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Senior Staff Backend Engineer - TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group
Backend Engineer
Lead the design and scaling of high‑performance backend services for a global e‑commerce platform, driving architecture, performance, and reliability using Python, Node.js, and cloud-native technologies.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable microservices that support millions of transactions across 190 markets.
- Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and reliability initiatives to ensure 99.99% uptime.
- Mentor and coach a distributed team of engineers, fostering best practices in code quality, CI/CD, and automated testing.
- Collaborate with product, data, and security teams to define feature requirements and enforce security standards.
- Drive continuous improvement of deployment pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend development experience with strong proficiency in Python and Node.js.
- Deep knowledge of microservices architecture, event‑driven design, and API gateway patterns.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, RDS, SQS, Lambda) and container orchestration.
- Strong background in performance optimization, monitoring, and incident response.
- Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of leading high‑impact engineering teams.
Skills
pythonnodejsawsdockerkubernetes