Software Development Engineer - 2

About Us

We are a Bangalore/ San Franscisco based networking startup building network observability and co-pilot system to improve the network reliability and reduce the time to action for our customers. The founding team has a cumulative 45 years of experience in the networking industry.  

Role Overview

As a Web Backend Engineer - SDE-2, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the back-end systems and APIs that power our network observability and co-pilot platform. You will be responsible for building scalable, secure, and high-performance web services that meet the stringent requirements of enterprise customers.  

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable back-end APIs with low latency response time using technologies that helps you to achieve it.  
• Implement enterprise-grade authentication and authorization mechanisms to ensure the security and integrity of our platform and enable seamless adoption by enterprise clients. 
• Design and integrate all APIs with an API Gateway to enforce security policies, manage traffic, monitor performance, and ensure fine-grained control. 
• Ensure compliance with third-party audits (SOC2, ISO 27001) and implement security best practices (OWASP Top 10). 
• Design and implement back-end system that can be deployed using CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless updates and deployment of new features with minimal disruption. 
• Using Application performance Monitoring (APM), analyze performance insights, identify bottlenecks and implement necessary optimizations proactively. 
• Design and implement proper access controls and data protection mechanisms to safeguard customer data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. 
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, conduct code reviews etc. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field. 
• 4 to 7 years of experience in building scalable back-end web services. 
• Strong proficiency in at least one major back-end programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Rust) and one or more web-frameworks. 
• Experience with building and consuming RESTful or GraphQL, gRPC etc. 
• Experience implementing enterprise grade authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g with keycloak, Kanidm, Authelia etc). 
• Hands-on experience working with API Gateways (e.g., Kong, APISix, AWS API Gateway). 
• Strong grasp of security protocols, CI/CD tools, and monitoring systems. 
• Knowledge of database systems, both relational(MySQL/PostgreSQL), analytical(Clickhouse/Druid etc), other NoSQL(such as MongoDB etc) and data modeling. 
• Solid understanding of architectural design patterns, domain driven design, micro-services etc.  
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills