Senior Software Engineer
PetDesk
Apply to this jobIn this role, you'll apply proven design patterns and engineering best practices to build systems that scale — architecting, deploying, and operating microservices on AWS Cloud, and designing, documenting, and consuming RESTful APIs securely. This is a great fit for someone who enjoys owning solutions end-to-end and mentoring others along the way.
Apply if you’re excited to:
- Build and maintain high-quality software solutions
- Implement, test, deploy, and monitor features with precision and purpose
- Work across the full stack, from CSS and HTML to databases and DevOps.
- Collaborate with international teams to enhance and improve our products
- Apply proven design patterns and best practices to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance
- Architect, deploy, and operate microservices-based systems on AWS Cloud
- Design, document, and consume RESTful APIs securely
About you:
- A bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of overall IT industry experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship role
- Expertise in Python for production-grade solution development
- Strong understanding of front-end technologies (React, Next.js)
- Professional communication skills, both written and spoken, in English
- Familiarity with modern software architectures, data engineering pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS)
PetDesk combines the industry's most user-friendly client engagement tools with the highest-rated pet parent app to simplify your veterinary clinic’s operations while strengthening client relationships.
Our recruiting process is rooted in “Who: The A Method of Hiring” and consists of an average 2-week hiring timeline. This standardized interview process allows candidates to answer the same questions, experience the same process, and ensure a fair performance review from multiple perspectives.
Please, no external recruiters—candidate profiles submitted from external recruiting agencies will not be considered.
Summary
Build and maintain scalable software solutions, deploy microservices on AWS, and work with international teams.
Job title
Senior Software Engineer
Experience level
5+ years
Minimum experience
5+ years exp
Industry
software
Location requirements
On-site in Colombo, remote not specified
Salary
Not specified
Management role
Yes
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Colombo, Sri Lanka