Backend Developer at Fatakpay · Mumbai · 1 - 2 years · ₹4L - ₹7L / yr · Raised funding · Posted 28 Dec 2024

JOB TITLE/HEADLINE: Backend Developer
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full time, permanent.
REPORTING TO: Ajit Kumar
LOCATION: Andheri, Mumbai
Backend Developer
Position Overview:
As a Backend Developer at FatakPay, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining the backend systems that power our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and efficient server-side applications, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend systems.
Collaborate with front-end developers, designers, and other stakeholders to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
Implement and maintain data storage solutions, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.
Collaborate with DevOps to deploy and manage applications in a cloud environment.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and coding standards.
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. Identify and address performance bottlenecks, security issues, and other technical challenges.
Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in backend development.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience as a Backend Developer or similar role.
Strong proficiency in server-side programming languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js.
Experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB. Familiarity with RESTful API design and integration.
Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
FatakPay Digital Private Ltd (FatakPay) is a digital-only lending platform that provides virtual credit facilities. The solution provides a 100% digital and paperless quick, transparent and secure way to transact in multilingual format with a ‘scan now, pay later’ facility and easy repayment options.
We're a company that strongly believes in teamwork, design, creativity and tech. We love to build the best possible Financial Tech products that make the world a better place.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
If selected for an interview, you will hear directly from someone from the HR department, usually within a week of the closing date.

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The stack.
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AWS services — -1 API Gateway, Lambda, Cognito, STS / IAM, Secrets Manager, S3 CloudWatch, VPC, EC2
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- Strong hands-on AWS experience, ideally serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM/STS, VPC, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch) — able to reason about IAM policies, not just apply them.
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- Strong ownership, sound judgment, and clear written communication — able to make good decisions with incomplete information and explain trade-offs to non-engineers.
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Introductory call-Mutual fit and role overview.
Technical deep-dive- A walkthrough of a challenging production problem you have owned.
Practical exercise -A realistic backend task, or a walkthrough of your own representative code.
System design- Collaborative design on a real scenario.
Final conversation- Values, ownership, compensation, and offer.
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