Proximity Works · 4 months ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Go/Python) - Remote | Immediate Joiners Only
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelProximity Works is seeking Senior Backend Engineers who thrive in agile, fast-moving environments to develop high-quality backend systems. The role involves solving complex problems, building scalable microservices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions that align with business objectives.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
The development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end
Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance and maintainable code
The entire lifecycle of stories: development, test, production, and subsequent fixes and improvements
Solving complex technical problems
Develop a highly scalable and performant backend based on event driven architecture
Building robust, secure and scalable microservices
Splitting features into tasks and for the backend architecture and its evolution
Performing an objective analysis of the problem statement and coming up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code
Coordinating cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards. This includes collaborating with QAs, PMs to ensure timely delivery of high-quality apps
Participating in, designing and driving the code review process
Implementing RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway
Ensuring sub-second server response and will be responsible to implement relational, document, key, object or graph data-stores, index stores and messaging stores as needed
Tracking defects and working with business owners and users to triage bugs and manage backlog
Taking ownership to run and maintain Cloud infrastructure
Evaluating relevant technologies, influencing and driving architecture and design discussions
Owning and delivering end-to-end backend features, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability
Collaborating with product stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions aligned with business objectives
Writing clean, efficient, maintainable code using best practices and participating in code reviews
Building reusable services and contributing to core engineering libraries
Documenting and demonstrating solutions through documentation, DFDs, and code comments
Solving complex technical problems with objectivity before writing code
Taking ownership of backend systems, including APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure
Working closely with Product to help drive KPIs and align engineering goals with business outcomes
Staying agile and adapting quickly to evolving requirements, scope, and priorities
Qualification
Required
Experience in developing high-quality backend systems
Ability to solve complex problems independently
Deep understanding of design and architecture patterns
Experience in building scalable, performant systems
Proficiency in writing clean, high-quality, high-performance and maintainable code
Experience with the entire lifecycle of stories: development, test, production, and subsequent fixes and improvements
Experience in developing a highly scalable and performant backend based on event driven architecture
Experience in building robust, secure and scalable microservices
Ability to split features into tasks for backend architecture and its evolution
Experience in performing objective analysis of problem statements and coming up with unbiased technical solutions
Experience in coordinating cross-functionally to ensure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
Experience in participating in, designing and driving the code review process
Experience in implementing RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway
Ability to ensure sub-second server response and implement various data-stores as needed
Experience in tracking defects and managing backlog
Experience in running and maintaining Cloud infrastructure
Ability to evaluate relevant technologies and influence architecture and design discussions
Experience in owning and delivering end-to-end backend features
Ability to collaborate with product stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions
Experience in documenting and demonstrating solutions through documentation, DFDs, and code comments
Ability to take ownership of backend systems, including APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure
Ability to work closely with Product to drive KPIs and align engineering goals with business outcomes
Ability to stay agile and adapt quickly to evolving requirements, scope, and priorities
Company
Proximity Works
We are Proximity — a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks and experts.
Founded in 2019
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Hardik Jagda
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Kushaal Devanahalli
Co-Founder, Head of Product - Enterprise SaaS, Head - Studio Proximity
Recent News
2025-10-07
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