Technical Lead / Backend Architect at ShyftLabs shaping backend foundations for scalable data products. Designing systems for billions of events while mentoring the engineering team.
Responsibilities
Architect & Deliver: Design and implement distributed backend systems capable of handling billions of monthly events (e.g., AdTech pipelines, CAMS microservices).
Build Scalable Data Pipelines: Develop robust ingestion and processing frameworks using **Kafka**, **ClickHouse**, and **Snowflake**, ensuring data quality and schema governance.
Optimize Performance: Lead database optimization efforts across **Aurora**, **Cloud SQL**, and **PostgreSQL** to deliver low-latency, high-availability systems.
Set the Bar for Engineering: Define and enforce best practices around code quality, CI/CD automation, monitoring, and release management.
Lead & Mentor: Guide engineers through architectural decisions, conduct design reviews, and balance workload distribution in an **Agile** setup.
Drive Cloud Architecture: Design cloud infrastructure on **AWS** and **GCP**, with a focus on scalability, cost efficiency, and security compliance.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Product Managers and Data teams to evaluate technical feasibility, define milestones, and deliver on roadmap goals.
Champion Reliability: Promote observability and reliability engineering practices, building **alerting, tracing, and SLO/SLA dashboards** for high system visibility.
Requirements
8+ years of backend development experience, including 3+ years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
Deep expertise in **distributed systems**, **event-driven architecture**, and **data-intensive applications**.
Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (**Node.js**, **Python**, **Go**, or **Java**).
Hands-on experience with **Kafka**, **ClickHouse**, **Snowflake**, and relational databases.
Proven experience scaling systems on **AWS** or **GCP**.
Exceptional communication, mentorship, and problem-solving skills.
A startup mindset - someone who is adaptable, execution-focused, and unafraid to get hands-on when needed.
Benefits
Comprehensive Benefits: We cover 100% of health, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and your dependents which means no out-of-pocket costs. Eligibility starts from day one itself.
Growth & Learning: Access extensive learning and development resources to keep leveling up your skills.
Senior mobile full - stack engineer building scalable backend systems and native iOS or Android apps for Hatch Studio. Owning production features, APIs, databases, and reliability.
Senior Full Stack Java Engineer building Java, React, and cloud - native workforce management software for telecom and contact centers. Delivering forecasting, scheduling, adherence, and operational reporting solutions at Miratech.
Senior Full Stack Java Engineer building Java, Spring Boot, React, and cloud applications. Delivering scalable solutions for Miratech’s global enterprise and startup IT services clients.
Senior Director analyst at Gartner, guiding software engineering leaders on AI - native and agentic applications. Creating research insights, market analysis, and actionable client advice.
Senior Engineer building scalable data processing applications and ETL pipelines for Capgemini’s digital transformation services. Optimizing distributed data workloads for analytics, reporting, and machine learning.
Software development team lead building and modernizing SaaS applications for colleges and universities. Leading engineers, delivery, architecture, and responsible AI - assisted development.
Principal Engineer / Architect designing Azure cloud - native applications, data platforms, and distributed systems at Matrix. Leading technical architecture, hands - on engineering, and enterprise technology strategy.
Senior Software Engineer building prediction - market infrastructure and user - facing features for MetaMask’s self - custodial Web3 wallet. Developing secure APIs, real - time data integrations, and transaction - signing experiences.