Senior Backend Engineer

Description At Tikal, seniority isn’t the end of learning - it’s the start of your next leap. Here, you define your tech journey: choose the technologies you want to master, set your own growth path, and gain the hands-on experience to become a Backend Tech Lead. Work with top-tier companies, tackle complex engineering challenges, and leave your mark on large-scale systems - all while staying at the forefront of technology. This is a hybrid position. What You’ll Do: Architect, design, and build high-performance, scalable backend systems. Work with advanced algorithms, data structures & distributed computing. Design and implement robust, secure APIs. Use best practices to ensure flexibility, extensibility, and maintainability. Develop SQL & NoSQL persistence solutions with optimal data modeling & performance. Build and scale cloud-based infrastructures.

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Requirements

7+ years of experience in Backend engineering 5 years Python experience or at least 2+ years of Python experience and 3+ years with Java /nodejs. Proven experience working in an AI-assisted development environment, defining high-level technical goals and leveraging autonomous AI agents (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, Devin-style tools) to execute multi-file implementations, while maintaining ownership of architecture, design decisions, code quality, and final validation. Experience with Microservices, distributed processing & messaging. Cloud expertise: AWS/, GCP/ Azure Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Druid, Redis). Experience with Docker and Kubernetes Self-driven, proactive, and passionate about doing things the right way. Sounds like your next challenge? Let’s talk.