Senior Backend Developer

ABOUT US:

Founded in 2014, GEEK Up is a strategic digital product partners of 100+ brands in Southeast Asia as TPBank, Heineken, SSI, Saint-Gobain, Waitrr, Funding Societies, Karzo, etc. Agile is our DNA. It is about how we think, how we approach problem, how we regularly retrospect our work, how we being transparent and communicate with every member in our teams. Every product and design decision from GEEK Up is based on empathy towards user experience in order to bring them the highest values.

We have a huge belief that local talents can definitely build products with global standards. You will be the one to place the stones building a product from vision and ideation, to implementation and running it live.

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SCOPE OF WORK: As a core member of Backend Development team, you will coordinate with cross-function teams in 4 stages of product development including planning, implementation, deployment and operations

• Understand business logic & product requirements (including both functional and non-functional)
• Architect product and core infrastructure with long term reliability, scalability, and security in mind
• Propose technical solutions to the problem, including but not limited to database design, flow diagram, sequence diagram
• Build high performance, well-structured backend services, ensuring high-quality maintainable & testable code
• Continuously cross-check and review code within the team, ensuring that the final output is up to quality standard
• Learn new technologies, languages, and techniques so that you are able to adapt to the requirements of the project
• Engage in continuously deploying and scaling back-end services in both Cloud & On-premise Infrastructure as well as performance analysis, tuning and optimization
• Propose solutions and fixing problems encountered during development and operations

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: To start your adventure at our Backend Development team, you should have

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or any related fields.
• 4-7 years of hands-on experience in Backend Development, with strong proficiency in at least one core programming language (e.g., Java, Golang, TypeScript...).
• Experienced in design backend architecture and system flows with an eye on scalability, security, and long-term reliability.
• Confidently propose and visualize technical approaches based on blur requirements, include but not limited to database schema, flow diagrams, sequence diagrams,...
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code with high performance in mind.
• Show real curiosity for how data flows through systems, and how to model it well.
• Experienced in deployment backend services on both Cloud and On-premise infrastructure; familiar with CI/CD pipelines, service scaling, performance analysis, and optimization is a big plus
• Hands-on skills in Deployment and Monitoring using tools like Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, Git, etc.
• Display systematic thinking, solid critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Be open to learning and adopting new technologies as needed.
• Experienced taken part in mentoring, knowledge-sharing, or played a role in building up technical capabilities in a team, is highly preferred.

FOR YOUR BETTER WORK

• You will participate in the process of discovering, finding and proposing solutions, not just simply implementing the existing ones
• You can seize the opportunity to continually receive constructive feedback and suggestions, so you can easier realize what you have done well and what needs to be improved
• There are team members sharing lessons learned, so each and everyone can keep building up knowledge and experience

FOR YOUR BETTER GROW

• Our flat structure with no middle management enables you to leverage your own strengths, and make room for you to grow yourself in whatever aspect you desire.
• There are weekly workshops and sharings, where we exchange our knowledge and experience, from technical to soft skills, from work to daily life subjects
• We embrace the eagerness of learning and sharing, so you will always have room to raise your own voice

FOR YOUR BETTER STAY

• The flat structure will also enable you to choose your own career path and there will be a broad range of career opportunities available on your adventure at GEEK Up
• These perks will equip you with a clear mind and a healthy body: Weekly exercise with your teammates; morning coffee with free drinks; fruits, and nutritious drinks in our shared kitchen with a well-stocked fridge
• You can also enjoy team-building, retreats and other customized quarterly events with other team members