Associate analyst

Job Title: Principal Backend Engineer

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Panchkula (Onsite)

📍 Office will move to IT Park, Chandigarh from February

Work Mode: Onsite | 5 Days a Week

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to architect, scale, and lead the development of robust backend systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, collaborate closely with clients and product teams, and help modernize platforms using scalable architectures and emerging technologies, including AI/ML where relevant.

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP (Laravel / CodeIgniter), Node.js
• Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
• Architecture: Microservices / Modular Monolith
• Cloud (Good to Have): AWS / GCP

Key Responsibilities

Backend Architecture & Development

• Own and evolve backend architecture across PHP and Node.js services
• Design and review scalable, maintainable systems (microservices or modular monoliths)
• Manage and optimize integrations across MySQL and MongoDB (data modeling, indexing, performance tuning)

Technical Leadership

• Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and code quality initiatives
• Establish backend development standards, best practices, and documentation
• Mentor mid and senior engineers on design patterns, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Drive decisions around refactoring legacy systems and platform modernization

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Act as the technical SPOC for backend architecture and integrations
• Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions
• Explain trade-offs, constraints, and backend workflows to non-technical stakeholders
• Present PoCs and technical approaches confidently to clients

AI & ML Integration (Strategic / Optional)

• Identify backend use cases for AI such as personalization, recommendations, fraud detection, or data enrichment
• Design backend APIs, services, or cron jobs that interact with AI/ML models
• Collaborate with data teams and stay updated on AI tools/APIs (e.g., OpenAI, LangChain)

Scalability, Security & Performance

• Ensure API security, role-based access control, and rate limiting
• Optimize system performance using caching, queues, and query optimization
• Plan and support horizontal/vertical scaling on cloud infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of backend development experience in PHP and/or Node.js
• Strong expertise in database design (MySQL & MongoDB)
• Proven experience leading architecture decisions and mentoring engineers
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to clients and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset toward scalability, performance, and system resilience
• Bonus: Experience or curiosity around AI APIs and real-world AI integration

Why Join uEngage?

• Work on high-impact systems used by thousands of users
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and client teams
• High ownership and freedom to architect and innovate
• Competitive compensation and a collaborative work culture

Opportunity Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic engineer with experience building Salesforce AppExchange apps to lead the development of Salesforce connectors for our marketing technology products.

What would you do?

·      Collaborate with stakeholders in establishing application requirements, determining features, creating customer-friendly solutions, and determining support needs and performance requirements. 

·      Plan, design, develop, test, and deploy software to satisfy these requirements. 

·      Work according to the agile programming application development methodology adhered to including test-first, iterative development, and continuous re-prioritization.  

·      Support the maintenance of our hosted technology solutions. 

·      Work with other team members in accomplishing group objectives and participating in code reviews. 

·      Ensure timely and robust implementation of the company’s development plans.

·      Ensure that all relevant parties are kept up to date on progress of projects and give feedback on an ongoing basis. 

·      Contribute to the review, selection, and adoption of proprietary tools and technologies. 

·      Use specialist knowledge and experience of information technology to provide technical advice and vision.

Technical Skills

The following skills are needed for this role.

Experience

·      3+ years’ experience in web application design and development 

·      Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience 

Primary Skills

·      Strong background in Java development

·      Experience working with databases and/or CRM systems. 

·      Experience with, or willingness to learn the Salesforce platform

Secondary Skills (nice to have)

·      Experience with Salesforce APEX, VisualForce, SOQL, etc. 

·      Experience building and maintaining Salesforce AppExchange apps. 

·      AWS ecosystem and tools, developing for serverless environments. 

·      Front-end expertise: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. 

·      Other languages such as JavaScript, Typescript, C#, Ruby, Python, PHP, etc. are all valuable. 

Soft Skills

·      Thrives collaborating in a team environment with a diverse range of people.

·      Passionate about delivering an amazing customer experience.

·      Able to have a change of mind, and able to change the minds of others.

·      Writes clearly and concisely.

·      Capable of working without a company office, with a fully remote team.

Growth Skills

·      Possesses a good work ethic; a self-starter with a desire to grow.

·      Always looking for better ways to get the job done.

Job description

Company Description

Honeycomb Creative Support is an integrated marketing communication agency, with

nearly 14 years of experience marketing in diverse sectors such as lifestyles, IT,

pharmaceuticals, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and automotive. The firm

provides creative design and marketing services to local and international clients

using creative vision, information analysis, strategic thinking, and execution to sell

ideas and unique products to the target audience. Honeycomb provides services such

as Web Design & Development, Graphic Design, Corporate and Product Video

Production, Digital Marketing, Branding, Fine-Art Printing and On-site Creative

Studio at Client Location.

Role Description

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to work with an established marketing

communications agency, you have come to the right place. We are looking for a full-

time On-Site Back End developer Laravel | Exp: 2 to 3 Years | 3 - 5 LPA, based in

Greater Bengaluru Area. As a Back End Engineer at Honeycomb Creative Support,

you will be a part of our development team, responsible for building server

applications and APIs.

Qualifications

• PHP and PHP Frameworks

• Laravel and CodeIgniter must

• Good Knowledge in any MVC Frameworks.

• Basic knowledge of AWS

• MySQL

• Basic knowledge in Node.js

• Experience with building RESTful APIs and API development

• Knowledge of GIT-based source control

• Understanding of how to test and debug web applications

• Understanding of modern PHP development practices, design patterns, and SOLID principles

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Technical Experience :

- Net development work experience

- Proficiency in NET Development with Net Core. 

- Strong object-oriented programming OOPS design skills, SOLID principles and proficiency in software design patterns

- Experience in database  MS SQL Server, No SQL

- Solid understanding of  Microservices

- Good understanding Azure, Docker and Kubernetes 

- Experience with version control systems GitHub and Bitbucket

Understand the Business requirement and design,develop web application with Web API, C#, OOPS  and Entity Framework.

• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.   
• Preparing reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.   
• Analyzing and resolving technical and application problems   
• Adhering to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget   
• Providing third-level support to business users.   
• Compliance of process and quality management standards   
• Understanding and implementation of SDLC process   

• 2+ years of experience in Web API, C#.Net, OOPS and Entity framework
• Minimum 1+ years of experience on Web Application development HTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery, Entity framework and Linq Queries
• Must have a good exposure on query writing and DB management for writing stored procedures/ user-defined functions

Secondary Skills

• Experience in analysing existing code and debugging.
• Should have a solid understanding of the SDLC processes (Design, Construction, Testing, Deployment)
• Proven experience of delivering on-time and with quality
• Should have good unit testing skills to review his own development and identify all the defects and get it fixed before releasing the code
• Should have experience in developing ERP applications or Database Intensive Data Entry applications.
• Been on a same role for a period of 2 years or more
• Hands on experience of configuration management and version maintenance
• Full stack developers with experience in Developing products with Angular and C# APIs, from ground-up will be a plus.

Main Responsibilities:

• Should be accountable for the deliverables of assigned MS Dynamics CRM functionality
• Should be able to work with Business groups, Architects to understand the functional expectations, produce technical solutions and documentation
• Should be able to conceptualize and design solution, independently customize, develop/code using MS Dynamics 365 and technologies such as C#, .Net, Integration technologies including SQL Server & Kingsway Soft
• Should be able to own technical impediments, liaise with various groups and troubleshoot /resolve
• Participate in the Scrum process activities including Sprint Planning and Estimating sessions, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Demos and Sprint retrospectives.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ strong experience in MS dynamics 365 implementations & support and extensive experience with C#, .NET, JavaScript, Power apps
• Strong experience in Web API development and plug in’s
• Strong experience in integration technologies including SQL Server & KingswaySoft to connect internal & third-party systems
• Experience with Power BI, SQL Server Integration Services, ASP.net, client-side JavaScript frameworks, Xamarin.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience using Microsoft Azure Dev Ops, MS Visual Studio and MS SQL server