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We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join our CARE team and help build robust systems that empower our internal users in Customer Experience and Recoveries. This role is key to advancing our backend capabilities — enabling more features, improving internal tools, and contributing to the CARE roadmap, including projects such as escalations management, Zendesk integrations, and other mission-critical initiatives.
The successful candidate will help shape the architecture and scalability of Tala’s backend systems to support new product launches, expanding markets, and a growing global user base. You’ll also drive engineering excellence by following and improving upon Tala’s best practices, processes, and standards.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend software solutions using Java or Kotlin
- Make key architectural and design decisions for backend systems
- Build and maintain deployment infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines
- Manage schema evolution and data migrations in production environments
- Proactively optimize system performance (profiling, caching, JVM tuning, etc.)
- Ensure high code quality through reviews, testing, and adherence to engineering best practices
- Enhance monitoring and alerting to improve system availability and responsiveness
- Create and maintain clear, concise, and up-to-date technical documentation
What You’ll Need
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Expertise in Java or Kotlin
- Strong understanding of software design principles, patterns, and best practices
- Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data migrations
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with non-blocking/asynchronous programming (e.g., Spring WebFlux, Reactor)
- Knowledge of message brokers or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- A collaborative mindset and passion for building scalable, reliable, and impactful technology
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