Sr Backend Developer

About Xebia

Xebia is a trusted advisor in the modern era of digital transformation, serving hundreds of leading brands worldwide with end-to-end IT solutions. The company has experts specializing in technology consulting, software engineering, AI, digital products and platforms, data, cloud, intelligent automation, agile transformation, and industry digitization. In addition to providing high-quality digital consulting and state-of-the-art software development, Xebia has a host of standardized solutions that substantially reduce the time-to-market for businesses.

Xebia also offers a diverse portfolio of training courses to help support forward-thinking organizations as they look to upskill and educate their workforce to capitalize on the latest digital capabilities. The company has a strong presence across 16 countries with development centres across the US, Latin America, Western Europe, Poland, the Nordics, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Senior Backend Engineer

You will join a multi-disciplinary team as a back-end developer in a hybrid working setup. We use modern technologies in a microservices architecture. We take a data-driven, experimental, and Agile approach, using neural networks for personalized content, using daily multiple-rollouts, A/B testing, and insights-driven feature development.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code using industry best practices.
• Help to improve work in all areas: coding, processes, testing, tools, collaboration.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers.

Who you are:

You have experience in software development in online areas, with a big codebase and a large user base. At least 6+ years of full-time employment on large and distributed systems. You like and breathe Agile development, focus on delivering, and like to take an active role in improving how we work.

Core Skills:

• Experience running large systems written in JVM languages like Java, Kotlin or preferably Scala.
• Experience in event-driven microservices architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience running services in cloud environments like AWS or GCP.
• Experience with relational databases (like MySQL) and NoSQL (like Cassandra).
• Familiarity with designing REST apis.
• Familiarity with Agile Methodologies.

Bonus Skills:

• Experience with Kafka, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, and Terraform.
• Familiarity with observability tools.
• Experience with Node.js.

Other Skills:

• A user-first approach to development, thinking critically about how features will be used in real-world scenarios.
• Experience communicating proposals, status updates and solutions to colleagues, team members and collaborators.
• A drive to take an active role in projects, foster collaboration and ensure alignment with other teams.
• A commitment to learning, staying updated on industry trends, and exploring creative solutions.

Some useful links:

Xebia | Creating Digital Leaders.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/xebia/mycompany/

http://twitter.com/xebiaindia

https://www.instagram.com/life_at_xebia/

http://www.youtube.com/XebiaIndia