Sr Backend Engineer

₹30,00,000 - ₹50,00,000 a year

We are looking for a Sr Backend Engineer with 4–8 years of experience building scalable, resilient, and secure backend platforms. This role requires strong backend engineering fundamentals combined with hands-on exposure to cloud infrastructure and DevOps ecosystems.

You will be responsible for architecting distributed systems, improving performance across services, and strengthening infrastructure reliability. This is a high-impact role where you will influence system design decisions, deployment strategies, and engineering best practices across the organization.

Design and implement scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices.

Convert business and product requirements into clean, maintainable, and efficient system designs.

Build fault-tolerant, high-availability systems capable of handling scale.

Optimize database queries, caching layers, and service performance.

Ensure code quality through structured reviews and engineering standards.

Mentor junior developers and contribute to architectural discussions.

Implement observability standards including logging, monitoring, and alerting.

Troubleshoot production issues and drive permanent, scalable solutions.

Improve system throughput, latency, and overall reliability.

Design for horizontal scalability and performance under load.

Deploy and manage applications across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Work with containerized environments using Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent).

Enhance CI/CD pipelines to enable automated builds, testing, and deployments.

Implement disaster recovery strategies and ensure production stability.

Work cross-functionally with frontend, product, QA, and DevOps teams.

Participate in sprint planning, technical estimations, and delivery cycles.

Contribute to documentation, technical decision records, and knowledge sharing.

Promote secure coding practices and compliance standards.

Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, or Go.

Strong understanding of RESTful API design and distributed system principles.

Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and system design fundamentals.

Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).

Familiarity with event-driven systems and messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ).

Implementation experience with authentication and authorization standards (OAuth, JWT).

Experience with caching strategies, performance tuning, and scalability patterns.

Exposure to backend testing frameworks and TDD practices.

Hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

Monitoring and logging setup using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.

Understanding of networking fundamentals, load balancing, and CDN principles.

4–8 years of professional experience in backend engineering.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Demonstrated experience building and scaling production-grade systems.

Strong analytical and debugging skills.

Effective communication and collaboration abilities.

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD).

Exposure to high-traffic or real-time architectures.

Background in fintech, SaaS, or platform-driven ecosystems.

Contributions to open-source or engineering communities.

Backend Architecture · Distributed Systems · Cloud Infrastructure · DevOps Automation · CI/CD Pipelines · Performance Optimization · API Engineering · System Reliability · Microservices · Cross-Functional Collaboration