Backend Engineer

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centres in four regions. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

THE POSITION:

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team. This is a remote role. The Core API team owns services that process several million requests a day. We need another engineer who is comfortable owning them in production. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Pakistan. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces
• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Clear written communication, including design docs
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services

PREFERRED:

• Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Kubernetes, including Helm charts
• Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems
• Prior work breaking up a monolith

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

• Medical insurance
• Provident fund
• Paid leave
• Fuel allowance
• Life insurance
• Two bonuses a year

This posting may close early if we receive enough applications.

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Shahi Commerce.