

Backend Developer
As Backend developer, you will play a key role in building a product that will impact the way users experience Yoga and Fitness. Working closely with our technical and product leadership you will help solve for securing the performance, experience and scalability of our product. With your erudite experience, you will play a key part in our product and growth roadmap.
We’re looking for an engineer who not only writes high-quality backend code but also embodies a forward-thinking, AI-augmented development mindset.
You should be someone who embraces AI and automation as a force multiplier—leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate delivery, increase code quality, and focus your time on higher-order problems.
Key Responsibilities
- At least 3 years of experience in product development and backend technologies, with strong understanding of the technology and familiarity with latest trends in backend technology developments.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Lead the architecture and implementation of new features, driving projects from concept to deployment.
- Optimize application performance and ensure high availability across systems.
- Implement robust security and data protection measures to safeguard critical information.
- Contribute to technical decision-making and architectural planning, ensuring long-term scalability and efficiency.
- Create and maintain clear, concise technical documentation for new systems, architectures, and codebases. Lead knowledge-sharing sessions to promote best practices across teams.
- Work closely with product managers, front-end developers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, design systems, and deliver impactful product features within reasonable timelines.
- Continuously identify opportunities for system improvements, automation, and optimizations. Lead efforts to implement new technologies and processes that enhance engineering productivity and product performance.
- Take ownership of critical incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term solutions to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at various levels - intra-team, inter-group, spoken skills, and written skills - including email, presentation and articulation skills.
- Has strong knowledge of AI-assisted development tools, has hands-on experience on reducing boilerplate coding, identifying bugs faster, and optimizing system design.
- Follows technology roadmap of AI ecosystems developing, has deep understanding of MCP and agentic workflows.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in backend software engineering with a strong track record of delivering complex backend systems, preferably in cloud-native environments.
- Strong experience with designing and maintaining large-scale databases (SQL and NoSQL) and knowledge of performance optimization techniques.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native architectures (containers, serverless, microservices) is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with modern software development practices, including CI/CD, test automation, and Agile methodologies.
- Proven ability to solve complex engineering problems with innovative solutions and practical thinking.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence technical direction across teams.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to boost engineering output through strategic use of AI tools and practices—contributing to a “10x developer” mindset focused on outcomes, not just effort.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-leverage environment where embracing automation and AI-first workflows is part of the engineering culture.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional growth.
- A supportive and dynamic team environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged.
- Be part of a future-forward team that embraces AI-native thinking and constantly explores better ways to build, ship, and scale.
About Company:
MyYogaTeacher is a fast-growing health tech startup with a mission to improve the physical and mental well-being of the entire planet. We are the first online marketplace to connect qualified Fitness and Yoga coaches from India with consumers worldwide to provide personalized 1-on-1 sessions via live video conference (app, web). We started in 2019 and have been showing tremendous traction with rave customer reviews.
- Over 200,000 happy customers
- Over 335,000 5 star reviews
- Over 150 Highly qualified coaches on the platform
- 95% of sessions are being completed with 5-star rating
Headquartered in California, with operations based in Bangalore, we are dedicated to providing exceptional service and promoting the benefits of yoga and fitness coaching worldwide. To learn more about us, visit https://myyogateacher.com/aboutus
We put our employees' well-being at the forefront by providing competitive industry salaries and robust benefits packages. We're proud to foster an inclusive workplace and make a positive impact on the community. Additionally, we actively promote internal mobility and professional development at every stage of your career.
Read more on our mission and culture at https://myyogateacher.com/articles/company-mission-culture

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Backend Developer
As Backend developer, you will play a key role in building a product that will impact the way users experience Yoga and Fitness. Working closely with our technical and product leadership you will help solve for securing the performance, experience and scalability of our product. With your erudite experience, you will play a key part in our product and growth roadmap.
We’re looking for an engineer who not only writes high-quality backend code but also embodies a forward-thinking, AI-augmented development mindset.
You should be someone who embraces AI and automation as a force multiplier—leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate delivery, increase code quality, and focus your time on higher-order problems.
Key Responsibilities
- At least 3 years of experience in product development and backend technologies, with strong understanding of the technology and familiarity with latest trends in backend technology developments.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Lead the architecture and implementation of new features, driving projects from concept to deployment.
- Optimize application performance and ensure high availability across systems.
- Implement robust security and data protection measures to safeguard critical information.
- Contribute to technical decision-making and architectural planning, ensuring long-term scalability and efficiency.
- Create and maintain clear, concise technical documentation for new systems, architectures, and codebases. Lead knowledge-sharing sessions to promote best practices across teams.
- Work closely with product managers, front-end developers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, design systems, and deliver impactful product features within reasonable timelines.
- Continuously identify opportunities for system improvements, automation, and optimizations. Lead efforts to implement new technologies and processes that enhance engineering productivity and product performance.
- Take ownership of critical incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term solutions to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at various levels - intra-team, inter-group, spoken skills, and written skills - including email, presentation and articulation skills.
- Has strong knowledge of AI-assisted development tools, has hands-on experience on reducing boilerplate coding, identifying bugs faster, and optimizing system design.
- Follows technology roadmap of AI ecosystems developing, has deep understanding of MCP and agentic workflows.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in backend software engineering with a strong track record of delivering complex backend systems, preferably in cloud-native environments.
- Strong experience with designing and maintaining large-scale databases (SQL and NoSQL) and knowledge of performance optimization techniques.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native architectures (containers, serverless, microservices) is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with modern software development practices, including CI/CD, test automation, and Agile methodologies.
- Proven ability to solve complex engineering problems with innovative solutions and practical thinking.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence technical direction across teams.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to boost engineering output through strategic use of AI tools and practices—contributing to a “10x developer” mindset focused on outcomes, not just effort.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-leverage environment where embracing automation and AI-first workflows is part of the engineering culture.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional growth.
- A supportive and dynamic team environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged.
- Be part of a future-forward team that embraces AI-native thinking and constantly explores better ways to build, ship, and scale.
About Company:
MyYogaTeacher is a fast-growing health tech startup with a mission to improve the physical and mental well-being of the entire planet. We are the first online marketplace to connect qualified Fitness and Yoga coaches from India with consumers worldwide to provide personalized 1-on-1 sessions via live video conference (app, web). We started in 2019 and have been showing tremendous traction with rave customer reviews.
- Over 200,000 happy customers
- Over 335,000 5 star reviews
- Over 150 Highly qualified coaches on the platform
- 95% of sessions are being completed with 5-star rating
Headquartered in California, with operations based in Bangalore, we are dedicated to providing exceptional service and promoting the benefits of yoga and fitness coaching worldwide. To learn more about us, visit https://myyogateacher.com/aboutus
We put our employees' well-being at the forefront by providing competitive industry salaries and robust benefits packages. We're proud to foster an inclusive workplace and make a positive impact on the community. Additionally, we actively promote internal mobility and professional development at every stage of your career.
Read more on our mission and culture at https://myyogateacher.com/articles/company-mission-culture
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We are seeking highly driven Backend Web Developers with strong knowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB. You will play a key role in building and maintaining the backend architecture, APIs, and scalable services powering our web applications.
This position is ideal for candidates who are self-starters, comfortable in a startup environment, and can pick up tasks independently from Day 0.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js & TypeScript.
- Work with MongoDB for efficient data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
- Integrate backend services with frontend applications and third-party APIs.
- Write clean, modular, and efficient code with a strong emphasis on performance and security.
- Ensure error handling, logging, and monitoring are implemented for production readiness.
- Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and designers to deliver end-to-end features.
- Implement and maintain microservices architecture.
- Good understanding of deployment processes and willingness to work with AWS stack (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc. – good to have).
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB (Mongoose ORM preferred).
- Solid understanding of Redis, Messaging Queues, etc.
- Knowledge of Git/GitHub with a strong portfolio of deployed projects (blank GitHub profiles will be rejected).
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and optimization skills.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and work independently.
- Familiarity with async programming, promises, event loops, and backend architecture concepts.
Preferred Skills
- Prior experience (internship/full-time) in a startup environment.
- Exposure to AWS stack (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, etc.).
- Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, or cloud deployments.
- Understanding of server-side caching and messaging queues.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks (Jest).
Eligibility Criteria
- Experience: 0 – 2 years (Freshers with strong projects are welcome).
- Education: Tier 2 / Tier 3 college graduates preferred.
- GitHub Requirement: Candidates must have solid GitHub profiles with deployed projects. Inactive or blank GitHub accounts will be rejected.
Selection Process
- Written Test – Core programming fundamentals & problem-solving.
- Sample Task – Real-world backend task (API/service implementation).
- Technical Interview (Basic, 30 min) – Node.js, TS, Mongo fundamentals.
- Advanced Technical Interview (90 min) – Deep dive into system design, architecture, scaling, and debugging.
- HR Round – Culture fit and final discussion.
Why Join Us?
- Work in a high-growth startup environment where your contributions have a direct impact.
- Ownership from Day 0 – take responsibility for building and shipping features.
- Learn and grow with a team of passionate engineers.
- Opportunity to work with modern tech stack and real-world problem-solving.



Job Title: Backend Developer
Job Description: We are seeking a skilled Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs of our applications. Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and efficient backend systems, troubleshooting and resolving issues, and staying updated on industry trends. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js, along with experience in database management and API development, are essential for success in this role. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for creating robust and high-performance backend solutions are highly valued.
Requirements:
Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js)
Experience with database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
Knowledge of RESTful API design and development
Familiarity with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) is a plus
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Participating in design discussions, documentation, and development with the team as needed.
- Reporting to team lead/ manager on daily activities planned, expected deliverables, and reports as defined for the project.
- Participating in requirement gatherings as required.
What you need to have:
- Backend Developer with 3+ yrs of experience
- You have spent at least 2 yrs in a solid back end role.
- Javascript, Typescript, NodeJS
- Client-server architecture
- OOP concepts, including design patterns
- Understanding of RDBMS (MySQL, Postgresql)
- Understanding of REST API
- Familiarity with frameworks such as ExpressJs, NestJs
- Knowledge of TDD frameworks mocha, chai, jest, etc
- Knowledge of AWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2, SQS, S3, ECS, etc)
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible and focussed on solutions
- Organized and self-sufficient
- Prioritize learning and growth
- Enjoy working with a team
- You've prior experience in fintech
- You've had experience taking a problem to a product solution (module/ product)
- Prior experience working with startups and understand the fast-paced, dynamic nature of work.
- You're based in Bangalore, India
- You will be working on Designing the Database, writing low latency microservice architecture in node js, express js.
- If you have basic knowledge of reactjs that would be plus for you as well as us.
o Minimum 8 years of overall experience in software development.
o Experience as a Lead developer .
o Experience with AWS,Architecture, Node js.



- B Tech/BE or M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college.
- Experience level of 7+ years in building large scale applications.
- Strong problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with distributed systems handling large amount of data.
- Excellent coding skills in Java / Python / Node / Go.
- Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
- Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.


Responsibilities:
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Own & build new modules/features end-to-end independently.
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Thorough understanding of Node.js, JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds.
- Excellence in at least one framework like strongloop loopback, express.js, sail.js etc.
- Excellence in at least one Javascript framework like Angular, vue.js, Ember, React or Backbone.
- Basic architectural understanding of modern day web applications.
- Diligence for coding standards.
- Must be good with git and git workflow.
- Experience of external integrations is a plus.
- Working knowledge of AWS, GCC, Azure.
- Expertise with linux based systems.
- Experience with CI/CD tools like jenkins is a plus.
- Experience with testing and automation frameworks.
- Extensive understanding of RDBMS systems.
- Interpersonal Go-getter attitude and a passion for making killer web applications.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a high pressure environment.
- Ability to quickly understand complex problems and devise effective solutions.
- Knowledge of D3/NodeJS/AngularJS/lodash etc.
- Experience on Cloud as a platform or Infrastructure.
- Inclination to application design standards.


