Backend Engineer
8club Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Description
"Join our team as a Backend Engineer at 8club, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our core services, from invitation systems to event discovery and social graph."
As a Backend Engineer at 8club, you'll collaborate closely with our Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain the foundation of our platform. With our rapid growth to multiple cities and millions of users, we need talented engineers like you to bring velocity, fresh perspectives, and expertise to own entire service areas independently.
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on a wide range of exciting projects, from building new API endpoints and backend services to maintaining and improving existing ones, ensuring performance, reliability, and clean code.
Why you should learn this:
The demand for skilled Backend Engineers is high in the current market, with a strong focus on building scalable and maintainable systems.
Expected Salary: The salary range for this role is competitive, with a median salary of $150,000 - $200,000 per year, depending on experience.
How it works:
- Collaborate with Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement new backend services
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure engineering quality and contribute to a culture of testing and quality assurance
- Participate in architecture discussions to contribute ideas and shape the technical direction of the platform
Core Concepts to Master
Service-Oriented Architecture
A service-oriented architecture is a design approach where the system is composed of multiple services that communicate with each other using APIs. This approach promotes loose coupling, scalability, and maintainability.
API Design
API design is the process of creating APIs that are easy to use, understand, and maintain. This includes designing API endpoints, data models, and error handling mechanisms.
Testing and Quality Assurance
Testing and quality assurance are critical components of software development. This includes writing unit and integration tests, as well as participating in code reviews to ensure engineering quality.
Interview Questions (Beginner)
- What is your experience with service-oriented architecture?
- Can you explain the concept of API design and how you would approach it?
- How would you ensure engineering quality in a team?
Job Overview
Advance Questions
- • How would you design a scalable and maintainable API for a large-scale system?
- • Can you explain the trade-offs between different testing approaches, such as unit testing and integration testing?
- • How would you approach a complex technical problem, such as debugging a production issue?