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What does a backend developer do?
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I'd call myself a backend developer. Primarily we build data stores and APIs that encapsulate low-level business logic for cloud applications. Some backend teams mostly make CRUD APIs, but my team tends to work at a lower level, such as file objects, transformations, CDNs, bulk operations, etc.
Things we have to deal with include:
So sometimes wearing multiple hats. Personally I enjoy what I do a lot because it always presents a challenge. I love solving complex problems, and almost monthly I get to play around with large-scale software problems where the naive approach will almost certainly perform like crap and needs a more clever design.
We're a cloud-first company though so primarily in the context of that.
Wow this sounds great! Not gonna lie, you restored my faith and I'm happy there's so much more to learn than I thought.