Backend Software Engineer - Internationalization

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

This role involves designing, developing, and optimizing backend services and APIs to support growth initiatives like A/B testing and personalization. Collaboration with frontend engineers and product managers is key to creating efficient user experiences. Responsibilities include implementing data pipelines, improving backend performance and scalability, working with data analysts on key metrics, and staying current with backend development and growth engineering best practices. Rapid prototyping and iteration based on data and user feedback are also expected.
Must have:
  • Strong Java backend development experience
  • RESTful APIs, GraphQL, microservices expertise
  • MySQL or MongoDB database experience
  • Event-driven architectures and message queues
  • Cloud platforms and serverless computing knowledge
  • CI/CD and DevOps practices
  • A/B testing and data-driven experimentation
Good to have:
  • Growth engineering principles understanding
  • Logging/monitoring tools (Datadog, Kibana, Sentry)
  • Machine learning and data-driven decision-making
  • Growth hacking and experimentation-driven development

Job Details

Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for Backend Engineers to join our Internationalisation team and help drive user acquisition, engagement, and retention through data-driven development and scalable backend solutions. You will work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and data analysts to implement and optimize backend services that support growth initiatives. If you are passionate about leveraging backend technologies to enhance growth, this role is for you!

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize backend services and APIs to support growth initiatives such as A/B testing, personalization, and conversion rate optimization.
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers and product managers to create seamless and efficient user experiences.
  • Implement data pipelines and tracking mechanisms to measure the performance of growth experiments.
  • Improve backend performance, scalability, and security to enhance user experience and business impact.
  • Work with data analysts to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of key growth metrics.
  • Stay up to date with best practices and industry trends in backend development and growth engineering.
  • Rapidly prototype and iterate on experiments based on data insights and user feedback.

Qualifications

Required Experience & Skills

  • Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.
  • Strong proficiency in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience in backend development with expertise in Java.
  • Experience with databases such as MySQL, or MongoDB.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms and serverless computing.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Experience with A/B testing frameworks and data-driven experimentation.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize backend performance and scalability.
  • Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with frontend engineers, product managers, and data analysts.
  • Proficiency in English reading and writing.

Bonus skills

  • Understanding of growth engineering principles and how backend infrastructure impacts user engagement.
  • Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (Datadog, Kibana, and Sentry)
  • Experience with machine learning models and data-driven decision-making.
  • Exposure to growth hacking methodologies and experimentation-driven development.
  • English proficiency in verbal communication.

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