Lead Senior Backend Engineer

Adwake is a tech-enabled services company powered by Entravision. At Adwake, we place cutting-edge technology and quality service at the heart of our approach to effectively find, connect with, and engage your ideal customer across every screen. With a global reach, we adapt to meet each client’s unique marketing needs. Our solutions combine data-driven insights, machine learning technologies, impactful digital media capabilities, and results-oriented platforms, always focusing on customer care and long-term business growth.

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Senior Backend Engineer to architect, develop, and maintain the backend infrastructure for our high-availability offerwall platform. You will lead a team of engineers, design robust systems, and ensure the platform's scalability, reliability, and performance using modern cloud technologies.

What You’ll Do:

• System Architecture: Design and implement scalable, high-availability backend systems to support the offerwall platform, ensuring low latency and high throughput.
• Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Java to build APIs, microservices, and backend components.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Leverage AWS services to deploy and manage cloud-based infrastructure.
• Container Orchestration: Manage and optimize containerized workloads using Amazon EKS for high availability and scalability.
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement and maintain monitoring solutions using Grafana to ensure system health, performance, and proactive issue resolution.
• Cluster Management: Use Headlamp and Argocd to manage and visualize Kubernetes clusters, ensuring smooth operations and efficient resource utilization.
• Infrastructure as Code: Define and manage infrastructure using Terraform to ensure consistency, repeatability, and scalability of deployments.
• High Availability: Ensure the platform meets strict uptime and performance SLAs, implementing fault-tolerant and resilient systems.
• Collaboration: Work closely with frontend engineers and product teams to deliver cohesive and reliable solutions.
• Code Quality: Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and maintain high standards for security, performance, and scalability.

What you need to have:

• Experience: 8+ years of backend development experience, with at least 3 years in a lead or senior role.
• Java Expertise: Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot preferred) for building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• AWS Cloud: Hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Kubernetes: Deep knowledge of Amazon EKS for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications.
• MongoDB: Strong experience with MongoDB, including schema design, indexing, and performance optimization for high-traffic applications.
• Monitoring: Experience with Grafana for creating dashboards and monitoring system metrics.
• Kubernetes Management: Familiarity with Headlamp or similar tools for Kubernetes cluster visualization and management.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency in Terraform for defining and provisioning cloud infrastructure.
• High Availability: Proven experience designing and maintaining high-availability systems with minimal downtime.
• Leadership: Ability to lead and mentor a team, with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot complex issues and optimize system performance.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with other monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, CloudWatch).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Github actions).
• Experience with offerwall or ad-tech platforms.

Why Join Us?

• Work on a high-impact, high-availability platform serving millions of users.
• Collaborate with a talented and passionate team in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
• Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and flexible remote work options.
• Opportunities for professional growth and leadership in cutting-edge technologies.

 What We Offer

• 🚀 Exciting challenges and opportunities for growth
• Ticket Restaurant 
• Wellbeing and gym membership
• Breakfast, Fruit & Snacks at the office
• Monthly team Events
• Work Anniversary Celebrations
• Gift Cards for special occasions
• Referral Program 
• 💻  Hybrid work format, combining remote and in-office work 2 times a week (Tuesday and Thursday) or fully remote.