Senior Engineer - Backend
HybridSeoul, Seoul, South Korea
Job Summary
Design, build, and operate backend services supporting the control and management plane of the cloud-native data protection platform, including user-access management and backup workflows. Own features from implementation through production operation, driving continuous improvement based on operational signals and customer feedback. Contribute to service design and API development, making technical trade-offs that balance correctness, scalability, cost, and maintainability. Spend most of your time writing and reviewing production-quality code, diagnosing complex backend issues, and participating in on-call and operational responsibilities. Collaborate with product, quality assurance, and customer-facing teams to clarify requirements and ensure production readiness. Mentor junior engineers to reinforce best practices and strengthen the reliability of the backend platform.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of features or components from implementation through production operation.
- Experience building and operating non-trivial production systems, including diagnosing issues and improving implementations based on real-world behavior.
- Ability to translate loosely defined requirements into correct, maintainable technical solutions and make sound trade-offs under uncertainty.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Python, Java, or Rust.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience owning a component or subsystem within a larger backend or cloud-native platform.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and common cloud-native design patterns.
- Experience with data-intensive systems, object storage, or large-scale backend services.
- Exposure to backup, disaster recovery, or data protection systems in production environments.
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