We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Backend Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Python to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade talent management platforms.
In this role, you will act as a technical leader owning backend architecture, driving engineering excellence, and collaborating closely with product, data, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems.

Design, develop, and optimize high-performance backend services using Java and Python
Lead the design and implementation of microservices-based architectures
Build and maintain RESTful APIs, data pipelines, and event-driven systems
Ensure system scalability, reliability, security, and performance
Collaborate with product, frontend, data, and platform teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
Drive backend best practices around code quality, testing, observability, and security
Mentor and review code for senior and mid-level engineers
Participate in architectural reviews and influence long-term platform strategy
Support production systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning

You have what it takes if you have

Python Stack (Must Have)

Python 3.11+ async/await, type hints, dataclasses
FastAPI & Pydantic API development, request/response validation, OpenAPI specifications
SQLAlchemy ORM usage, async queries, Alembic migrations
Async Programming asyncio, async DB access, non-blocking I/O
Testing pytest, async testing patterns, mocks, fixtures

Java Stack (Must Have)

Java 17 / 21 modern Java features, records, pattern matching, virtual threads
Spring Boot 3.x REST APIs, validation, Actuator, configuration management
Spring Data JPA repositories, custom queries, entity relationships
Spring Security JWT, OAuth2, authentication and authorization
Testing JUnit 5, Mockito, integration testing, Testcontainers

REST APIs API-first design, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
Microservices service decomposition, inter-service communication
Data Pipelines & Events asynchronous processing, messaging patterns
Database Design relational databases, schema design, performance tuning

Docker containerization, multi-stage builds
Build Tools
Maven (Java)
Pants / pip / poetry (Python ecosystem)
AWS EKS, ECR, RDS
Cloud-Native Patterns scalable deployments, resilience, fault tolerance

CI/CD, Monitoring & Collaboration

CI/CD GitHub Actions, automated testing and deployments
Monitoring & Observability logging, metrics, tracing, error tracking
Version Control Git, pull requests, code reviews
Collaboration working effectively in cross-functional agile teams

Extra dose of awesome if you have

Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.)
Exposure to GraphQL or gRPC
Experience building SaaS platforms with multi-tenant architectures
Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines or analytics platforms

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