Senior Backend Engineer

About the role In this role, you’ll be responsible for developing microservices in a distributed deployment environment with an emphasis on containerisation with Docker and K8S. You won’t just be writing simple CRUD applications, but instead will be working on the core logic of complex systems that are accessed millions of times a day. We wrote our system from scratch about 3 years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades old legacy code.A willingness to work in Springboot is fine - as long as you are willing to learn and have demonstrable experience in an object-oriented programming language. Our Stack (we don't expect you to have all of these) Language: Java 17Frameworks: Spring Boot (Tomcat, Netty), Spring Data, Spring Cloud Architecture: Microservices, REST API, Message Queues Database: MySQL, MyBatis, ShardingSphere, MongoDB Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), ElasticSearch Message Queue: RocketMQCloud: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, AWS CloudWatch What you'll be doing Develop highly-scalable mobile internet backends for millions of users Work with Product Owners and other development team members to determine new features and user stories needed in new / revised applications or large/complex development projects Participate in code reviews with peers and managers to ensure that each inc