Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
AI Summary
A Senior Software Engineer (Backend) designs and codes in Go to enhance availability, scalability, and performance of SHIELD’s device-first fraud intelligence platform, collaborating with product and internal teams to prototype features and optimize large-scale systems.
About this role
SHIELD is a device-first fraud intelligence platform that helps digital businesses worldwide eliminate fake accounts and stop all fraudulent activity.
Powered by SHIELD AI, we identify the root of fraud with the global standard for device identification (SHIELD Device ID) and actionable fraud intelligence, empowering businesses to stay ahead of new and unknown fraud threats.
We are trusted by global unicorns like inDrive, Alibaba, Swiggy, Meesho, TrueMoney, and more. With offices in LA, London, Jakarta, Bengaluru, Beijing, and Singapore, we are rapidly achieving our mission - eliminating unfairness to enable trust for the world.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will be responsible in supporting full software development of new and existing applications. Working individually and as a team, you should adopt an Agile methodological approach towards projects that include but not limited to software architecture and infrastructure. We are looking for talented and passionate Software Engineers who are proactive to take initiatives to identify problems, and have the logical thought flow and right skill sets to solve them. There will be many opportunities to explore new tech stacks and to work on advanced technologies.
- Design and code using GO language to enhance the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of SHIELD’s products
- Work with internal team to explore and create new design / architectures for better scaling and performance of back-end services
- Conduct and participate in code and design reviews to achieve and maintain high development standards
- Work alongside the internal team for service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization
- Work alongside with product team to define and prototype feature specifications
- Develop, construct, analyse and troubleshoot large-scale systems
- Engage in full-stack performance tuning and optimization
- Debug and optimise complex enterprise software
Requirements
- Minimum 4 years of experience in back-end web development. Individuals who possess a higher degree of expertise will be considered for senior opportunities
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related fields
- Strong Computer Science knowledge in algorithms and data structures
- Experience in MySQL, MongoDB and other relational/NoSQL databases
- Expert in distributed systems design and architecture with experience in system performance and scaling
- Willingness to work on Go programming language with prior programming experiences with C++, Node.js, Python
- Passionate in innovating, learning new skills and technology
- Proficient in setting monitoring tools and crisis management for recovery
- Comfortable working on frontend and backend tasks is a plus
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