Principal Engineer - Backend

Responsibilities

• Co-lead end-to-end design and development efforts for high-volume, low-latency applications for real-time event based systems
• Lead and direct senior software engineers and define software architecture
• Deliver high-availability and high-performance platform using microservices architecture
• Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in code and devise solutions to production issues
• Transform business functionalities and production specifications into technical requirements and low level design
• Work with product management to build highly scalable products

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• 8 to 10 years of design and development experience in scalable and distributed enterprise applications
• Proficiency in Java/J2EE, JPA, Spring framework, and RESTful web services
• Experience managing and optimizing big data stores such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch
• Experience deploying applications using cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Proven ability to drive large scale projects using Agile SDLC

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AngularJS, React, and D3.js