Software Development Engineer, Global Analytics and Technology (Remote)

Sun King

Remote

New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaRemote· about 2 hours ago

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SDE III - Backend

Department: Global Analytics and Technology

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India, Remote

Job location: India (Remote)

About the role:

The SDE-3 Backend will work as part of the Digitization and Automation team to help Sun King design, develop,
and implement intelligent, tech-enabled solutions to help solve a large variety of our business problems. We
are looking for candidates with an affinity for technology and automation, curiosity about advances in products
and strong coding skills for our in-house software development team.

What you will be expected to do

● Minimum 4+ years of experience in Java and Python, with hands-on expertise in frameworks such as
Spring Boot and Django/FastAPI.
● Expertise in AWS, with working experience in Lambda, SQS, S3, EC2 (Linux-based VMs), Load Balancer,
and RDS
● Expertise in SQL: query plans, indexing, locking, primary–replica architecture, and schema changes on
live tables
● Prior experience working with Redis
● Experience with microservices and distributed, event-driven system design: webhooks, queues, and
third-party API integrations
● Observability experience with Grafana and Prometheus/Loki, or an equivalent stack
● Experience running Docker in production (images, Compose, and runtime configs)
● Working experience with message brokers and event-streaming systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
● Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) in
day-to-day development

You might be a strong candidate if you have/are

● Lead incident RCAs, reasoning from what changed against a baseline rather than from snapshots
● Write design docs and architecture maps
● Mentor engineers through code review and pairing
● Own systems after launch, including on-call, runbooks, and cost
● Use AI coding assistants every day, applying the judgement to review, test, and take ownership of the
code they help generate
● Design and build applications and systems from wireframes and product requirements documents
● Identify and fix bottlenecks and bugs according to operational requirements
● Design and develop logical and physical data models that meet application requirements
● Build for scalability, performance, service robustness, and cost trade-offs
● Create prototypes and proofs of concept for iterative development
● Take complete, end-to-end ownership of projects and their development cycle

What Sun King offers

Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.