SDE III - Backend
Core
Building and operating production backend systems at massive scale for an AI commerce platform, handling high-throughput data pipelines and microservices.
Role type
Senior Backend Software Development Engineer (SDE 3)
Builds
Microservices, data pipelines, and infrastructure components for an AI-driven e-commerce discovery platform.
Domain
E-commerce, AI/ML infrastructure, high-scale distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go/Python/Java, SQL/NoSQL, microservices architecture, data pipeline design, distributed systems, observability, incident response, cost optimization
Preferred skills
Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka/Flink, SRE practices, FinOps, performance profiling
Technologies
GCP/AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, Flink
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end lifecycle of critical components including design, development, deployment, and operations; Create detailed low-level designs for complex systems; Write production-grade code daily; Manage infrastructure capacity and reliability; Lead incident response and post-mortems; Optimize infrastructure costs; Mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC