Senior Backend Engineer

WINGS ICT Solutions is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer. The successful candidate will be participating in the design, development and deployment of RESTful APIs and web services, along with improving our existing services. The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Develop, and deploy scalable RESTful APIs and web services.
• Write clean, testable code following coding standards and conduct team code reviews.
• Enhance and optimize existing services of products for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with teams to understand project requirements and contribute to technical design.
• Ensure smooth deployment and operation of services in collaboration with other teams (Product manager, Frontend, DevOps etc.).
• Resolve production issues promptly.

Requirements

Educational requirements:

• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in Information and Communications Technologies, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering or equivalent field.
• Master's Degree in the areas mentioned above will be a plus
  
  

Essential technical skills:

• 4+ years of proven coding experience as a backend developer
• In-depth knowledge of Python programming language and Django framework
• Experience in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Understanding of code versioning tools , such as Git
• Knowledge of RESTful API design principles
  
  

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience with Development in cloud (or Virtual) environments, such as AWS
• Familiarity with Docker
• Object-Relational mapping tools
• Experience in non-relational databases (MongoDB)
• Familiarity with JIRA/ Confluence
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins)
  
  

Other qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communicational skills in English
• Native or fluent Greek, oral and written
• Ability to create comprehensive solutions
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of all involved activities
• Agility, enthusiasm, and self-motivation

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary reviewed upwards on a regular basis
• Participation in state-of-the-art projects and tech challenges and participation in large-scale projects
• Personal and professional development, amongst industry experts and talented people
• Continuous learning, having access to broad resources
• Friendly environment
  
  

Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, or other characteristics.

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