Senior Backend Engineer (Java/ Python) Cloud Native/ Kafka

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, cloud-native backend services
• Build and support event-driven and asynchronous systems using streaming and messaging platforms(Kafka)
• Engineer low-latency, high-throughput systems with strong resiliency and fault tolerance
• Optimize performance for compute- and data-intensive workloads
• Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and Front office teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and production readiness assessments
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive performance, reliability, and scalability improvements
• Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and mentoring

Required Skills & Experience

• 6-10+ years of experience in backend software engineering
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or similar backend languages
• Solid experience building microservices and REST / async APIs
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalability patterns
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with event streaming / messaging systems (Kafka or equivalent)
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in complex, evolving systems

Good to Have

• High-Performance Computing (HPC) experience, including performance tuning, parallelism, or compute-intensive workloads
• Experience using Redis for caching, pub/sub, or distributed state management
• Strong working knowledge of Apache Kafka, including producers/consumers, schemas, and stream processing
• Experience with Symphony-based integrations or platforms (messaging, workflows, or automation)
• Basic to intermediate exposure to C++, or comfort understanding and modifying C++ code
• Experience with low-latency / real-time systems
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines