Junior / Senior Backend Engineer

at  TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GROUP PTE LTD

About Us:
Vama is an innovative chat and payment platform committed to revolutionizing communication
and transactions. Our team is passionate about creating seamless, secure, and user-friendly
experiences for our customers.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 5 - 10 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
• 2 -5 years of professional experience in Golang.
• Solid understanding of databases, tables, indices, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of parallelism, locking, synchronization, and race conditions in software
• development.
• Familiarity with caching mechanisms and cache invalidation strategies.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP or AWS.
• Proficiency in Unix systems and comfort in the terminal.
• Strong commitment to writing comprehensive tests for all developed features.
• Good understanding of API design principles and best practices.

HELPFUL EXPERIENCE:

• Previous experience with Cassandra or other distributed databases.
• Familiarity with Docker, Redis, Terraform, and Grafana.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (experience optional but beneficial).
  We provide a competitive salary that aligns with the experience and qualifications of the chosen candidat

ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineers to join our talented team. As a backend engineer at
Vama, you will be vital in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure that
powers our cutting-edge chat and payment platform. If you are a tech enthusiast with a strong
background in Go, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure, we want to hear from you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement backend services using Golang and other relevant technologies.
• Work with databases such as Cassandra, ensuring efficient data storage, retrieval, and maintenance.
• Implement messaging solutions using NATS.io for reliable communication between microservices.
• Utilize in-memory caching systems like Redis to optimize data access.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Docker and Terraform.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance using Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus.
• Contribute to the development of scalable and robust cloud-based solutions on GCP.
• Write clear and concise API documentation and design APIs that adhere to best practices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements using server-side logic.
• Write unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and stability of developed features.Demonstrate expertise in Unix systems and a comfort level with Bash scripting.