Backend Developer

About Tamasha

Tamasha is a product-led technology company focused on building immersive,

real-time social and gaming experiences for the next generation of users. Our

products combine scalable backend systems, real-time communication, and AI

driven intelligence to create engaging digital ecosystems.

Our flagship products include:

• Openly – A modern social engagement platform enabling meaningful

conversations and community-driven interactions.

App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openly.app

• FriendChat – A real-time chat-first social product designed for seamless, low

latency conversations.

App: https://friendchat.app

• Playroom (Voice Chat) – A live voice-based social gaming experience enabling

players to connect, communicate, and collaborate in real time.

App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playroom.voice

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on SDE 2 – Backend Developer (Node.js) who will play

a critical role in building scalable backend systems, integrating AI-driven solutions,

and shaping Tamasha’s technical foundation.Key Responsibilities

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Hands-on Engineering: Actively code, design backend architecture, and solve

complex technical problems.

 AI & Emerging Tech: Integrate AI agents, automation, and recommendation

systems.

 Scalable Infrastructure: Design secure, scalable cloud systems on GCP and

Azure.



DevOps & Deployment: Build and manage CI/CD pipelines and monitoring

systems.

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Engineering Excellence: Ensure high-quality, secure, and performant code.

 Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, design, and business

teams.

 Team Building & Mentorship: Mentor engineers and support hiring initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

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3–4 years of backend development experience in a product-based company

 Strong expertise in Node.js (Express / NestJS)

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Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

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Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP / Azure)

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Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

 Strong understanding of system design and scalability

Why Join Tamasha?

• Build products used by thousands of real users

• Work on AI, real-time systems, and scalable architectures

• High ownership and fast growth opportunities

• Strong engineering culture with startup agility

Job Title : Java Backend Developer

Experience : 3 to 6 Years

Locations : Bangalore / Gurgaon (Hybrid – 3 Days Work From Office)

Shift Timings : 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM IST

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days Only

Job Description :

We are looking for experienced Java Backend Developers with strong expertise in building scalable microservices-based architectures. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Spring Boot, containerized deployments, and DevOps tools.

✅ Must-Have Skills :

• Java – Strong programming skills in core Java.
• Spring Boot (2.x / 3.x) – Deep understanding of microservices architecture and patterns.
• Microservices – Design and implementation experience.
• Kubernetes – Experience deploying and managing microservices
• Jenkins & Maven – Build and CI/CD pipeline experience
• PostgreSQL – Experience with relational database management

✨ Good-to-Have Skills :

• Git – Source control management
• CI/CD Pipeline Tools – End-to-end pipeline automation
• Cloud & DevOps Knowledge – Experience with cloud-based deployments

Need candidates from Growing startups or Product based companies only

1. 6+ years experience in backend engineering

2. Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with:

TypeScript

Express.js / Nest.js

3. Strong experience with MongoDB (or MySQL / PostgreSQL / DynamoDB)

4. Strong understanding of system design & scalable architecture

5. Hands-on experience in:

Event-driven architecture / Domain-driven design

MVC / Microservices

6. Strong in automated testing (especially integration tests)

7. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)

8. Experience managing production systems

9. Solid understanding of performance, reliability, observability

10. Cloud experience (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure acceptable)

11. Strong coding standards — Clean Code, code reviews, refactoring

Description:

For over 10 years, Zscaler has been disrupting and transforming the security industry. Our 100% purpose-built cloud platform delivers the entire gateway security stack as a service through 150 global data centers to securely connect users to their applications, regardless of device, location, or network in over 185 countries protecting over 3,900 companies and have detected 100 Million threats/day. 

We work in a fast-paced, dynamic and make it happen culture. Our people are some of the brightest and passionate in the industry that thrives on being the first to solve problems.  We are always looking to hire highly passionate, collaborative and humble people that want to make a difference.

About the role :

This is a senior staff backend engineer role in the engineering team that designs, implements and maintains our state of the art product IllusionBLACK. The team is responsible for designing and implementing secure, highly performant and maintainable product.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop and maintain high performance, fault tolerant and scalable cloud hosted service using NodeJS
• End to end responsibility to continuously create and monitor the services you build
• Help design reusable and clean API's for our frontend React app
• Guide team members with handling complex issues
• You will also be responsible for database schema design and development of migration scripts
• Experiment with new technologies and ideas and help shape our stack and processes

Requirement:

• 10+ years professional SW development experience
• All our production applications are built with either Typescript or Python. You must have a strong understanding of NodeJS express apps written in Typescript and ES6
• Must have good experience with Python
• Solid experience with databases is a must. We use and love Postgres here at Smokescreen
• You should be able to design a complex database SQL schema normalized to 3NF on the back of a napkin at 3am in the morning
• Deep understanding and working knowledge of Redis cache
• Experience with Solr or Elasticsearch is a must. We use Solr for our event analytics exclusively
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP is a plus. We have a large distributed application running on AWS
• Experience with Docker/Swarm is a plus
• Experience in some stream processing platforms like Kafka/Redis stream is a plus

• Should be able to analyse requirements, design solutions, write code, debug code and modify existing software enhancements or develop new product software.
• Should be able mentor junior developers to perform their tasks more effectively and efficiently.
• Should be able to perform executions against project plans and meet delivery commitments.
• Should have good experience in source control, unit testing, code verification, documentation, automated build, continuous integration, metrics, and code reviews.
• May interact with product specialists / Project Managers / Product Owners to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications and to give status feedback.
• Should be able to work in an Agile Development Environment using SCRUM methodology.
• Should be able to communicate with other teams and stakeholders to achieve the given goal.
• Should be able to participate in the hiring processes.