Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Engineer, Backend Architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve core architectural patterns for backend services and data modeling
• Lead backend scalability initiatives, including database sharding and large-scale data migrations
• Mentor engineers and ensure backend architectural consistency across teams

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in Ruby on Rails
• Proven experience designing scalable backend systems in complex architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of horizontal database scaling and high-scale data operations
• Experience building internal frameworks and shared services to support developer velocity
• Comfortable navigating and improving legacy systems with minimal risk