Senior Azure Cloud Backend Engineer

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Role Summary:

We're looking for someone who has already designed, implemented, and delivered cloud-native, event-driven systems to production, ideally involving Azure Functions, Event Hub, Service Bus, and related data-pipeline services.
We´re looking for someone who can bring proven, practical expertise in architecting and operating these systems at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain APIs for scalable and secure backend systems using C# and .NET Core.
• Leverage Microsoft Azure services (App Services, Functions, Event Hub, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, etc.) for backend and data processing needs.
• Build and maintain event-driven, real-time data pipelines using event streaming technologies (e.g., Azure Event Hubs, Kafka).
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to model and manage high-volume data storage.
• Ensure system scalability, performance, and reliability through efficient backend design and cloud-native patterns.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate deployments using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like ARM templates, Terraform, or Bicep.
• Apply security best practices in API design, authentication (OAuth2, OpenID Connect), and authorization.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance in production environments.
• Stay updated with emerging cloud and backend technologies to drive innovation

Skills and Qualifications:

• 8+ years of backend development experience on Azure (or strong equivalent on AWS/GCP plus Azure ramp‑up).
• Proficiency in designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong C#, Python or Java skills
• Strong skills in SQL (Azure SQL Database, PostgreSQL, MSSQL etc.) and NoSQL (Cosmos DB, MongoDB etc.) technologies.
• Experience in building event streaming and real-time data pipelines.
• Experience of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes, AKS).
• Familiarity with security protocols, API gateways, and identity management.
• Experience with version control, code reviews, automated testing, and observability.
• Motivated team player, with positive attitude, strong work ethic and high attention to details
• Creative and strategic problem-solving mindset
• Able to work in a multi-disciplinary, timeline bound and target oriented work environment
• Communicates trade-offs clearly; operates autonomously with well-documented decisions; collaborates across teams.

Nice to Have:

• Delta Lake and lakehouse/medallion patterns; feature stores.
• Kafka/Service Bus/Event Grid; CDC (Change Data Capture).
• Data governance with Microsoft Purview.
• Automotive/IoT telemetry domain exposure.

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