Software Engineer II, Backend

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Software Engineer II, Backend

San Diego, CA

Primary Responsibilities:

• You will provide strong technical abilities in cloud-based software development and highly scalable API designs


• Design, implement and maintain RESTful Web Services API and algorithms


• Produce excellent, detailed design and development documentation


• Work with team members to deliver features on time, respond to evolving requirements, and strategic shifts in direction


• Familiar and comfortable with Agile/Scrum software development methodology

 Qualifications:

•  2-5 years of proven programming experience in Java (or equivalent enterprise back-end) developing server-side applications, object-oriented design and design patterns, and passionate about writing high-quality and well-architected code


• Experience in building high-performance and cloud-based scalable web services


• Experience implementing services backed by SQL and NoSQL data stores


• Strong understanding of engineering standard methodologies – requirement gathering and analysis, design and develop secure and scalable code with unit tests, participate in code reviews and documentation, experience with multiple technology stacks


• Ability to balance periodic on-call duty, and defensive engineering to minimize impact


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Experience with Amazon Web Services and cloud architecture


• Knowledge of DevOps practices, containerization, Docker/Kubernetes

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