Backend Engineer - Data Engineering Team

Responsibilities

Build new features and capabilities daily in a complex AI microservices and MLOps environment
Collaborate with other engineers and designers between AI, frontend, backend
Write and review code with best practices of readability, testing patterns, documentation, reliability, security, and performance considerations in mind
Drive strong outcomes around test driven development to enhance API product quality and performance
Own an Agile development mindset, appreciating the benefit of constant improvement, and participating in rituals such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, team retrospectives, backlog grooming
Ensure software is designed for reliability, and performance on resource constrained targets
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on user and business requirements

BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years building production backend and API led applications
Proficiency in web-based applications and architecture, crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant REST micro-services, gRPC experience is a plus
Expertise in developing performant production quality backend services in Go and/or Python (Django and/or FastAPI)
Experience using Docker and Kubernetes to deploy applications
Experience building, deploying and maintaining applications in a modern software development environment
Broad knowledge and understanding of micro-service architectures with basic hands-on experience operating in Linux environments
Demonstrated experience in API design, including requirements gathering, versioning, security, extensibility, error handling, testing and documentation
Familiarity with quality API and backend architecture patterns
Demonstrated passion for collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills

BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years building production backend and API led applications
Proficiency in web-based applications and architecture, crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant REST micro-services, gRPC experience is a plus
Expertise in developing performant production quality backend services in Go and/or Python (Django and/or FastAPI)
Experience using Docker and Kubernetes to deploy applications
Experience building, deploying and maintaining applications in a modern software development environment
Broad knowledge and understanding of micro-service architectures with basic hands-on experience operating in Linux environments
Demonstrated experience in API design, including requirements gathering, versioning, security, extensibility, error handling, testing and documentation
Familiarity with quality API and backend architecture patterns
Demonstrated passion for collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills

DroneShield Limited

Sydney, NSW, Australia