Backend Engineer Job Description
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Backend engineers develop and write server-side scripts and APIs to be consumed and displayed by front end engineers. A backend engineer is responsible to write code using programming languages like Java, Python, C, C++ and C# (among others), to develop modular scalable and highly cohesive and functional software and applications. They are also responsible to perform the unit testing, prepare functional and technical design documents, expose and consume data from third-party applications and servers, enhance existing software, fix defects, follow best practices, identify the area of improvement, troubleshooting the issues, code review and optimization, participate in requirement gathering, a...
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- Master of Science (m.sc.) in Applied Mathematics
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
- Master of Science (m.sc.) in Applied Physics
- Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Applied Physics
- Bachelor Degree in Cognitive Science
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