Senior Backend Engineer (Core Tech)
Taipei
Multimedia – Engineering /
Permanent /
On-site
KKCompany Technologies Group is a leading technology group in software services. We have created the world’s first legal music streaming platform, KKBOX, and are an international software technology group focused on “multimedia technologies, digital cloud, and AI applications” as our core business to create value for the customers. The group consists of self-owned brands including KKBOX, BlendVision, and Going Cloud with enterprise customers across Asia. KKCompany Technologies has attained OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 and ISO 27001 third-party international certification.
We have over 500 employees across offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong.
For more information please visit our website: www.kkcompany.com and blog: blog.kkcompany.com
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain the backend systems and infrastructure that can be scalable with large traffic in core component services.
- Optimize backend systems for scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Operate service with high reliability and optimize service cost continually.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to backend systems and infrastructure.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in backend engineering and contribute to developing the company's technical roadmap.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of backend development experience.
- Strong programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Python or Go.
- Experience with backend technologies such as databases, caching systems, message queues, and RESTful APIs.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience with AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Kinesis, API Gateway, EKS, etc.).
- Experience with IaC, such as Terraform.
- Experience with container technology, such as Docker. Knowledge of Kubernetes or similar clustering solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Nice To Have:
- Understanding the importance of smart metrics and alerting.
- Knowledge of multimedia and streaming technologies, such as media container, Codec, MPEG-DASH, and HLS.
