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Senior Backend Engineer

ApTaskMenlo Park, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 24 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Menlo Park, CA Must have Face to Face Interview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer.

This role focuses on driving product development and modernization initiatives by building scalable, high-performance systems that deliver strong business outcomes. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with deep expertise in backend technologies, microservices architecture, and cloud-native development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in technical discussions and architecture design, presenting ideas through whiteboarding and design reviews
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced agile environment
  • Design and develop scalable backend components and microservices
  • Ensure code quality through best practices, unit testing, and automation
  • Define interfaces and communication between system components
  • Contribute to build, release, and deployment pipelines
  • Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and reliability

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related STEM field

7+ years of professional software engineering experience

Technical Qualifications Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and coding principles Hands-on experience in microservices architecture and development, Databases such as Oracle MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL etc.7 years or more experience in Java(Spring Framework) and or Go Preferred experience in Python scripting Preferred experience in Service Mesh, Containers and Kubernetes technologies Preferred hands-on experience in building cloud-based software leveraging cloud and open source technology and frameworks Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems Experience in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and can implement them using language of choice Preferred understanding and experience in one of the public clouds (AWS, Azure) native services Experience in agile software development Preferred Skills

  • Python scripting experience
  • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Service Mesh technologies
  • Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Skills

Docker
Microservices
MySQL
Oracle
Spring
AWS
Service Mesh
Agile
Azure
Java
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Python

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