Weekend Backend Engineer

About the role

Location: Global - Remote About the Role This role combines platform engineering and structured first-line operational responsibility. You will work within Central Engineering, building and improving our internal developer platform - focusing on observability, load testing, resiliency, and system robustness - while also participating in a defined Level 1 incident duty rotation. Our systems handle millions of requests daily across distributed microservices. Stability, scalability, and performance are critical. This role directly contributes to improving reliability at scale, not just feature delivery. You will work in a structured regional shift pattern to help provide 24/7 coverage as part of our first-line response model. Our Stack (experience in some is expected) • Language: Java 21 • Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Cloud • Architecture: Microservices, REST APIs, Event-Driven Systems • Databases: MySQL, MyBatis, ShardingSphere, MongoDB • Caching: Redis (AWS ElastiCache), Elasticsearch • Messaging: RocketMQ • Cloud/Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS • Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, CloudWatch What You’ll Be Doing Platform Engineering (Primary Focus Outside Duty Window) • Improve observability across services (metrics, tracing, logging). • Design and enhance loa