Key Responsibilities & Requirements
You should primarily be a backend developer or full stack developer, very good at code reviews and code optimization. Our products depend on processing large amounts of data and having fast response times is absolutely essential.
You will have the opportunity to
- Take responsibility of building systems for scale
- Manage our backend systems and database optimizations
- Assist in key decisions and design architecture that drives development across products
- Define processes and help with efficient functioning of the team
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure the products are scalable, maintainable and secure
What we expect from you:
- We work on Ruby on Rails but you can have 2+ years of experience as backend developer in any language
- Have a solid grasp of OOP, databases and automated testing methodologies.
- Know how to manage sprint and ensure tasks are completed within the timeline
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
- Strong understanding of SQL databases
- Proficient knowledge of various authentication methods like JWT, OAuth etc..
- Perform peer code reviews and Code audit - Analyze existing code and remediate performance issues within existing applications
Having seen over 10x growth in 2021 alone, we are expanding our scope of products to cater to the fast growing creator economy and help creators monetize in ways beyond influencer marketing. We are also looking at tremendous growth in the next few years, standing at the verge of building something huge!
Come join our team of developers if a fast learning environment in a high growth industry excites you.
About Winkl
Please check out our product before applying to this position -
* Website - https://winkl.co
* Team - https://winkl.co/about
* Android App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.winkl.app&hl=en
* iOS App - https://www.winkl.co/app
Winkl is a technology company that is changing how influencer marketing is done. From a manual process earlier to an automated and data-driven process with Winkl. More on this here.
Leveraging data & technology helps Winkl scale influencer marketing to a level that wasn't possible earlier. This has helped Winkl power influencer campaigns for top brands in India like Flipkart, Amazon etc.
Culture & Expectations
* At Winkl, no one tells you what to do. We don't micromanage. We don't spoon feed. As long as you're willing to learn new things, are proactive, initiate activities on your own, make mistakes and learn from them, take responsibility, stick to your word of getting things done, we think you'd be a great fit at Winkl.
* On a day to day basis, you'll get to be an important part of a high growth startup as it scales.
* You'll receive all possible support from your team at Winkl to help you succeed.
* Being highly accountable is a non-negotiable requirement

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NOW HIRING · WORLD-CLASS TALENT Backend Tech Lead (Senior Level Engineering Leadership)
Placed by Recruiting Bond on behalf of a Confidential Digital Platform Leader
📍Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid / On-Site)
🏢Sector: Technology, Information & Media
👥Company Size: 500 – 1,000 Employees
💼Employment: Full-Time, Permanent
🎯Experience: 6 – 9 Years (Backend Engineering)
🚀 Level: Tech Lead
ABOUT THIS MANDATE
Recruiting Bond has been exclusively retained by one of India's most well-established digital platform organisations — a company operating at the intersection of Technology, Information, and Media — to identify and place a world-class Backend Tech Lead who can drive a transformational engineering agenda at scale.
This is not an ordinary role. The organisation is executing a high-stakes, large-scale modernisation of its backend infrastructure — migrating from legacy monolithic systems to resilient, cloud-native, AI-augmented distributed architectures that serve millions of concurrent users. The person in this seat will be a core pillar of that transformation.
We are looking exclusively for the top 1% — engineers who think in systems, own outcomes, and lead by example.
THE OPPORTUNITY AT A GLANCE
🏗️ Architecture Ownership
Drive system design decisions across the entire backend platform. Shape the future of distributed, fault-tolerant architecture.
🤖 AI-Augmented Engineering
Embed GenAI and LLM tooling directly into the SDLC. Champion automation-first development practices across squads.
🎓 Engineering Leadership
Mentor and grow the next generation of backend engineers. Lead hiring, reviews, and cross-functional technical alignment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Architecture & Platform Modernisation
- Lead the full migration of legacy monolithic systems to a scalable, cloud-native microservices architecture
- Design and own distributed, fault-tolerant backend systems with sub-millisecond SLO targets
- Architect API-first and event-driven platforms using async messaging patterns (Kafka, Pub/Sub, SQS)
- Resolve systemic performance bottlenecks, concurrency conflicts, and scalability ceilings
- Establish backend design standards, coding guidelines, and architectural review processes
2. Distributed Systems Engineering (Production-Grade)
- Design and implement Webhook reliability frameworks with intelligent retry and exponential backoff strategies
- Build idempotent, versioned APIs with enterprise-grade rate limiting and throttling controls
- Implement circuit breakers, bulkheads, and resilience patterns using Resilience4j / Hystrix or equivalents
- Engineer Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) strategies and event reprocessing pipelines with guaranteed delivery semantics
- Apply Saga orchestration and choreography patterns for distributed transaction integrity
- Execute zero-downtime deployments and canary release strategies with rollback capability
- Design and enforce multi-region disaster recovery and business continuity protocols
3. AI-Driven Engineering Practices
- Champion LLM and GenAI adoption as first-class tooling across the software development lifecycle
- Apply prompt engineering techniques for automated code generation, review, and documentation workflows
- Utilise AI-assisted debugging, root cause analysis, and predictive performance optimisation
- Build automation-first pipelines that reduce toil and accelerate delivery velocity
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools into the engineering ecosystem
4. Engineering Leadership & Culture
- Own backend platforms end-to-end with full accountability across development, stability, and performance
- Actively mentor, coach, and elevate engineers at all levels (L3–L6) through structured 1:1s and code reviews
- Drive and lead technical hiring — from designing assessments to final hire decisions
- Partner with Product, Data, DevOps, and Security stakeholders to align engineering with business objectives
- Represent the engineering org in cross-functional roadmap planning and architecture decision reviews
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and high-velocity delivery
TECHNOLOGY STACK (HANDS-ON PROFICIENCY REQUIRED)
Languages: Java (primary) · Go · Python · Node.js · PHP · Rust
Cloud: AWS · GCP · Azure (Multi-cloud exposure preferred)
Containers: Docker · Kubernetes · Helm · Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)
Databases: PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Cassandra · Redis · Elasticsearch
Messaging: Apache Kafka · RabbitMQ · AWS SQS/SNS · Google Pub/Sub
Observability: Datadog · Prometheus · Grafana · OpenTelemetry · Jaeger · ELK Stack
CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions · Jenkins · ArgoCD · Terraform · Ansible
AI & GenAI: OpenAI / Claude APIs · LangChain · RAG Pipelines · GitHub Copilot · Cursor
QUALIFICATIONS & CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education
- B.E. / B.Tech or M.E. / M.Tech from a Tier-I or Tier-II Institution — CS, IS, ECE, AI/ML streams strongly preferred
- Exceptional real-world engineering track record may be considered in lieu of institution pedigree
Experience
- 6 to 9 years of progressive backend engineering experience with demonstrable ownership and impact
- Proven track record of shipping and scaling production SaaS / Product systems at significant user load
- Exposure to and success within start-up, mid-size, and large-scale product organisations — the full spectrum
- Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, distributed systems theory, OS internals
- Demonstrated career stability — minimum 2 years average tenure per organisation
- The Ideal Candidate Exemplifies
- System-level thinking with an ability to hold context across code, architecture, product, and business
- An ownership mindset — no task is 'not my job'; outcomes and quality are personal commitments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for asynchronous, cross-functional collaboration
- Intellectual curiosity: actively follows engineering trends, contributes to the community (OSS, blogs, talks)
- Bias for automation, observability, and engineering efficiency at every level
- A mentor's instinct — genuine desire to grow others and raise the capability of the team around them
WHY THIS ROLE STANDS APART
✅ Transformational Scope
Lead platform modernisation at scale. Your architectural choices will define systems serving millions of users for years.
✅ AI-Forward Engineering Culture
Be at the forefront of AI-augmented development. This org invests in tools and practices that make great engineers exceptional.
✅ Established, Stable Platform
Join a company with 500–1,000 employees, proven product-market fit, and the resources to execute on a serious technical vision.
✅ Career-Defining Leadership
Operate with strategic influence, direct access to senior leadership, and a clear path toward Principal / Staff / VP Engineering.
HOW TO APPLY
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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications are treated with the strictest confidentiality.
⚡ We move fast — qualified candidates can expect a response within 48–72 business hours.
Recruiting Bond | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2026
Job brief
We are looking for a qualified Database developer to design stable and reliable databases, according to our company’s needs. You will be responsible for developing, testing, improving and maintaining new and existing databases to help users retrieve data effectively.
As part of our IT team, you will work closely with developers to ensure system consistency. You will also collaborate with administrators and clients to provide technical support and identify new requirements. Communication and organization skills are keys for this position, along with a problem-solution attitude.
Ultimately, you should be able to ensure our database systems run effectively and securely on a daily basis.
Responsibilities
- Design stable, reliable and effective databases
- Optimize and maintain legacy systems
- Modify databases according to requests and perform tests
- Solve database usage issues and malfunctions
- Liaise with developers to improve applications and establish best practices
- Gather user requirements and identify new features
- Develop technical and training manuals
- Provide data management support to users
- Ensure all database programs meet company and performance requirements
- Research and suggest new database products, services and protocols
Requirements
- Proven work experience as a Database developer (5+ Years)
- In-depth understanding of data management (e.g. permissions, recovery, security and monitoring)
- Knowledge of software development and user interface web applications
- Advanced proficiency and hands on experience with T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Cursors, Triggers, Schedulers etc.
- Familiarity working with MS SQL Server, MySQL, .Net Framework, java
- Excellent analytical and organization skills
- An ability to understand front-end users’ requirements and a problem-solving attitude
- Ability to craft detailed technical manuals.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- BE/MCA/MSc Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.
Mandate Skills:
- 3 - 7 years of experience in cloud-native applications (Azure strongly preferred) using Python.
- Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design and practices.
- Strong RDBMS experience (PostgreSQL, MS SQL etc.) designing tables & writing queries.
- Great command of design patterns (especially integration design patterns)
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Requirements
- You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
- Should have excellent command over designing systems with a minimum experience of 4 years.
- Should have experience with various database flavors and writing complex queries. We work with Postgres, Redshift, ElasticSearch, TimescaleDB, and Redis.
- Additional knowledge in Golang will be an advantage
- Strong Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge
- Should have created APIs from scratch which is being used in Production
- Should be comfortable with creating systems handling up to 100k requests per minute, and have a mindset that understands scale
- Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
- Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
- Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
- Knowledge of how to set up relevant test cases
- You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good internet connection and availability on phone is required)
- App Development experience
- Experience in Test Driven Development
- Ability to tell Product what creates better User Experience, ability to tell frontend what API responses will help the user get a faster load time
- Inquisitiveness to understand the system as a whole, and not only be stuck to your domain of expertise (Eg: Figure out why excessive APIs calls are being made, brainstorm with Product and Frontend team to reduce the same without harming the UX )
- Experience in working on a Social Media Product
- Good knowledge of Graphs, and their applications
- Data-Driven Approach to monitoring
Benefits
- Work timings - You are the master of your time. However, with great freedom comes great responsibility. If you have committed something to the team, we expect that you will give it your best to make sure that commitment is done and is done on time.
- Leave policy - Take a leave whenever for whatever reason you want. You don't need to explain yourself to us
- Health insurance for you and your family
If you love to work in a fast-paced startup environment and desire to solve some very
challenging problems using technology, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to work as a Senior Software
Developer. You will be involved in working on multiple products for the scaling and growth
stage of the lifecycle.
We work closely with the real world,. If you are interested to grow and learn in your career
and at the same time work on products for the 1Bn user market, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities
● Managing and guiding a team of junior developers for timely delivery of product and
milestones
● Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
● Implementation of security and data protection
● Design and implementation of data storage solutions
● Design & Build: Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for
mission-critical systems, and delivering high-availability and performance.
● Collaborate - Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best
practices and leverage a world-class tech stack.
● Measurable Outcome - You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate
the quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against
set marks.
● DevOps - You will need to set up every essential (tracking/alerting) to make sure the
infrastructure/software you built is working as expected.
● Design and development of our REST APIs
● Help maintain code quality, architecture, and automation
Required Knowledge and Skills
● 3 - 5 years of experience working in backend development technologies and DevOps
● Highly curious and ready to dive into complex technical challenges.
● Proficiency in development and scripting in Python, Django/Flask framework.
● Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices -
bonus points for MySQL and MongoDB
● User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and
environments
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling
an application to support load changes
● Setup and administration of backups
● Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs
desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
● Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
● Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
● Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
● Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
● Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
● Hands-on experience with architecture and structural design patterns
● Expertise in designing, developing, deploying, and integrating RESTful APIs
● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical
requirements
● A knack for benchmarking and optimization
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Personality
● Requires excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation.
● You should be a team player.
● You should be positive towards problem-solving, have a very structural thought
process to solve problems
● Interest to work in a high paced start-up environment with a large amount of learning.
● Good understanding of different frameworks, and be able to pick up new
technologies at ease.
● You should be agile enough to figure out a need for new technologies/frameworks
and learn new technology for better product performance
Senior Node JS developer
Job Description
- Working experience in Nodejs, MySQL, Postgres SQL
- Good knowledge of designing and writing restful API
- Working experience of GIT
- Will prefer candidates who have knowledge of GraphQL, Typescript
- Well-versed and experienced with unit testing, code coverage.
- Well versed with SOILD design principles and their application
- Knowledge of AuthO, typeORM required
- Good to have – some experience with Azure DevOps and/or azure functions.
-Working experience on Docker- good to have
Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.
Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.
Additional Job Details:
Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.
Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred
Knowledge or experience on Kafka
Good to have but not must
Good to know:
Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana
Protobuf
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