We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable, low-latency, and highly reliable backend systems for high-growth B2C products.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, system design, performance optimisation, observability, and production reliability. Experience with search, recommendation, ranking, AI-powered product features, or data engineering is an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities
Design and build scalable backend services using Java or Go
Develop reliable REST, gRPC, and GraphQL APIs
Design distributed systems, microservices, data models, and event-driven architectures
Improve system latency, throughput, availability, reliability, and infrastructure efficiency
Work with Kafka, Redis/Valkey, Elasticsearch, SQL, and NoSQL databases
Own production monitoring, incident response, root-cause analysis, performance tuning, and reliability improvements

Requirements
5+ years of backend engineering experience
Robust programming skills in Java or Go
Experience building high-scale, low-latency production systems
Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture
Experience with Kafka, caching systems, Elasticsearch, SQL, and NoSQL databases
Experience with AWS or GCP,



Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Prometheus, and Grafana
Solid system design, debugging, testing, and end-to-end production ownership skills

Nice to Have
Experience in AI-powered applications, search and recommendation systems, or data engineering would be an added advantage

Advantages
Best-in-class salary: We hire solid talent and compensate accordingly
Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners
Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development
High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients

About Us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We're headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

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