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Design and develop RESTful APIs and backend services that other teams and partners can rely on. Build scalable and resilient distributed systems, including patterns such as circuit breakers, rate limiting, and timeout budgeting to keep services stable under load. Optimise API performance and latency using techniques such as concurrency, connection pooling, caching, and load balancing. Design secure authentication and authorisation mechanisms, including JWT and OAuth2 based flows. Maintain data consistency across services and databases, including handling failures in multi-step or multi-database operations and designing APIs to be safely retried (idempotency). Collaborate closely with frontend developers, architects, and DevOps engineers as part of a small, hands-on delivery team, working alongside a lead architect rather than owning a whole system solo. Write automated tests (unit and integration) and use monitoring and logging tools to troubleshoot issues in production. Conduct code reviews and mentor other engineers. Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices. 6+ years of hands-on backend development experience (be ready to talk through specific projects and your individual contribution to each). Strong experience building and operating enterprise APIs, including performance tuning, concurrency handling, circuit breakers, and rate limiting. Experience with Golang, .NET, Node.js, Java, or similar backend technologies (Golang experience is well regarded for this engagement). Solid understanding of relational database fundamentals (ACID properties), handling consistency across multiple services or databases, and avoiding common performance issues such as the N+1 query problem. Strong knowledge of API security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect) and idempotent API design. Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred for this project; GCP or Azure also considered), including container-based deployment (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines. Understanding of microservices, including gRPC and REST-based service-to-service communication. Experience writing automated tests (unit and integration) and using observability tools (e.g. Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch) to diagnose issues. Comfortable working as part of a small, collaborative delivery team alongside a lead architect and other engineers, not as a sole developer. Professional English communication skills (spoken and written) are mandatory. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.