Senior Backend Engineer - Technical Lead

As a Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead at Weekday's client, you'll be responsible for designing and developing scalable backend systems, leading the architecture of backend services and APIs, and ensuring high-quality code delivery. You'll collaborate with various teams, drive performance improvements, and mentor junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous learning.

Candidates for the Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead role at Weekday's client should have 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience, proven expertise in Python and NodeJS, and a solid understanding of databases. Experience with cloud platforms, RESTful API design, and CI/CD pipelines is also essential to excel in this role.

While specific educational requirements may vary, a relevant degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is preferred for the Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead position at Weekday's client. However, hands-on experience and a strong portfolio of projects are equally valuable.

A Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead at Weekday's client should be proficient in Python, NodeJS, and JavaScript. Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, as well as containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, is also highly advantageous.

Absolutely! Mentoring junior engineers is a key responsibility of the Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead at Weekday's client. You’ll play a pivotal role in guiding their development, promoting best practices, and helping them grow their technical skills.

When answering this question, provide a clear overview of the project, the challenges faced, and the specific steps you took to overcome those challenges. Highlight your leadership skills, technical decisions, and the impact the project had on the organization.

Discuss your experience with profiling tools, monitoring performance metrics, and techniques such as caching strategies, database query optimizations, or code refactoring to enhance performance. Illustrate with examples how your optimizations improved system efficiency.

Share your understanding of REST principles, provide examples of APIs you've designed, and discuss best practices you employ to ensure security, efficiency, and scalability in your API architecture.

Talk about your commitment to writing clean, maintainable code. Mention the importance of code reviews, automated testing, and tools you utilize for ensuring code quality, emphasizing how this contributes to a high-performing team.

Illustrate your understanding of both SQL and NoSQL databases. Discuss how you've integrated databases into your applications, schema design, and instances where you optimized performance through effective database management.

Discuss your hands-on experience in setting up and using CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, highlighting the tools and platforms you have worked with, along with the benefits of CI/CD for development cycles.

Outline your mentoring philosophy, stressing the importance of support, regular feedback, and fostering an environment where juniors feel comfortable asking questions. Use past experiences to illustrate your approach.

Provide an example that shows your adaptability and eagerness to learn. Emphasize the steps you took to familiarize yourself with the technology, the resources you used, and how you applied that knowledge effectively.

Discuss tools and frameworks you use to promote clear communication among team members, including how you facilitate discussions and encourage collaboration across developers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Express your excitement about the role, connecting your skills to the company’s projects and culture. Reflect on how the opportunity aligns with your career goals and how you can contribute to the company's success.