Senior Backend Engineer

Visa Hunt; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Umpisa Inc. is seeking a backend/frontend engineer in the Philippines who excels in API integrations, data orchestration and building robust data pipelines. You will design architectures, manage caching, rate-limiting and message queues to move data from point A to point B.

You will work within a self-organizing Scrum team as part of a scaled agile framework and collaborate closely with clients. You should have strong backend knowledge (NextJS, NestJS, PHP) and frontend know-how (Flutter, React

Qualifications

• Good backend knowledge: NextJS, NestJS, PHP.
• Good frontend knowledge: Flutter, React JS.
• Has worked with APIs at scale.
• Exposure to basic AWS services.
• Move fast and reach milestones under uncertainty.
• Willing to work hard on challenging problems.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and pipelines to move data efficiently across systems.
• Design robust data integrations, APIs and data orchestration.
• Collaborate in a self-organizing Scrum team within scaled agile framework.
• Tackle challenging backend and data engineering problems.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Problem solving

Self-organizing Scrum

Self-starter & collaboration

NextJS

NestJS

PHP

Flutter

React JS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Tools

NextJS

NestJS

PHP

Flutter

React JS

Python

Django

GraphQL

Job description

Who were looking for

You're the rare talent who excels in API integrations, data orchestration, and backend engineering. Your passion lies in constructing robust data pipelines, devising innovative ways to extract insights from diverse sources, and unifying massive datasets.

You'll have to familiarize yourself with rate limiting of APIs, caching between the steps in the pipeline, message queues and anything else that will help you get data from point A to point B. Whatever architecture, pipeline or business logic is necessary to do so is going to be your responsibility.

At Umpisa Inc., our mission is to make the Philippines be known globally as a tech hub.

Umpisa Inc. is a progressive technology services company that partners with select industries, clients and people to work on pioneering and industry-changing solutions via digital transformation, modern software development and venture building.

We create a set of world-class and impactful products and solutions to help organizations and individuals live better lives. We offer demanding, challenging and rewarding careers in software development, product development, emerging technologies, and more for the right candidates.

Essential Skills:

• Aligns with our values: Excellence, Integrity, Professionalism, People Success, Customer Success, Fun, Innovation and Diversity
• Strong communication skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Would like to work as part of a self-organizing Scrum team in a scaled agile framework
• Must be a self-starter and loves to collaborate with the team and client

Requirements

• Good backend knowledge (NextJS, NestJS and PHP)
• Good frontend knowledge (Flutter and React JS)
• Have worked with APIs at scale before
• Exposure to basic AWS services
• Move fast and reach milestones under uncertainty
• Ready to work really hard on really hard problems

Nice to have:

• Good backend knowledge (Python, Django and GraphQL)

Bonus Points:

• High-growth SaaS experience, including scalability challenges
• Familiarity with ClickHouse (our main analytical database)

Originally posted on Himalayas