability with experience taking systems from functional to highly scalable and understanding failure points.Strong fundamentals in distributed systems including ca...