Backend Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software features that meet user and business requirements.
• Participate in planning and technical discussions, ask questions to clarify scope, and help identify dependencies, risks, and implementation options.
• Write readable, efficient, and maintainable code that follows established engineering standards.
• Review code written by colleagues and provide constructive feedback focused on quality, security, reliability, and clarity.
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and other automated tests, and help diagnose and resolve defects across development and production environments.
• Collaborate with product, design, quality assurance, operations, and customer-facing teams to coordinate work and support successful releases.
• Contribute to technical documentation and keep relevant project information current.
• Monitor application performance, investigate recurring issues, and recommend improvements to system stability and user experience.
• Follow secure development practices and applicable data-protection requirements.
• Share knowledge with teammates, participate in retrospectives, and contribute ideas that improve team workflows and engineering practices.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Professional or project experience developing software with one or more programming languages, such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, or a comparable language.
• Understand core software engineering concepts, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented or functional programming, and common design principles.
• Experience working with APIs, databases, version-control systems, and software testing practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, or agile development methods is beneficial.
• Ability to investigate issues, interpret technical requirements, document relevant decisions, and communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated strong foundational skills and a commitment to continued development.