BayRockLabs - Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems

Job Description

Description What Youll Do : Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems using Java and Spring Boot. Lead system design and architecture discussions for new and existing services. Write clean, efficient, and testable code following industry best practices. Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end features. Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability. Participate in code reviews, ensure code quality, and mentor junior engineers. Identify performance bottlenecks and design robust, resilient solutions. Quickly ramp up on new technologies, business domains, and codebases. Contribute to improving development processes, automation, and CI/CD pipelines. What Were Looking For 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot. Strong grasp of system design, distributed systems, and microservices. Proven ability to write production-grade, testable, and maintainable code. Experience with REST APIs, message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and databases (SQL/NoSQL). Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. A passion for mentorship, clean code, and continuous improvement. Bonus Points Experience in payments, fintech, or high-throughput systems. Contributions to open-source or personal technical projects. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, or observability tools. (ref:hirist.tech)