Principal Backend Engineer

ABOUT US

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from Atlanta. The product is a mobile app plus a React web dashboard, with a Python and PostgreSQL backend on AWS. Founded in 2012, we now have 100 employees.

The previous person in this role moved to another team. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. Central Valley Cloud is hiring for the Principal Backend Engineer position to build and run the APIs and services behind our web and mobile apps. The company is based in Atlanta, the US. The team is spread across multiple countries. We hire in Bangladesh through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces. Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ. Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current. Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans. Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python. Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

8+ years of backend development experience in a production environment. Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js. Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills.

DESIRABLE

Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems. NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB.

WHY WORK WITH US

BDT 270,000 - BDT 360,000 per month

Equity. Performance bonus. Public holidays observed per your country. Paid parental leave. Co-working space stipend. 24 days paid time off. Paid sick days.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Central Valley Cloud.