Backend Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 20-25 LPA)

Min Experience: 7+ years Location: Hyderabad JobType: full-time Requirements Roles and Responsibilities:

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one functional module of the system or service.
• Accountable for the design and quality of the service owned as the SME.
• Maintain a say/do ratio greater than 95% in execution.
• Conduct code reviews and act as the quality gatekeeper for the SME domain.
• Provide assistance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Ensure enforcement of code reviews and adequate test coverage.
• Guarantee that no regressions occur in the modules under ownership.
• Participate in interview panels and contribute to organizational growth.

• Minimum of 7 years overall experience in application development using Java, including creating and deploying microservices with the Spring Boot framework.
• Strong experience with unit testing (JUnit) and integration testing.
• Proven expertise in Microservices development is essential.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing RESTful services and microservices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with at least one database technology such as MongoDB, MariaDB, RabbitMQ, Postgres, or other NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with AWS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design, develop, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to seamlessly integrate user-facing components with backend logic.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Optimize system performance and ensure high availability of backend services.
• Demonstrate versatility, proactivity, and full ownership of assigned work.
• Rapidly understand the technology stack, services, and workflows; effectively solve problems; and contribute to daily operations as well as long-term improvements.
• Troubleshoot incidents, write new code, and implement additional features.
• Implement security protocols to safeguard sensitive data and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Design and manage databases, ensuring data integrity and efficient querying.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in both production and development environments.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Stay informed about emerging backend technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices.
• Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and assist in sprint planning and estimation.