Whisker is looking to develop and maintain robust services backend APIs and global cloud infrastructure that power Whisker’s digital ecosystem, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability while enabling seamless integrations and enhancing customer experiences across all products worldwide.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in services backend API development, including RESTful and GraphQL design, performance tuning, and security best practices
- Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and services like EC2, S3, RDS, and IoT-specific components, with a strong focus on multi-region deployments for performance and reliability
- Expertise in IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and microservices architecture & deployment (Kubernetes)
- Experience with CDN technologies and strategies for optimizing global content delivery
- Strong understanding of network protocols, database design, and system optimization techniques for global-scale applications
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to enable efficient software delivery
- Has a proven track record of delivering complex, globally distributed projects at scale and on time, ensuring high-quality outcomes through rigorous architecture, execution, testing, and automation
Responsibilities
- Designs and implements high-quality, scalable, and maintainable backend API services
- Writes clean, efficient, and well-documented code following company standards
- Develops and executes unit tests, integration tests, and supports system-level testing efforts
- Reviews code written by other team members and provides constructive feedback to ensure quality and consistency
- Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues throughout the development lifecycle
- Orchestrates seamless integration between API, infrastructure, and services teams, ensuring cohesive efforts result in exceptional performance and reliability across all products
- Establishes and enforces best practices for securing APIs, infrastructure, and data across international markets while maintaining compliance with GDPR and other global regulations
Other
- 6+ years of experience, including in engineering lead roles
- Excellent communication (verbal & written) and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability to maintain a professional atmosphere in a fast-paced environment with numerous interactions and interruptions
- A high degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to motivate others
