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.