Senior Backend Engineer

About Penbrothers

Penbrothers is an HR & remote talent management partner and one of the fastest-growing companies in the Philippines. We provide talented Filipinos with global opportunities in high-growth startups and dynamic companies, from the comfort of their own homes.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer with strong infrastructure and DevOps experience. In this role, you will build scalable, robust software solutions and ensure our platform remains reliable, secure, and highly performant—directly enhancing the wellbeing of medical professionals globally. We are looking for someone with a mindset that embraces AI as a partner in problem-solving, who is curious about exploring AI tools and agentic workflows to improve productivity, performance, and innovation. The client is a pioneer in medical recruitment technology. 

Software Development & Deployment

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain robust backend software solutions.
• Own the full software development lifecycle, ensuring high standards of quality and performance.
• Collaborate with others, conduct code reviews, and foster technical excellence.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for rapid, reliable deployments.
• Explore and integrate AI-assisted coding tools and workflows to accelerate development and reduce repetitive tasks.

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using CDK, Terraform, Docker, and AWS.
• Develop automation solutions to streamline deployments, system configuration, and monitoring.
• Manage and maintain user access controls, permissions, and infrastructure-level security across environments.
• Experiment with agentic workflows and AI-driven operations tooling to enhance infrastructure scalability and efficiency.

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

• Implement and maintain monitoring systems using AWS CloudWatch, Sentry, and Jira
• Service Management to track application health and system reliability.
• Define and manage alerts, logs, and dashboards that proactively identify and resolve performance or availability issues.
• Respond to incidents in production environments and conduct post-incident reviews to drive improvements.
• Design and execute disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure platform resilience.

Security

• Apply security best practices across code, infrastructure, and deployments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to uphold compliance and system integrity.
• Stay current with emerging AI-related security considerations and tools.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to enhance reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies aligned with our DevOps and product delivery practices.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and shared ownership.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years experience in software engineering with a strong backend development focus.
• Proven experience with infrastructure and DevOps, including CI/CD, automation, and monitoring.
• Proficiency in Typescript/JavaScript and scripting languages (Python preferred).
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience configuring and maintaining monitoring systems using CloudWatch, Sentry, and Jira Service Management.
• Strong understanding of IAM permissions, application architecture, cloud infrastructure, and platform security.
• Familiarity with agentic workflows or AI-powered productivity tools is highly beneficial

Hiring Process

We utilize AI tools to enhance our hiring efficiency and ensure a fair evaluation of all candidates. As a result, candidates who passed our initial evaluations should expect an AI Interviewer as a component of our recruitment process. This is supervised by Human Talent Acquisition Experts who will also engage with you throughout your application journey.

What You'll Get

At Penbrothers, we are obsessed with creating positive employee experiences. Here you'll find an environment that nurtures learning and provides opportunities for growth. You'll have the opportunity to make an impact on fast-growing startups and dynamic companies.

• Meaningful work & Growth: We take every opportunity to stretch ourselves and deliver an excellent client experience.

• Employee as our biggest asset: We are genuinely invested in our people's career and welfare.

• Global reach & local impact: Get to work with high-growth startups and dynamic companies from the comfort of your own home.

• Powering global startups: We've created 1,400 Filipino jobs that empower global start-ups to focus on growth.