Backend Developer

Advanced Software Architect

Position Responsibilities :

• Lead the architecture and development of AI-powered, distributed systems that meet enterprise-grade performance and security standards.
• Leverage AI tools for code generation, architectural design, and documentation to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
• Design, build, and maintain services using Python, Java, and Node.js, following clean-code and secure design principles.
• Develop agentic AI-based tools, domain-specific copilots, and developer productivity enhancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define modular, scalable, and compliant architecture patterns.
• Conduct technical design reviews and produce detailed documentation, including system specifications, API docs, and architecture diagrams.
• Integrate AI solutions into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring observability, automated testing, and deployment standards are met.
• Implement robust monitoring and performance engineering practices to maintain high-quality deployments.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies and integrate them into development workflows for maximum impact.
• Champion best practices in security, automation, and performance optimization across the organization.

Qualifications :

• 8+ years in software engineering with full-stack or backend development in Python, Java, and/or Node.js.
• 3+ years with AI tools for development, prototyping, or documentation tasks.
• Experience with cloud-native development and containerized deployment (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of AI integration patterns, vector stores, prompt engineering, and RAG pipelines.
• Ability to design software architecture using sequence diagrams, ERDs, data models, and threat models.
• Comfortable with Gen AI-first environments and working with remote Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI copilots or developer tools using OpenAI/Claude SDKs, LangChain, or similar frameworks.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, AIDLC environment, with a strong understanding of CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, Terraform, and monitoring/observability tools.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or OCI Cloud.

Solution Oriented Mindset

• Assist project in all technical aspects of tooling and DevOps
• Proactively lead tools new versions release cycle and documentation
• Proactively identify risks related to application /deliverables and propose a mitigation plan
• Provide custom solutions as per customer requirements

Autonomy & Problem Solving Mindset

• Work in complete autonomy to deliver project deliverables, for advanced technical deliverables, with required level of quality
• Must have troubleshooting skills

Agile Mindset

• Contribute to improvement of internal process, tooling, and quality process
• Design, build and collect technical materials as part of project executions in a spirit of reusability for future engagements and maintain knowledge on best practices, tools, and reusable components for CAST analysis

FirstFiling is a FinTech startup that is managed, operated, and driven by Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, IT engineers, and Lawyers. We provide registration and financial compliance services to businesses and individuals across India.

Our aim is to simplify the lives of people by helping individuals and businesses with mandatory compliances, filings, and statutory requirements while promoting financial literacy among the masses. 

Role: Backend Developer (2 openings)

Qualification & Experience

Job Description

We are looking for a Back-End Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your coworkers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills And Qualifications

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, Nodejs and CSS3
• Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors, such as LESS and SASS
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Good Understanding of Mysql database.
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Setup and administration of backups
• Outputting data in different formats

• Own development, design, scaling and maintenance of application and messaging engines that power the central platform of Capillary's Cloud CRM product. 
• Contribute to overall design and roadmap.
• Mentor Junior team members.

Required Skills:

• Innovative and self-motivated with passion to develop complex and scalable applications.
• 3-5 years of experience in software development with strong focus on algorithms and data structures.
• Strong coding and design skills with prior experience in developing scalable & high availability applications using Core Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate. 
• Work experience with Relational databases is required (Primarily MySQL)
• Prior work experience with Non-Relational databases (primarily Redis, MongoDb) is an added plus.
• Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills.
• BTech