We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer that will join our team in Kuala Lumpur but will also work with colleagues and clients in other parts of the world. Check out if you are a fit for Sam Media and have the following skills/ experience:

What You’ll Need

• Three or more years of experience as a back-end developer and proficient in server-side programming languages.
• You have experience in application design, thinking in terms of architecture and know-how to identify and explain pros and cons of a technical solution.
• You have experience in building distributed and highly scalable systems including REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and established experience in designing, developing and maintaining software projects with high business impact.
• You have strong knowledge about modelling data, database design using relational databases and can create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• You are resilient and tolerant of change in ambiguous situations and find ways to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
• You have worked on challenging large-scale projects, taking full ownership of at least a subset of their functionalities, enabling communication with stakeholders.
• You encourage best practices in writing thoroughly-tested code, performing accurate and constructive code reviews, and coaching peers.
• You use an organised and logical approach to finding solutions to complex problems and look beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and propose several possible solutions.
• You have a deep understanding of all stages of application development and how it contributes to the end product.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and are able to validate your decisions and communicate them clearly.

What You’ll Do

• Develop functional and sustainable applications.
• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code and integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Help shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new products.
• Optimise applications for efficient resource utilisation.
• Develop ideas for new projects, products, or features by following industry standards and trends.
• Collaborate with other team members to design applications to meet business objectives.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure to apply software development best practices.
• Participate in technical hiring interviews with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers.
• Enhance the technical team environment through improved tooling, streamlining processes, and work across product boundaries.
• You will work with the existing technologies: mainly with PHP in an environment that’s using Amazon Web Services, Docker, RabbitMQ, Redis, AWS Aurora (MySQL/ PostgreSQL), AWS Redshift.