Architect – Software Developer

Description

• Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and performant backend systems • Define service contracts and understand integration points (identity, health data, logging, observability) • Steer an offshore backend development team building these services • Deliver scalable microservices and async systems designed for high throughput, low latency, and real-time streaming • Set engineering standards across API design, testing, documentation, and CI/CD automation • Guide backend and frontend teams by providing clear HLD/LLD artifacts and conducting peer reviews • Champion telemetry integrations logging, metrics, and tracing across services • Publish client SDKs, Postman collections, and developer-focused portals to ease service consumption

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Software Development • Expertise in backend development using Python (FastAPI) and/or TypeScript (Node.js) • Proven experience defining API contracts using OpenAPI, Swagger, gRPC, and Postman, with a strong contract-first development mindset • Deep understanding of microservices, event-driven and asynchronous system design, leveraging Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar message brokers • Mastery of asynchronous programming, multiprocessing, and real-time streaming via WebSockets, Kafka streams, or media pipelines • Practical experience with cloud-native development (AWS, GCP, Azure), including autoscaling, serverless, API gateways, and managed databases • Hands-on experience with API lifecycle management authentication, versioning, rate limiting, and throttling • Deep commitment to automated testing strategies, including TDD/BDD, unit, integration, and contract testing • Strong command of CI/CD pipelines, environment promotion strategies, and infrastructure-as-code principles • Skilled at producing HLD/LLD documentation, UML/sequence diagrams, and applying relevant design patterns for system resilience and scalability • Ownership of software release cycles, ensuring zero-downtime deployments and rollback strategies • Familiarity with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript for building internal tools and agent configuration dashboards • Understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and UI development principles for user-centric AI interfaces

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Flexible working hours • Professional development budget • Home office setup allowance • Global team events

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