About Teamified
Teamified works with top enterprises and digital native businesses in Australia helping them build their remote teams in India, Philippines and Sri Lanka. We pride ourselves with hiring great teams to work on exciting game changing technology. Patona currently has 200+ engineers, testers, product managers etc. working across 20+ partners. We focus on uplifting the way organisations build and manage their remote teams through great working relationships, trust, integrity, culture and hiring processes. Additional to this we are building our own technology product offerings. We strive to deliver the best outcomes for our customers, our partners and our people.
This role places you directly with one of our valued clients in the fintech and impact tech space, where you’ll have the opportunity to take on a pivotal role in shaping their backend systems.
About our Client
Our client is building a more effective model of talent development. One that can operate at the scale required to bring opportunity to hundreds of millions, and solve the world’s biggest re-skilling challenges.
We help connect potential with opportunity at scale. We are changing the future of work, for individuals and the world.
By 2030, over one billion people will need retraining. But the quantity and quality of spending on talent development is lagging - and people are being left behind by digital disruption.
Forte stands for Financing Of Return To Employment. We enable high-quality talent development at any scale - with an innovative financing approach that perfectly aligns incentives.
As part of our next phase of growth, we are building our global digital platform to connect governments and investors with high quality education providers and students to provide a seamless experience throughout the whole journey.
We are looking for exceptional engineers to champion our vision by delivering world class software that can operate globally at scale.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our client's team and take charge of their backend architecture and AWS infrastructure. This is an opportunity to lead a team, mentor other engineers, and make a real impact by building scalable, high-performance RESTful APIs and ensuring that their infrastructure is robust and secure.
Key Responsibilities
Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English
Backend Development: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of RESTful APIs using Node.js/Express.
AWS Infrastructure: Manage and optimize AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3), ensuring high availability and performance.
Database Management: Oversee relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), focusing on query optimization, data integrity, and high availability.
CI/CD Pipelines: Assist in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferably using GitHub Actions) to ensure smooth and automated deployments.
Security Best Practices: Implement secure data handling, encryption, and IAM policies to protect sensitive information.
Infrastructure Management: Take ownership of Terraform scripts for infrastructure as code management, ensuring efficient and consistent AWS infrastructure provisioning.
Required Skills and Experience
Node.js / Express: Proven experience in building and scaling RESTful APIs.
AWS Experience: Familiarity with core AWS services like EC2, RDS, and S3.
Database Expertise: Strong proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), including query optimization and managing high availability.
Desirable Skills
CI/CD Pipelines: Experience with automated deployment pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
Security Best Practices: Knowledge of secure data handling, encryption, and AWS IAM policies.
Terraform: Willingness to learn and take ownership of Terraform scripts for infrastructure management.
What You'll Gain
Ownership: Full ownership of the backend architecture and AWS infrastructure.
Skills Development: Hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code management.
If you're a backend engineer with a passion for building secure, scalable systems and you want to be part of a team that's making a difference, we want to hear from you!