Senior Backend Engineer - (Payments Gateway)

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.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer 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.
  

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
  
• 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 offer a competitive salary that is commensurate with the experience and qualifications of the successful candidate.