Backend Developer

Job Title: Golang Developer

Location: Kolkata

Job Type: Full-time

Working Days: 5 Days (Rotational off)

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled Golang Developer with experience in Golang, Node.js, WebSocket

communication, and API development. In this role, you will work closely with our development

team to design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems and real-time

applications.

Key Responsibilities:

 Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Golang code.

 Develop scalable APIs and microservices.

 Integrate and build real-time communication using WebSocket protocols.

 Collaborate with frontend developers and other team members to establish objectives

and design more functional, cohesive systems.

 Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

 Optimize applications for maximum performance, scalability, and security.

 Participate in code reviews, contribute to team knowledge, and continuously improve

development processes.

 Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.

 Occasionally work with Node.js services and modules when needed.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

 Min 3+ years of experience in backend development with Golang.

 Solid understanding of Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript.

 Hands-on experience with WebSocket integration and real-time applications.

 Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, API design principles, and API documentation. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

 Good understanding of concurrent programming and microservices architecture.

 Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.

 Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

 Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a proactive attitude.

We’re looking for a Java Backend Developer with strong experience in Spring Boot, AWS, and Microservices to join our growing team. If you're passionate about scalable backend systems and love working in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Bring:

• 4+ years of backend development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Core Java and Spring Boot
• Experience designing and developing Microservices architecture
• Solid working knowledge of AWS services
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, version control (Git), and CI/CD
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
• Immediate joiners are highly preferred

Requirements:

• Should be a go-getter, ready to shoulder more responsibilities, shows enthusiasm and interest in work.
• Excellent core Python skills including threading, dictionary, OOPS Concept, Data structure, Web service.
• Should have work experience on following stacks/libraries: Flask
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as Angular, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance

Experience in both RDBMS(MySQL), NoSQL databases (MongoDB, HDFS, HIVE etc) or in-memory caching technologies such as ehcache etc is preferable

At Upswing, we are a passionate and self-driven team of thinkers who aspire to build the rails to connect the legacy financial sector with financial innovators through a simple and powerful banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform.

We’re building our platform putting the focus on pragmatism, reliability, and maintainability. We believe that keeping the engineering complexity under control is key to preserving the development productivity and long-term evolution of a platform.

To bring this vision to life, we are building the infrastructure using Microservices architecture using the latest set of technologies that are also fun to work with such as Java, Scala, Postgres, Akka, Kafka with a completely automated DevOps pipeline from the get-go using tools like Chef, Jenkins, Grafana, Graylog.

We are looking for motivated engineers who will be working in a highly creative and cutting edge technology environment to build a world-class financial services suite.

Why you should join us:

• You will redefine the financial services landscape for India in the coming years.
• Be part of a core Engineering team that will create innovative and scalable Fintech solutions.
• Work with passionate and experienced engineering, product & business workforce that believes in teamwork, and that helps fast-track your learning on solving complex technical challenges.
• We are funded by the leading fintech VC `QED Investors` and other established Founders and Executives of awesome Indian companies.

What you will do if you join us:

• Propose solutions to solve complex system architecture challenges and actively lead the end-to-end development of the system.
• Create robust, flexible, consistent, and easy-to-use APIs
• Continuously strive for performance improvements, code reusability, and readability

You should have:

• Tech or a higher degree in computer science or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience working on the back-end development for complex distributed systems who are willing to adopt any Programming language as per the requirement.
• Familiarity with any of the following – Java, C++, Scala, Kotlin, and frameworks like Spring, Play, Hibernate, Django, etc.
• Good understanding of Algorithms, Data Structure, OOP, Design patterns, Parallel programming, Multithreading concepts & Event-Driven Systems.
• Experience with Relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or any NoSQL database.

It’s a plus if you have:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Worked on Micro-services architecture

• Developing front-end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

• Degree in computer science.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks React.js.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL or Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

• 5 working days
• Flexible timings
• Work from home granted

Responsibilities:

• Ability to work in an existing codebase and collaborate with a diverse team
• Experience in building enterprise-scale backend REST APIs with frameworks such as Nest.js & Express.js using an API-first paradigm
• Intimate knowledge of crafting highly performant database queries
• Hands-on experience implementing relational database structures, including tables, indexes, views, etc.
• A mindset towards building systems for the cloud and DevOps fundamentals
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services is good to have. If not then willingness to learn should be there.
• Focus towards building security, performance, and scalability into services from the beginning
• Experience with debugging code and troubleshooting technical issues in order to craft appropriate solutions