Infra Engineer

About Sugar.Fit Founded in 2021, Sugarfit provides a “Personalised evidence-based path to Type 2 and Pre-Diabetes Reversal & management”. Sugarfit leverages a precision health platform combining CGM sensors, Machine Learning, and Medical Science to improve human metabolic health and reverse chronic disease through precision nutrition, progressive fitness and behavioural health advice. We are backed by Cure.Fit, Tanglin Venture Partners and Endiya Partners with $20M + with various rounds of funding. Job Description: Backend & Devops Engineer About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Backend & Devops Engineer who can contribute across the stack—building scalable backend services and managing cloud-native infrastructure. The ideal candidate has strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. You will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and securing our core systems end-to-end. Key Responsibilities ● Backend Engineering ● Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using Java & Spring Boot. ● Architect and implement microservices and distributed systems with high scalability and resilience. ● Collaborate on system design and architecture reviews. ● Write clean, testable, and performant code with strong emphasis on quality. ● Infrastructure & DevOps ● Design and manage infrastructure on AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, etc.). ● Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads. ● Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, or similar tools. ● Configure and maintain firewalls, networking, and security policies. ● Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform/CloudFormation. ● Monitor system performance and proactively address reliability issues. ● Collaboration & Security ● Work closely with developers, QA, and product teams to streamline deployments. ● Ensure application and infrastructure security best practices are implemented. ● Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical discussions. Required Skills ● Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. ● Solid understanding of system design, distributed systems, and scalability patterns. ● Hands-on expertise with AWS (EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, SQS, etc.). ● Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and Containerisation (Docker). ● Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.). ● Experience in firewall configuration, networking, and infrastructure security. ● Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).● Good scripting skills (Python, Bash, or Go) for automation. ● Strong debugging, problem-solving, and optimization skills. ● Nice-to-Have ● Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ). ● Knowledge of IaC best practices. ● Exposure to zero-downtime deployments and blue/green rollouts. ● Familiarity with observability and incident response frameworks