Backend Developer

Employment Type: Full-time Location: Richmond, BC Salary: $78,000 - $85,000 (Estimated)

Position Overview

This Backend Developer position involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems in AWS cloud services while following the full lifecycle of software development. The software development activity includes requirement specification, design, implementation, testing, manufacturing support, and problem investigation of field-reported issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using modern programming languages.
• Build and maintain microservices architecture on AWS cloud platform.
• Develop serverless applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and other managed services.
• Design and optimize database schemas for both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Deploy and manage applications using AWS services including EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda.
• Manage containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes on EKS.
• Develop software design specifications that are traceable to requirement specifications in accordance with the development process.
• Perform required design testing including unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, and reliability testing.
• Implement logging strategies and troubleshoot production issues.
• Optimize application performance and scalability based on metrics and user feedback.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a Technology Diploma with relevant industry experience in full-stack software development.
• Ability to work well individually and in a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment with measurable results.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• 4-5 years of experience in two or more of the following areas:
  • Excellent Proficiency in Java programming.
  • Hands-on experience with core AWS services including:
    • Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS
    • Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
    • Database: RDS, DynamoDB
    • Networking: VPC, CloudFront, Route 53
    • Monitoring: CloudWatch
  • Experience with both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, Redis) databases.
  • Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Understanding of CI/CD principles and tools.
  • Familiarity with message queues and event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS, EventBridge).

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