Backend Developer

Role & Responsibilities

work with peers in Product, QA, and other Engineering departments;

coach and mentor team members;

cautiously drive adoption of new technologies and processes;

preserve our engineering values of quality, scalability, and maintainability;

“see around corners” — identify blind spots and prioritize work across teams;

work with international teams to ensure successful product development and delivery; and

own the overall architecture and systems engineering for your products.

About Corridor Platforms

Corridor Platforms is a leader in next-generation risk decisioning and responsible AI governance, empowering banks and lenders to build transparent, compliant, and data-driven solutions. Our platforms combine advanced analytics, real-time data integration, and GenAI to support complex financial decision workflows for regulated industries.

Role Overview

As a Backend Engineer at Corridor Platforms, you will:

• Architect, develop, and maintain backend components for our Risk Decisioning Platform.
• Build and orchestrate scalable backend services that automate, optimize, and monitor high-value credit and risk decisions in real time.
• Integrate with ORM layers – such as SQLAlchemy – and multi RDBMS solutions (Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, etc) to ensure data integrity, scalability, and compliance.
• Collaborate closely with Product Team, Data Scientists, QA Teams to create extensible APIs, workflow automation, and AI governance features.
• Architect workflows for privacy, auditability, versioned traceability, and role-based access control, ensuring adherence to regulatory frameworks.
• Take ownership from requirements to deployment, seeing your code deliver real impact in the lives of customers and end users.

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python 3.9+, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular
• Frameworks: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Celery, Marshmallow, Apache Spark
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Redis
• Tools: pytest, Docker, Git, Nx
• Cloud: Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP preferred
• Monitoring: Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and logging frameworks

Why Join Us?

• Cutting-Edge Tech: Work hands-on with the latest AI, cloud-native workflows, and big data tools—all within a single compliant platform.
• End-to-End Impact: Contribute to mission-critical backend systems, from core data models to live production decision services.
• Innovation at Scale: Engineer solutions that process vast data volumes, helping financial institutions innovate safely and effectively.
• Mission-Driven: Join a passionate team advancing fair, transparent, and compliant risk decisioning at the forefront of fintech and AI governance.

What We’re Looking For

• Proficiency in Python, SQLAlchemy (or similar ORM), and SQL databases.
• Experience developing and maintaining scalable backend services, including API, data orchestration, ML workflows,  and workflow automation.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, distributed systems, and backend architecture for regulated environments.
• Curiosity and drive to work at the intersection of AI/ML, fintech, and regulatory technology.
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior developers.

Ready to build backends that shape the future of decision intelligence and responsible AI?

Apply now and become part of the innovation at Corridor Platforms!

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a full stack developer who shall be responsible for implementation of software related projects of the firm. This will involve:

–        Understanding existing services of the Company, the requirements of the project and be able to build the back-end coding structure along with front end dashboard, UI / UX for the full project. The person should be capable of building flexible coding to incorporate various user requirements, carry out user acceptance testing, fix bugs within agreed timelines.

–        Dashboard Development: Swiftly conceptualizing, designing, and developing visually engaging and functional dashboards tailored to meet the firm's specific requirements within stringent timelines.

–        Collaborative Approach: Work closely with stakeholders’ other team members, to understand dashboard requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.

–        API Integration: Explore and integrate dashboard APIs where applicable to enhance functionalities or enable custom integrations for a more comprehensive dashboard experience.

Key Skills Required

–      Front-end Technologies: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and expertise in UX/UI principles to enhance dashboard user interfaces and ensure responsiveness.

–      Backend Development: Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Node.js, etc.) and understanding of backend frameworks to facilitate data integration and backend functionalities for dashboards.

–      Strong SQL Skills: Ability to efficiently extract, manipulate, and analyze data using SQL queries from various databases to integrate into the dashboards.

–      Dashboard Development Experience: Prior experience in rapid dashboard development, including designing, developing, and deploying dashboards within accelerated timelines.

–      Being able to work independently, understand industry landscape and come up with innovative solutions to tackle various issues. 

Minimum 5-7years of professional experience building web-applications
Strong experience in backend development
Strong experience in AI/Machine Learning development, Data Analysis/Processing
Experience in creating robust and secure REST APIs
Hands-on exposure to RDBMS like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB etc.
Proficiency with one or more programming languages from Java, Python, Node/JavaScript
Solid familiarity working with cloud and related technologies, AWS, GCP and Azure cloud environments
Ability to do very quick research in unknown technologies
Startup mindset, comfort with chaos and multi-tasking ability
Strong programming fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms
An eye for writing performance optimum code in any tool set

Mentor To Go is an android and web based platform to help students improve their work readiness through self-learning sessions, personalised mentorship provided by mentor professionals from a range of careers, and work experience opportunities.

The technology platform implements  functionalities such as: screening surveys of mentors and mentees, training content for mentors, matching through an algorithm, and mentorship through the delivery of structured activities. 

The application technology architecture comprises of the following:

o   a Python Django web application with NGinx and Gunicorn

o   PostgreSQL database

o   A React Android and Web app

o   Rest APIs which interact between the Android app and the Django webserver

Our vision at Mentor To Go is to provide career mentorship to young people anywhere, anytime across the length and breadth of India.

We are looking for a backend software developer who is passionate about using web technologies to solve social problems and creating experiences that are elegant and effective. You will own the back end development of features of the Mentor To Go platform from conceptualisation through design and testing, working closely with other developers, the technical project manager, and the program operations team. You are user-centric, continuously demonstrate strategic & analytical abilities, and are laser focused on executing at speed. You must have the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment, where success is dependent on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members in a positive, productive, and transparent way.

Minimum requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably  CS  or related discipline  
• 3+ years experience working in Unix/Linux environments building web and mobile applications
• Proficiency in developing and deploying cloud based Python/Postgresql applications preferably using frameworks such as Django
• Experience with design and development of moderately complex software projects
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with version control software such as Git

Desired  requirements 

• 5+ years of overall relevant work experience
• Experience building apps using React/React-Native
• Basic understanding of AWS cloud
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and help make technical trade-offs

About Mentor Together

https://mentortogether.org/">Mentor Together is India’s first and largest youth mentoring  non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate empowering mentoring relationships and networks that help young people break the inequalities of opportunity and actualise their potential.

http://bit.ly/mentortogo">Mentor To Go is the world’s first mobile mentoring platform created by Mentor Together with the support of Cisco India, LinkedIn Social Impact, British Telecom and Sterlite Technologies.