Backend Developer needed at Salvo Agency International

• We are sourcing for a backend engineer
• As a member of the engineering department, you will be responsible for responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users.
• Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end, as well as being committed to producing quality code, raising the bar for the whole team on quality and speed.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 4+ years of proven experience in building minimum of 2 scalable software systems in edtech/fintech industry (databases, middleware, and APIs) scaling to at least thousands/100’s of thousands of users with production quality deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
• Solid backend experience; ideally .NET(C#)
• Experience using hosting services in cloud AWS/Azure/GCP
• Great sense of API design and data modeling (in relational databases like MySQL/Postgres).
• Able to design and develop secure API for 3rd party integration.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes+
• Experience with CircleCI or Jenkins
• Writing automated test (unit tests and functional tests); Experience with testing frameworks/libraries.
• Prolific experience with SES Email Delivery, along with other security/compliance and management tools
• Writing, testing, debugging, and deploying reusable clean code in short dev cycles.
• Very strong technical communication and leadership skills
• Very strong debugging skills

Responsibilities

• Develop backend APIs and services for our software product. These APIs will need to be available and perform under heavy traffic.
• You are expected not only to own your code, but also the infrastructure automation that enables your code to be deployed, and upgraded successfully across multiple environments, with zero downtime.
• You will work with other engineers on the team and ensure code quality is maintained throughout the building phase of the project.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Participate in efforts to share expertise within the company; mentor junior and aspiring engineers.
• Taking the lead on projects, as required. Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver
• Actively maintain awareness and education of the latest trends, techniques, and tools related to post-production
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
• Follow emerging technologies

Remuneration and Benefits

• Access to training and Development Resources
• Conducive Work Environment
• Work-Life Balance
• Daily lunch