Backend Developer

Important Information

Experience: +6 years

Job Mode: Full-time

Work Mode: Work from home

Job Summary

We are seeking a results-oriented Software Developer to collaborate with our talented engineering, experience design, and content design teams. You will play a key role in building and maintaining critical services for our cloud platform for the media and entertainment industry. You will also contribute to technical discussions, and drive improvements in code quality and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities and Duties

· Design and implement performant software components and API

· Take ownership of specific features or services, ensuring their reliability, scalability, and performance

· Promote coding best practices, including unit testing, test automation, CI/CD pipeline, and documentation

· Participate in architecture designs and code reviews

· Identify and drive process improvements for efficiency and quality

· Lead or contribute to projects and initiatives as assigned

· Review product and technical requirements, analysis, and design documents

· Collaborate with external teams to solve complex platform challenge

Minimum Qualifications

· 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

· Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, C#)

· Experience in backend development, including building and maintaining services, APIs, and databases

· Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and CI/CD pipelines

· Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment

· Solve a range of problems of mild-to-moderate complexity and scope by analyzing possible solutions using standard procedures

· Receive a moderate level of guidance and direction, with little or no direction day-to-day assignments

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience designing and optimizing high-performance and high-availability cloud solution

· Strong understanding of distributed systems, and event-driven design

· Knowledge of scalability strategies, such as load balancing, rate limiting, and horizontal scaling

· Experience developing GraphQL based APIs

· Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, and tracing)

· Container and docker technologies

· Familiarity with content production pipelines used in film, VFX, animation, or game development, including tools like ShotGrid/Toolkit APIs

About Encora 

Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions. Our practices include Cloud Services, Product Engineering & Application Modernization, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience & Design Services, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Quality Engineering, AI & LLM Engineering, among others. 

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.