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Key Role & Responsibility:
Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs that power the platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security:
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs, and integration components.
- Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.
- Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.
- Manage and optimise relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.
- Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.
- Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability features to support system reliability and operational troubleshooting.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues to ensure service reliability and performance.
- Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
- Implement authentication, authorisation, and other security best practices in backend systems.
- Support testing, deployment, and production operations activities.
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, and participate in peer code reviews.
- Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate effectively with team members to deliver solutions and support knowledge sharing across the project team.
Experience & Skills Needed
- At least 2 years of experience in backend software development and building scalable, reliable applications.
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language: Python, Node.js, or Java.
- Hands-on experience developing RESTful APIs, backend services, and integrating systems.
- Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including writing queries, basic query optimisation, and maintaining data integrity.
- Basic understanding of message queues, event-driven architectures, and system integration.
- Familiarity with software design patterns, backend application architecture, and secure coding practices.
- Hands-on experience developing or deploying applications on AWS.
- Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience using GitLab, version control, and CI/CD pipelines, with an understanding of Agile software development practices.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a development team.



