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Software Engineer – Backend, AI
Salesforce. Take a leading and hands-on role in driving the ideation, design and implementation of core features and modules in the platform and its services.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in building highly scalable Software-as-a-Service applications with a strong focus on micro-services architectures, API development, and secure coding practices. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and drive collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects effectively.
Highest-signal resume keywords
10+ Years Experience in SaaS ApplicationsObject Oriented Programming (Java)Micro-Services Architecture DesignAPI Development and ManagementAgile Methodologies
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Hard Skills
JavaJavaScriptTypeScriptNodeJSExpressGoSQLPL/SQLData StructuresAlgorithms
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationMentoringProblem-SolvingRelationship Building
Tools & Technologies
REST APIsGRPCAsynchronous ProcessingMessaging FrameworksDistributed Caching Technologies
Industry Keywords
SaaSMicro-ServicesAI/ML SystemsEvent-Driven SystemsSecure Coding Practices
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCloudDistributed SystemsGoGRPCJavaJavaScriptNode.jsSQLTypeScript
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Take a leading and hands-on role in driving the ideation, design and implementation of core features and modules in the platform and its services.
- Build components and features end to end, from product requirements to production-ready software.
- Work with product managers and other stakeholders in refining and preparing requirements.
- Work closely with developers, QA, PM and UX to ensure their features are delivered to meet business and quality requirements.
- Be accountable for maintaining the health of our platform services via objective measures defined (scalability, fault tolerance, high availability, extensibility, maintainability, etc.).
- Determines overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards.
- Able to mentor and guide other engineers on best practices and technical complexities.
- Build efficient components/algorithms on a micro-service multi-tenant SaaS cloud environment.
- Provide oversight through code and design reviews for features delivered by other developers within their scrum teams.
- Partner closely with Product and Design to evaluate and scrutinise requirements that have cross-team/cross-cloud impact.
- Actively influence choices of tools, technology and testing requirements.
- Influence quality strategy, product, and process across teams and organisational verticals.
- Be a subject matter expert for multiple products/areas, while writing code and working closely with other developers, QA, PM, and UX.
- Verify quality of the code delivered through manual and automated testing.
- Extends the automation framework where necessary.
- Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex, real-time issues, keeping critical services operational and highly available.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and interface with support and customers as needed.
- Participate in periodic on-call rotations and be available for critical issues.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering growth, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing within the team.
- Drives long-term design strategies that span multiple sophisticated projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years of experience in building highly scalable Software-as-a-Service applications/ platforms
- Deep knowledge of object oriented programming and experience with at least one object oriented programming language preferably Java
- High proficiency in at least one high-level programming language and web framework (NodeJS, Express, etc.)
- Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go, with solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Deep experience designing and building backend services using micro-services architectures, event-driven systems, and REST/gRPC APIs.
- Understanding of AI/ML-driven systems, including Gen AI, LLM-based architectures, NLU pipelines, or reasoning engines.
- Strong knowledge of asynchronous processing, messaging frameworks, and distributed caching technologies.
- Solid experience in API development, API lifecycle management and/or client SDKs development.
- Experience with distributed systems and paradigms to build highly scalable SaaS applications.
- Validated understanding of Database technologies such as SQL, PL/SQL and relational database schema design.
- Expertise in writing scalable, clean, maintainable code, with strong debugging and performance optimisation skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments, driving technical design, architecture discussions, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices and building enterprise-grade, compliant systems.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a track record of delivering complex projects end-to-end.
- Demonstrated track record of cultivating strong working relationships and driving collaboration across multiple technical and business teams to resolve critical issues.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options