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Senior Backend Software Engineer - Global Commercial Services Technology

American Express · Phoenix, AZ · 2 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services and APIs using Golang in AWS environments.
  • Build microservices leveraging domain-driven design and modern architectural patterns such as hexagonal architecture.
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to define service contracts and platform capabilities.
  • Mentor engineers and foster strong collaboration across distributed engineering teams.
  • Evaluate and integrate SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Participate in architecture reviews, RFCs, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
  • Develop highly scalable, resilient, and observable distributed systems.
  • Design and implement event-driven architectures and streaming solutions using Kafka and related messaging technologies.
  • Integrate with workflow orchestration and durable execution frameworks such as Camunda and Temporal.
  • Design and manage data systems across relational, graph, document, search, and OLAP databases.
  • Build and operate cloud-native systems using AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, SQS, API Gateway, RDS, and S3.
  • Implement observability through logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing using tools such as Datadog.
  • Establish backend engineering standards, best practices, and system design conventions.
  • Plan, estimate, and deliver on engineering work while proactively mitigating risks and resolving blockers.
  • Communicate progress and system capabilities to stakeholders and leadership.

    Qualifications

    • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on backend systems.
    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
    • Strong hands-on experience building backend services using Golang.
    • Strong experience designing and deploying systems in AWS cloud environments.
    • Experience building and operating distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architectures.
    • Experience with domain-driven design and modern architectural patterns.
    • Experience working with a variety of data storage technologies including relational and NoSQL databases.
    • Experience with distributed Postgres-compatible databases such as CockroachDB.
    • Experience integrating workflow orchestration platforms such as Camunda or Temporal.
    • Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and performance optimization tools such as Datadog.
    • Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers.
    • Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
    • Experience integrating AI/ML models into backend systems is a plus.
    • Entrepreneurial mindset and passion for building scalable systems.

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