Backend Developer

Job Title: Backend Engineer - NodeJS, NestJS, and Python

Location: Hybrid weekly ⅔ days WFO (Bengaluru- India)

About the role:

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Node.js and NestJS, along with a solid understanding of database management, query optimization, and microservices architecture. As a backend developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining scalable backend systems, building robust APIs, integrating databases, and working closely with frontend and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

What You'll Do 🛠️ 

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side logic using Node.js, NestJS, and Python.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices to support scalable systems.
• Work with NoSQL and SQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL) to create and manage schemas, write complex queries, and optimize performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including frontend, DevOps, and QA.
• Ensure code quality, maintainability, and scalability through code reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Implement security and data protection best practices.

What You'll Bring 💼 

• 4 to 6 years of professional experience as a backend developer.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and NestJS framework.
• Good hands-on experience with Python (Django/Flask experience is a plus).
• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Proficient in writing complex NoSQL queries and SQL queries
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Basic understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and cloud services is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

Bonus Points ➕ 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture or message brokers (MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Why this role matters

You will help build the company from the ground up—shaping our culture and having an impact from Day 1 as part of the foundational team.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Java and Spring, with proven experience in building scalable microservices and backend systems. This role also requires familiarity with automation tools, Python development, and working knowledge of AI technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs across distributed systems.
• Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in agile development.
• Deploy and maintain applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to automation initiatives and AI/ML feature integration.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring/Spring Boot frameworks.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with REST APIs, CI/CD, and debugging complex systems.
• Proficient in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication in English (written and verbal).

Good to Have:

• Experience with automation tools like Workato or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Python development.
• Familiarity with AI/ML features or API integrations.
• Comfortable working with US-based teams (flexible hours).

MUST HAVES:

• #java11, Java 17 & above only
• #springboot #microservices experience is must
• #cloud experience is must (AWS or GCP or Azure)
• Strong understanding of #functionalprogramming and #reactiveprogramming concepts.
• Experience with asynchronous programming and async frameworks/libraries.
• Proficiency in #sql databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• WFO in NOIDA only.

Other requirements:

• Knowledge of socket programming and real-time communication protocols.
• Experience of building complex enterprise grade applications with multiple components and integrations
• Good coding practices and ability to design solutions
• Good communication skills
• Ability to mentor team and give technical guidance
• #fullstack skills with anyone of #javascript or #reactjs or #angularjs is preferable.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Preferred experience with #nosql databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.).

You will be working hands-on on a complex and compound product that has the potential to be used by millions of sales and marketing people around the world. Your contribution to delivering an excellent product platform that:

• enables quick iteration
• supports product customization
• and handles scale

What do we expect you to have?

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering
• An intent to learn and an urge to build a product by learning different technologies
• Interest in writing complex, scalable, and maintainable backend applications
• Tech stack requirements:

Must haves

• Experience in building application server in Java (Spring / Spring boot) / NodeJS / Golang / Python
• Experience in using SQL databases and designing schemas based on application need
• Experience with container services and runtimes (docker / docker-compose / k8s)
• Experience with cloud paas (AWS / GCP / Azure cloud)
• Experience and familiarity with microservices’ concepts
• Experience with bash scripting

Good to have (Preferred)

• Preferred experience with org wide message queue (rabbitmq / aws sqs)
• Preferred experience with task orchestration services (apache airflow / aws step function)
• Preferred experience with infra as code (or system configuration) tools (terraform / chef / ansible)
• Preferred experience with build essential tools (make / makefile)
• Preferred experience with monitoring and tracing systems for performance / system / application monitoring (grafana + loki + prometheus / aws cloudwatch)

What will you learn?

• Building highly available, complex, compound, performant systems of microservices platform that acts as an API layer
• Industry-standard state-of-the-art tools + methodologies + frameworks + infra for building a product.
• Fable is not a trivial CRUD app. It requires a lot of consideration and care for building the API layer as the product is highly customizable per user.
• How different functions (sales, marketing, product, engineering) in a high-velocity product company work in synergy to deliver an iterative product in real life.

Who would you be working with?

• You would be directly working with the co-founder & CTO who has built multiple companies before and has built large teams in large-scale companies like ThoughtSpot, Unacademy, etc.

Position details

• Fully remote.
• 5 days/week (all public and government holidays will be non-working days).
• No specific work hours (we will sync over zoom over the course of the day).

Position : Senior Java Backend Developer

Job Location: Navi Mumbai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Pune

Job Description :

At least 5 years of professional experience in developing backend applications using Java

- Proficiency in using Spring Boot, Hibernate, RESTful APIs, microservices and other modern web technologies

- Experience in working with relational and non-relational databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, Redis etc.

- Exp on Azure Cloud.

- Experience in using DevOps tools such as Docker, Jenkins etc.

- Knowledge of GraphQL and how to use it with Java

- Knowledge of best practices and principles of software engineering such as SOLID, design patterns, code quality, testing etc.

- Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

• Min 5 years of hands-on experience in Java Spring-boot technologies
• Experience with monolithic applications
• Experience using Redis and RabbitMQ
• Experience with RDBMS such as SQLServer and My SQL
• Strong analytical, problem solving and data analysis
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills are a must
• Micro service frameworks such as Java SpringBoot
• Design and implement automated unit and integration tests 

About us:-

Zupee is India's hottest Real Money Gaming Platform

With in 1 yr of start, we just had an initial team of around 30 people, these 30 were successful to bring 10 Million+ users and an overall consumer spend of 1.5 Billion USD on the platform, the journey which needed years to be covered was covered with in 1yr. As we speak today, Zupee has been profitable for almost an year now and has ended the year 2020 with a team size of 70+ and over all growth rate was mapped around 20X.

Our user base has significantly gone up and we have invested highly in technology and have got best in class tech stack, it's time to add the backend developers who can help us scale up the platform so that we can drive profitable growth and become the market leader in our space.

Backend Developer :- (3 - 12 yrs)

What You'll Need?

• Knowledge of languages (JavaScript, Python) and frameworks/systems (nodejs)
• Strong analytical skills and aptitude
• Understanding of data architecture, software design and best coding practices
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts and technologies
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Experience with databases (both SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Working knowledge of Linux

• Expertise in Java Microservices, Spring, Spring boot MongoDB and Redis 
• Hands-on programming skills
• Proficient communication skills