The Backend Engineer will lead system design changes, improve product quality, ensure timely deliverables, and follow development best practices while being an individual contributor.
Velotio Technologies is a product engineering company working with innovative startups and enterprises. We have provided full-stack product development for 110+ startups across the globe, building products in the cloud-native, data engineering, B2B SaaS, IoT & Machine Learning space. Our team of 400+ elite software engineers solves hard technical problems while transforming customer ideas into successful products.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead the creation, development, and implementation of critical system design changes, enhancements, and software projects.
- Ensure timely execution of project deliverables.
- Work with other engineers to ensure the system and product is consistent and aligned through all processes.
- Improve product quality, performance, and security through substantial process improvements.
- Follow development standards and promote best practices.
- Individual contributor as an engineer.
Requirement and Qualification:
- Proficient in Python programming.
- Experience with Neo4j for graph database management and querying.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Familiarity with Postgres and Clickhouse for database management and optimization.
- Understanding of serverless architecture for building and deploying applications.
- Experience with Docker for containerization and deployment.
Bonus points if you...
- Experience in AWS ECS, EKS
- Familiarity with any open-source vulnerability/secret scanning tool.
Our Culture:
- We have an autonomous and empowered work culture encouraging individuals to take ownership and grow quickly.
- Flat hierarchy with fast decision making and a startup-oriented “get things done” culture.
- A strong, fun & positive environment with regular celebrations of our success. We pride ourselves in creating an inclusive, diverse & authentic environment.
We want to hire smart, curious and ambitious folks so please reach out even if you do not have all of the requisite experience. We are looking for engineers with the potential to grow!
At Velotio, we embrace diversity. Inclusion is a priority for us, and we are eager to foster an environment where everyone feels valued. We welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Top Skills
AWS
Aws Ecs
Aws Eks
Azure
Clickhouse
Docker
GCP
Neo4J
Postgres
Python
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