Senior Backend Engineer(Platform and Security)

About the role

The Executive Administrative position would be responsible for independently performing day to day tasks in alignment with TCS Management systems. We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer focusing on building high performance API based backend platform and highly reliable foundational data services. This role requires strong API development experience, cloud platform expertise, proficiency in modern programming languages, and knowledge of data encryption and security principles. Location: Sunnyvale, CA. In person interview is a must.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement RESTful APIs for data access and system integration
• Build robust API gateways, service mesh architectures, authentication, authorization for API services
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS, GCP and hybrid cloud platforms
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using cloud-native tools and services
• Develop monitoring frameworks for reliiable operations
• Implement data encryption at rest and in transit using industry-standard protocols
• Design and manage symmetric and asymmetric key infrastructure
• Build secure key management systems and rotation policies
• Strong understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) with encryption capabilities
• Experience with message brokers (Apache Kafka)
• Understanding of monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana)

Skills

• Programming Languages (Must Have)
  • Proficiency in building concurrent, high-performance services using Go/Java/Python
  • Ability to choose the right language for specific use cases and performance requirements
• API Development Experience (Must Have)
  • REST API Design: Deep understanding of REST principles, HTTP methods, and status codes
  • API Security: Implementation of OAuth 2.0, JWT tokens, and API key management
  • Microservices Communication: Service-to-service APIs, circuit breakers, and retry logic
• Cloud Development - AWS & GCP (Must Have)
  • Hands on experience & Knowledge of Cloud services across AWS/GCP: Compute, Serverless Functions, Containers, Object Storage, KMS, IaaS
  • DevOps Tools: CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring and logging
  • Multi-cloud Strategy: Understanding of cloud-agnostic design patterns
• Data Encryption & Security (Must Have)
  • Key security concepts including Symmetric/Asymmetric encryption, Key Management(HSM, Key rotation), Digital Signatures, TLS/SSL/mTLS, Hash functions

Pay

Salary Range: $90,000-$140,000 a year