Back End Engineer
WPP (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 18–30 LPA
Posted 1h ago
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About This Role
- Own end-to-end design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of a back-end component or service using TypeScript and Node.js.
- Build production AI features leveraging Anthropic and OpenAI APIs and manage associated configurations and servers.
- Lead incident triage, write post-incident reviews, mentor engineers, and communicate technical decisions across globally distributed teams.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum 5 years professional software development experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
- At least 3 years maintaining or launching production software and 1 year experience in software design and architecture.
- Experience working in globally distributed teams with cross-region stakeholders.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Deep expertise in strict, idiomatic TypeScript including advanced types, runtime validation, and Node.js internals.
- Proficient in designing RESTful APIs with OpenAPI, data modeling using PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and MongoDB, and asynchronous system design with message queues.
- Skilled in cloud services (AWS Lambda, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, test-driven development, observability (OpenTelemetry, Datadog), security protocols (OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect), and AI-first engineering with LLMs and AI SDKs.