Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior BackendEngineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems for our Energy Management System (EMS) and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)platform.

You will play a key role in architecting high-performance microservices,handling IoT telemetry pipelines, and ensuring system reliability across cloud and edge environments.

Key Responsibilities

🏗 System Architecture & Design

• Design and implement scalable microservices architecture
• Build RESTful APIs and event-driven services
• Design cloud-edge communication mechanisms
• Optimize system performance and database queries
• Ensure high availability and fault tolerance

🔋 IoT & Telemetry Processing

• Develop telemetry ingestion pipelines (MQ, Kafka, or similar)
• Design real-time data processing services
• Implement device onboarding and digital twin models
• Manage high-volume time-series data storage

🚨 Alarm & Rule Engine

• Design and implement rule-based alarm systems
• Optimize alert state management and caching mechanisms
• Implement notification systems (email, webhook, etc.)
• Ensure reliability of event-driven workflows

🧠 Backend Development

• Develop services using Java (Spring Boot preferred)
• Implement reactive programming where applicable (WebFlux)
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Review code and mentor junior engineers

🗄 Database & Caching

• Design relational database schemas (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Optimize query performance
• Implement Redis caching strategies
• Handle transactional consistency

☁ DevOps & Deployment

• Work with Docker / Kubernetes
• Implement CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot production issues
• Ensure security best practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in Java & Spring Boot
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Strong SQL and database optimization skills
• Experience with message queues (Kafka / RabbitMQ)
• Familiarity with Redis or caching strategies
• Experience working in production environments

Preferred Experience

• Experience in IoT, EMS, or energy storage platforms
• Experience with Cloud-edge architecture
• Familiarity with time-series databases
• Experience with rule engines or workflow engines
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols

Key Competencies

• Strong system design capability
• Analytical and debugging skills
• Ownership mindset
• Mentorship ability
• Strong cross-team communication

KPIs / Success Metrics

• System uptime & performance
• Code quality & maintainability
• On-time feature delivery
• Reduced production incidents
• Successful mentoring of junior engineers