Zesty is growing, and we are looking for an experienced and super talented senior engineer to join our team. If you are interested in large-scale distributed systems and want to influence the cloud’s future, your place is with us! As a tech lead, you will work in an energetic startup environment with cutting-edge methodologies. You will take a role in the leadership, development and implementation of our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance, direction, and oversight to a team of developers.
• Design, develop, and maintain the backend infrastructure and APIs for our software platform, ensuring high performance, scalability, reliability and applying best practices.
• Ability to mentor and coach team members, helping them improve their technical skills and grow professionally.
• Conduct regular code reviews, identify areas for improvement, and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Collaborate with product managers, project managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and align technical solutions with business goals.
• Identify and address technical challenges, provide innovative solutions, and make informed decisions regarding technology selection and implementation.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members, facilitating knowledge sharing and ensuring a clear understanding of technical concepts.
• Working with 3th party APIs for integration and data transformation.
• Analyze the existing systems to identify potential bottlenecks and limitations that may arise with increased customer base and data volume.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software backend development. preferably in a platform engineering role.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex systems and propose effective solutions.
• Dealing with highly scalable and large-scale distributed backend systems.
• Strong experience in one or more of the following languages for backend development: Python, Go
• Deep Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
• Familiarity with API design and development, RESTful principles, and experience in building scalable and secure APIs.
• Experience in designing and developing multi-threaded code.
• Strong work experience in Microservices architecture on Kubernetes and Serverless technologies.
• Experience working with SQL & NoSQL Databases.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written.
• Self-starter, and proactive in resolving issues and removing roadblocks.
• Adherence to the software engineering best practices
• Willingness to learn and improve.
• Knowledge of performance monitoring and profiling tools to optimize system performance.