Microservices Developer

Job Title: Microservices Developer

Company: Musketeers Tech

Location: Lahore Office (Onsite)

About Musketeers Tech: Musketeers Tech is a forward-thinking software consulting company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to our clients. Our team thrives on collaboration, excellence, and a passion for technology.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Microservices Developer to join our team in building and enhancing a cutting-edge real-time social video application. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure microservices that interact seamlessly within a high-performance distributed architecture.

This position involves working on key components like live audo/video, chat, websockets, Queues, LiveKit, ingress, and egress, ensuring the application performs optimally for live users.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Development:

1. Architect and implement highly scalable, maintainable, and secure microservices.
2. Build APIs and service interfaces for communication between microservices and other application layers.
3. Work with components such as EMQX, RabbitMQ or kafka, LiveKit, and other streaming and messaging frameworks.

• Real-Time Features:

1. Develop services to handle real-time video and chat features, user interactions, and notifications.
2. Optimize for low-latency communication in a live environment with thousands of concurrent users.

• Data Handling:

1. Manage distributed queues for chat, notifications, and video streaming using EMQX or similar tools.
2. Implement data pipelines for ingress and egress with a focus on reliability and performance.

• Integration and Maintenance:

1. Collaborate with the DevOps team to deploy microservices in an EKS environment.
2. Ensure integration with third-party services like Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications.
3. Write unit and integration tests to ensure the reliability of microservices.

• Monitoring and Optimization:

1. Set up logging, monitoring, and metrics for microservices to ensure performance and reliability.
2. Debug and resolve issues in a production environment.

• Collaboration:

1. Work closely with frontend and backend teams to deliver a seamless user experience.
2. Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to design microservices aligned with business goals.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise:

1. Strong experience in developing microservices using Node.js, Go, Java, or Python.
2. Proficiency with real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebRTC, WebSocket, MQTT).
3. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and container orchestration.
4. Solid understanding of cloud platforms (GCP, Azure) and serverless technologies.

• Data Management:

1. Knowledge of messaging systems like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or EMQX.
2. Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.

• Real-Time Streaming and Communication:

1. Familiarity with streaming frameworks such as LiveKit, Agora, or similar.
2. Experience in handling video and chat services in a live environment.

• DevOps and CI/CD:

1. Familiarity with building and deploying microservices in Docker and Kubernetes.
2. Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.

• Soft Skills:

1. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
2. Excellent written and verbal communication.
3. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.