Senior Software Backend Engineer

Fairmarkit is the intelligent sourcing platform that empowers organizations to more efficiently purchase the goods and services they need. By equipping procurement and supply-chain teams with automation and data, Fairmarkit promotes competitive bidding while reducing manual work within existing processes. Fairmarkit has been recognized with awards by organizations such as Gartner and IDC, and is backed by strategic investors like GGV Capital, Insight Partners, 1984.VC, and Newfund.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle of designing & implementing cloud based solution;
• Coordinating & participating in solution implementation, performance, stability, etc.;
• Participate in the Engineering strategy definition and execution;
• Growing technical culture & skills in the team;
• Determine and identify solution specifications and/or needs;
• Analyze the needs of large solutions and breaking them down into smaller manageable components;
• Communicate technical solution requirements to developers. Explain system structure to them and provide assistance throughout the assembly process; 
• Choose suitable software, hardware and suggest integration methods;
• Help resolve complex technical problems as and when they arise;
• Ensure that systems satisfy quality standards and procedures. Carry out testing procedures to ensure systems are running smoothly;
• Create and maintain technical documentation;

Requirements

• Proven ability to practically apply architecture standards and patterns to accelerate and enable the delivery of technology solutions to business needs. Proficiency in DDD and CQRS;
• Strong Python skills;
• At least 4 years of leadership experience with teams defining, designing, developing, and implementing complex integration business solution;
• Demonstrated knowledge in the use of microservices in reducing development complexity;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Deep understanding of fundamental concepts of SQL and NoSQL databases;
• Practical experience with messaging services (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.), understanding how to choose & use them properly;
• Understanding networking and security concepts of at least one major cloud;
• Strong knowledge and hands on experience with Kubernetes;
• Excellent communication skills, ability to present ideas, and concepts in a clear and concise manner. Excellent English skills.
• Practical experience in designing or implementing integration solutions;

Nice to have:

• Practical experience in designing or implementing data processing solutions;
• Familiarity with data processing frameworks (Spark, Flink, Storm, etc.);