Backend Developer

Role: Backend Engineer

Experience: 2–4 Years

Location: Remote

Education: B.Tech/M.Tech from IITs only

Tech Stack: Node.js, Golang, Microservices, REST APIs, AWS

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable backend services using Node.js and Golang
• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices architecture for high-performance applications
• Optimize and refactor code for performance and scalability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, frontend, and data teams
• Work in a cloud-native AWS environment with CI/CD and containerization

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of backend development experience
• Strong hands-on with Node.js and Golang
• Experience in building distributed systems and APIs
• Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching, and performance optimization
• Must be from IITs (any campus)
• Strong problem-solving skills and startup mindset

Perks:

• 100% Remote Work
• Work with a high-caliber team from top institutes
• Impact-driven, fast-paced startup culture

Key roles:

·       Develop backend application with clean code practices foe the application

·       Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic

·       Troubleshoot and debug application

·       Gather and address technical and design requirements

·       Build reusable code and libraries for future user-facing

·       Communicate with other third-party team for collaborations

Skillset:

·       Core Java - Hands on experience with Jdk 11 and above

·       Experience with code hosting and collaboration tools like Bitbucket/Github/GitLab

·       Microservice architecture - Rest API calls, inter-service exception handling

·       Non-relational DB - MongoDB basic DB commands to insert, update, delete, find records and Indexing

·       Springboot framework - Spring Data JPA, ORM

·       Event driven architecture - Kafka

·       Tools like Postman, Jenkins, Doppler, IDE, MongoDB atlas

Qualifications:

·       UG: B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization, B.Sc in Any Specialization, BCA in Any Specialization

·       PG: Any Postgraduate

Job description for Backend Developer:

Responsibilities
• Hands-on experience in Springboot and good knowledge of MySQL, MongoDB
• Hands-on experience in building RESTful based APIs
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by 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

Skills And Qualifications
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance (Depending on a specific project)
• 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
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Outputting data in different formats
• 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
• Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language (Java 8 and above and Spring Boot)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Proficient understanding of OWASP security principles
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment

Required qualification:

*)  Any degree from a reputed university

*) Proven software development experience and Java/J2EE skills development. 

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Integrating and maintaining Node micro services
• Proficient in RESTful APIs and API communications, especially to consume data from and/or push data into MongoDB for Web and mobile applications
• Proficient on modeling applications on NOSQL databases(preferably MongoDB)

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong coding experience in Node JS.
• Should have experience with microservice architecture
• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement

Nice to have:

• Some experience with queues like like Redis,SQS,etc
• Experience with cloud solutions like Lambda, Docker etc
• Experience in DevOps and related practices to improve development lifecycle, continuous delivery with high quality is an advantage.
• Deploy server/related components to staging, live environments.
• Some exposure to React Frontend implementation, deeper JS skills

• As a Senior Software Engineer you will work closely with the Tech Lead, and the rest of the engineering team to build and scale a data-driven platform. This role will act as a great springboard to accelerate career growth & transition into a Tech Lead level role.
• Your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic, building new services and APIs, developing UI components, supporting the maintenance of current APIs, reviewing work, and improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we rapidly scale our product and organization.
• An effective Senior Software Engineer will be a self-motivated learner; a highly creative engineer having obsessive attention towards detail and thoroughness.

Must Haves

• You’ve been building web applications professionally for 5+ years
• You’re proficient in NodeJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
• You possess strong OOP and design pattern knowledge
• Familiar with modern engineering practices: Code Reviews, Continuous Deployment, Automated Testing, etc
• You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and experienced with TDD (Test Driven Development)
• You’ve the ability to build RESTful APIs
• Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support team, and fellow engineers is not a problem for you
• Well versed with the fundamentals of computer science and distributed systems

Nice-to-haves

• FrontEnd experience; have built applications in either: React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte
• Startup experience, preferably a tech startup
• Open Source contributor
• You have experience with other programming languages -- e.g. Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, C, etc.
• Passionate about/experienced with open source and developer tools
• You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

Benefits

• Feel good factor / impact driven work- Be part of the journey that is creating an impact in people’s lives after retirement. The work we do has a direct impact on the size of someone’s retirement pot
• Ownership driven work- you own problems within the organisation and not an implementer of someone else’s idea. You have the ability to design solutions and work with multiple stakeholders to implement them
• Job stability- ClearGlass is very well funded by top tier VCs and can provide job stability in the COVID world
• Stock Options- we would love every employee of ClearGlass to have stock options
• Top-of-the-line gear- to help you be super-productive while working. No one likes a slow laptop
• Flexible work environment- we are working from home currently but will slowly move to a hybrid set-up; we offer support (incl. financial) to set-up your home office