Snr. Backend Engineer
About Us:
Vama is an innovative chat and payment platform committed to revolutionizing communication
and transactions. Our team is passionate about creating seamless, secure, and user-friendly
experiences for our customers.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to join our talented team. As a backend engineer at
Vama, you will be vital in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure that
powers our cutting-edge chat and payment platform. If you are a tech enthusiast with a strong
background in Go, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement backend services using
Golang and other relevant technologies.
- Work with databases such as Cassandra, ensuring efficient data storage, retrieval, and
maintenance.
- Implement messaging solutions using NATS.io for reliable communication between
microservices.
- Utilize in-memory caching systems like Redis to optimize data access.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Docker and Terraform.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance using Grafana, Loki, and
Prometheus.
- Contribute to the development of scalable and robust cloud-based solutions on GCP.
- Write clear and concise API documentation and design APIs that adhere to best
practices.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements using
server-side logic.
- Write unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and stability of developed
features.
- Demonstrate expertise in Unix systems and a comfort level with Bash scripting.
Required Experience:
- 10+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Golang.
- Solid understanding of databases, tables, indices, and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of parallelism, locking, synchronization, and race conditions in software
development.
- Familiarity with caching mechanisms and cache invalidation strategies.
- Experience in cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP or AWS.
- Proficiency in Unix systems and comfort in the terminal.
- Strong commitment to writing comprehensive tests for all developed features.
- Good understanding of API design principles and best practices.
Helpful Experience:
- Previous experience with Cassandra or other distributed databases.
- Familiarity with Docker, Redis, Terraform, and Grafana.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes (experience optional but beneficial).
* Compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications *
