Software Development Engineer 2

What You'll Do Design and implement microservices and APIs that handle production traffic with measurable uptime and latency targets Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in code or infrastructure, quantifying the impact of your optimizations Ship features end-to-end from specification through production, including tests, code review, and incident response Propose architecture solutions backed by load estimates or proof-of-concept results to address scalability challenges Build logging, monitoring, and alerting systems that surface actionable issues before they impact users Mentor junior engineers through code review and pairing to accelerate their ability to ship independently What We're Looking For Must-haves Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Node.js) with shipped production systems Comfortable with writing majority code using AI Experience designing and debugging microservices or distributed systems with REST APIs Strong SQL skills and proven ability to optimize database queries and schema design Track record owning features end-to-end from design through production deployment Comfortable shipping code in moving environments and debugging production issues under pressure Working knowledge of ORMs like Prisma and relational databases like PostgreSQL Familiarity with background job queues and scheduled task management Experience with Redis or Redis-compatible systems for caching and pub-sub Good product sense & have built end-to-end projects or products, including frontend/design Nice-to-haves Experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes Familiarity with message queues or event streaming platforms like Kafka or RabbitMQ Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure Experience with JWT-based authentication and session management Familiarity with AWS CloudWatch or similar logging and monitoring tools #J-18808-Ljbffr Nxtwave Disruptive Technologies (Hiring for a client)