Software Engineer II - Backend

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or Go, with experience delivering production systems.
• Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, concurrency, and operating-system fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines, backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Practical experience with Apache Airflow, workflow orchestration, or equivalent scheduling platforms.
• Experience with Databricks, PySpark, Spark, Delta Lake, or large-scale data processing.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, or similar databases.
• Experience with AWS services, especially S3 Lambda, MWAA, Glue, Redshift, SQS, Secrets Manager, ECS, or related services.
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, or other streaming, messaging, and caching systems.
• Understanding of REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with Git and collaborative development practices such as pull requests and code reviews.
• Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and deployment practices using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of application and data security, access control, secrets management, privacy, and data protection.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently own features or services from design through production deployment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Good to Have:

• Experience with AWS IAM, ECS, EC2 ELB, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, or LocalStack.
• Experience with Airflow dynamic DAG generation, custom plugins, or MWAA operations.
• Experience with data quality checks, reconciliation, backfills, recovery workflows, and pipeline monitoring.
• Experience with recommendation systems, customer segmentation, marketing automation, or e-commerce data.