Technical Lead managing Java - based services/applications at Caterpillar. Leading Agile development while mentoring engineers and enhancing software quality.
About the role
- Senior Backend Engineer at HackerRank driving technical direction and leading delivery of backend systems. Mentoring engineers and ensuring platform reliability, performance, and scalability.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and lead the implementation of complex backend systems and services that power core product experiences at scale.
- Define and drive technical strategy for your domain, making key decisions on system design, technology choices, and long-term architectural direction.
- Own the end-to-end reliability and performance of critical backend services, establishing SLOs, monitoring, and incident response best practices.
- Design scalable API frameworks and data models that serve as foundations for multiple product teams and external integrations.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multiple teams, coordinating with frontend, infrastructure, product, and design stakeholders.
- Identify and drive large-scale refactoring efforts, tackling tech debt and evolving legacy systems into modern, maintainable architectures.
- Mentor and grow engineers on the team through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance.
- Contribute to engineering-wide standards, tooling, and processes that raise the bar for code quality and developer productivity.
Requirements
- Senior backend engineer with 3-6 years of experience building and operating production backend systems at scale.
- Expert in at least one modern backend programming language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Go, Java, or Node.js) with strong fundamentals across the stack.
- Proven ability to design and build distributed systems — you've made meaningful architectural decisions around service decomposition, data consistency, fault tolerance, and observability.
- Deep expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL stores, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for high-throughput workloads.
- Strong understanding of caching strategies (Redis/Memcached), asynchronous messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and event-driven architectures.
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Track record of leading technical projects from ambiguous problem statements through to production delivery.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Not specified
Degree requirement
Tech skills
Location requirements
Back End Engineer maintaining and improving Perl - based systems at Netcraft. Work includes developing product features and ensuring operational reliability within a hybrid setup.
Senior PHP / Laravel Entwickler*in responsible for developing and optimizing web applications with a focus on quality at eRecht24 IT. Collaborating closely with the product management and development team in a hybrid working model.
Lead Developer at GigaVoice managing complex systems and production code in a hybrid environment. Collaborating with product partners to build and evolve a modern CMS platform.
Backend Developer developing IoT solutions for Smart Farming at HydroNeo, tackling challenges in aquaculture. Join a dynamic team to innovate and impact global aquaculture positively.
Junior Backend Software Developer developing scalable backend services for etaONE platform. Collaborating in an agile team with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot technologies.
Join AAXIS as a Backend Developer to develop digital commerce platforms for B2B enterprises. Collaborate with senior developers and optimize backend services using JavaScript and TypeScript.
Senior C++ Software Engineer developing tools for AR - HUD products at Envisics. Enhancing performance and accuracy through calibration and measurement tools in automotive environments.
Java Developer responsible for development and solutions analysis with APX at BBVA. Collaborating in a hybrid work environment in Ciudad de México.
Intern assisting the CAE team with Python programming and data analysis for automotive testing. Involves GUI creation and machine learning tasks with potential occasional office meetings.