Senior / Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Requisition ID 16800 -Posted 03/08/2026

Make the most of your talents and develop products that can create impact on a national scale. We are an in-house software team, assembled to move with speed and deliver with quality.

We Build Reliable Solutions. For Customers, Company and Country.

You will be part of the Digital Technology Team and together, you will innovate, create, and deploy digital products that will empower more than 3,800 employees within SP Group and improve the quality of life for more than 1.7million commercial, industrial and residential customers that SP Group serves. We build solutions that enable sustainable high quality lifestyles and help consumers save energy and cost, as well as supporting national goals for a sustainable livable city. Now, imagine the impact you can create.

What You’ll Do:

We are looking for a hands-on Backend Technical Lead to drive the design, development, scalability, and operational excellence of our EV Charging platform. This role will be responsible for leading backend architecture and solution design, ensuring production stability, and mentoring engineers across multiple backend services.

You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to build resilient, high-performance systems that operate at scale in a cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead backend architecture and system & solution design

Own end-to-end delivery of backend services

Ensure highly availability, scalability, performance and security

Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and design reviews

Improve database performance, indexing strategies, query efficiency, and overall cost optimization

Lead production incident investigations and root cause analysis

Design and implement event-driven and asynchronous systems

Work closely with DevOps on deployment, monitoring, and reliability

Balance speed of delivery with long‑term scalability and maintainability

Mentor engineers and drive technical initiatives across teams

What You’ll Need

Technical Requirements (Must Have)

Strong experience in Golang and building production systems

Beginner to Intermediate knowledge in Java is a plus

Deep understanding of concurrency, memory profiling, and performance optimization

Experience designing RESTful APIs and system to system integrations

Strong SQL knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS

Experience with event streaming systems (e.g., Kafka) and realtime communication protocol (e.g. WebSockets)

Familiarity with cloud-native deployments (Azure or AWS)

Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Strong grasp of system design, scalability, and failure handling

Experience working on high‑traffic or real‑time systems

Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives

Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar)

Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry or similar)

Good to Have

Prior experience in EV charging, mobility, or IoT platforms is an advantage

Familiarity with EV charging protocols such as OCPI & OCPP

Experience working with distributed or device-integrated systems

Exposure to payment systems, billing workflows, or transaction‑heavy platforms

Platform Characteristics

Distributed and event‑driven architecture

Real‑time and asynchronous workflows

Production‑critical systems with high availability requirements

Integrations with external platforms, protocols, and third‑party systems

High observability and operational ownership expectations

Rapidly evolving platform with scaling and optimization challenges

We value engineers who take ownership beyond feature delivery — including system reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence. Technical Leads are expected to contribute hands‑on, mentor engineers, participate in architecture discussions, and drive continuous improvements across engineering practices and platform stability.

What We’ll Provide

You will play a key role in shaping the backend architecture of a rapidly scaling, cloud‑native platform, working on distributed systems, real‑time processing, and high‑availability services. This role offers the opportunity to influence core technical decisions, solve complex engineering challenges, mentor a growing engineering team, and gain exposure to device‑integrated and event‑driven platforms, including technologies and protocols used in EV Charging domain.

Thank you for your interest in SP Group. You will be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview.

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