As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will be part of a high-performing team building Mitek’s next-generation cloud platform. You will collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Data Engineers, CloudOps, DevOps, and Product Managers to deliver scalable, production-ready cloud solutions.
This role focuses on designing and delivering hybrid cloud and containerized platform solutions with API frameworks including REST, gRPC, GraphQL, etc. Software will primarily be developed in Golang and Python and deployed across modern cloud platforms.
What You Will Do
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production-ready, scalable API services
Build platform solutions using microservices and containerized architectures
Write and maintain unit, integration, and performance tests
Develop and maintain internal and public API documentation
Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams across the full development lifecycle
Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, refinement, retrospectives)
Support deployment, monitoring, and operational readiness of services in production
What You Need
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field with a formal software engineering background, or equivalent experience
5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong experience with Golang and/or Java
Experience developing and deploying solutions on AWS or comparable cloud platforms
Experience building cloud and/or standalone APIs
Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and/or data-intensive architectures
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery practices
Experience deploying applications using Docker
Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies
Experience writing automated unit and integration tests
Strong collaboration and communication skills; ability to work with evolving requirements
Nice to Have
1+ year of production experience in Golang
- Experience with Apache Airflow or other orchestration tools
Database experience, preferably PostgreSQL
Experience with AWS services such as:
EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, PubSub, API Gateway, KMS
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)
Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers
Familiarity with event-driven architectures
Experience with image processing or machine learning systems
Front-end experience with React/Redux
Experience with additional languages such as Java, Python, Bash, Groovy or C++
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