Backend Developer

Job Title: Principal Backend Engineer

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Panchkula (Onsite)

📍 Office will move to IT Park, Chandigarh from February

Work Mode: Onsite | 5 Days a Week

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to architect, scale, and lead the development of robust backend systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, collaborate closely with clients and product teams, and help modernize platforms using scalable architectures and emerging technologies, including AI/ML where relevant.

Tech Stack

• Backend: PHP (Laravel / CodeIgniter), Node.js
• Databases: MySQL, MongoDB
• Architecture: Microservices / Modular Monolith
• Cloud (Good to Have): AWS / GCP

Key Responsibilities

Backend Architecture & Development

• Own and evolve backend architecture across PHP and Node.js services
• Design and review scalable, maintainable systems (microservices or modular monoliths)
• Manage and optimize integrations across MySQL and MongoDB (data modeling, indexing, performance tuning)

Technical Leadership

• Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and code quality initiatives
• Establish backend development standards, best practices, and documentation
• Mentor mid and senior engineers on design patterns, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Drive decisions around refactoring legacy systems and platform modernization

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Act as the technical SPOC for backend architecture and integrations
• Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions
• Explain trade-offs, constraints, and backend workflows to non-technical stakeholders
• Present PoCs and technical approaches confidently to clients

AI & ML Integration (Strategic / Optional)

• Identify backend use cases for AI such as personalization, recommendations, fraud detection, or data enrichment
• Design backend APIs, services, or cron jobs that interact with AI/ML models
• Collaborate with data teams and stay updated on AI tools/APIs (e.g., OpenAI, LangChain)

Scalability, Security & Performance

• Ensure API security, role-based access control, and rate limiting
• Optimize system performance using caching, queues, and query optimization
• Plan and support horizontal/vertical scaling on cloud infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of backend development experience in PHP and/or Node.js
• Strong expertise in database design (MySQL & MongoDB)
• Proven experience leading architecture decisions and mentoring engineers
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to clients and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset toward scalability, performance, and system resilience
• Bonus: Experience or curiosity around AI APIs and real-world AI integration

Why Join uEngage?

• Work on high-impact systems used by thousands of users
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and client teams
• High ownership and freedom to architect and innovate
• Competitive compensation and a collaborative work culture

Job description

🔧 Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust backend services using Node.js.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs to support front-end applications and third-party integrations
• Manage and optimize SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake)
• Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration and data flow
• Implement caching, logging, and monitoring strategies for performance and reliability
• Ensure application security, scalability, and maintainability
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and agile ceremonies

✅ Required Skills:

• Proficiency in backend programming languages (Node.js, Java, .NET Core)
• Experience with API development and tools like Postman, Swagger
• Strong understanding of database design and query optimization
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and CI/CD pipelines.

Mandatory Skill set : C++ and Python - UNIX- Database - SQL or Postgres

Developer Role EXP : 3 to 5yrs

Location : Bangalore /Chennai/Hyderabad

1. Strong proficiency in C++ , with fair knowledge of the language specification (Telecom experience is preferred). 

2. Proficient understanding of standard template library (STL): algorithms, containers, functions, and iterators 

3. Must have experience on Unix platforms, should possess shell scripting skills.

4. Knowledge on compilers(gcc, g) and debugger (dbx). Knowledge of libraries and linking. 

5. Good understanding of code versioning tools (e.g. Git, CVS etc.)

6. Able to write and understand python scripts (both python2 and python3)

7. Handson with logic implementation in python and should be familiar with list comprehension and is comfortable in integrating it with C++ and Unix scripts

8. Able to implement multithreading in both C++ and Python environment.

9. Familiar with Postgres SQL. 

C++ developer with Python as secondary - 3 to 4 yrs exp / should be CW.

As a Backend Developer for Amura, expect your days to be supercharged with challenges and excitement while building and mastering the core software with your own bare hands. You will be developing low-latency APIs and functions to exchange data between the server and the user ensuring high performance and responsiveness. You are going to work closely in developing challenging components like a chat application, event scheduler, and much more. We are looking for someone who comes alive while developing server-side application logic with good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

- Have an eye for building, maintaining, and creating a schema for RDBS.

- Define and communicate technical and design requirements.

- Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future.

- Work seamlessly in any IDEs like VS Code, WebStorm, etc.

- Work collaboratively with BA teams to ensure the requirement

criteria are met.

- Participate in the creative process. Thinking out of the box.

- Writing time-efficient, space-efficient, and generic code.

- Oversee all technical challenges that might occur during development.

- Delivering user story development as per acceptance criteria.

- Preparing LLD (Low-level document) on a solution or a component for better understanding to another developer.

- Participate in the entire application life cycle focusing on coding and debugging.

- Learn about new technologies and stay up to date with current best practices.

Requirements-

- Hands-on backend web development experience.

- 7+ years of relevant experience

- Decent understanding of Git, and Bit Bucket.

- Excellent grip on node JS/express JS, like how nodeJS/expressJS works, behind the scenes.

- A person who thinks like a compiler.

- Good problem-solving skills through JavaScript /Typescript.

- Ability to resolve a real-time problem through code.

- Familiar with Agile software development.

- Good understanding of JSON.

- Matured enough to consume and make API calls.

- Experience with issue tracking, and bug tracking tools like JIRA, and Azure DevOps.

- Working on any cloud services like AWS, or Azure would be an added advantage.

- Good at estimating ETA and also good at delivering by ETA.

- Be up for anything. A can-do attitude.

- Not just restricted to the backend.

What is our technology stack?

We have used top-notch technologies to build our product. We use React JS for web apps and react native for mobile apps. Both the frameworks are coded in typescript. We use AWS lambdas, ECS, and API Gateway for hosting our backend services. All the services are written in Node JS/Express JS. We use a wide variety of AWS services like Dynamo DB, S3, Cognito, SNS, SQS, CloudFront, etc. We use Figma for UI/UX design and wireframing.

Are there any technologies you want me to be good with? Yes, we expect you to be good in node Js

Here are answers to some questions you may have:

Who is Amura?

We are a health start-up with a presence in multiple countries

How old are you?

5 years

What is special about you?

Our clients. The Amura protocol is an intensive health program to follow and execute and the clients who choose to go through the journey are the most special. Next comes our team. The Amura Team is one filled with brilliant minds, brimming with creativity be it in operations, medical, or marketing. You can be one among them. Come and explore.

What is special about working with you?

You will grow crazy fast. As a rule of thumb, you can expect 5 years of growth for every year you are with us. But beware, growth like that cannot be achieved with life as usual. / But beware, growth like that cannot be achieved by any ordinary person.

What kind of people are you looking to add to your team?

We are looking for people who, when allowed to have a measurable

impact on the world will take it. Who value human life and are willing to work tirelessly on not only improving themselves for their own sake but for the benefit of everyone in the world. We work on the edge of our own best, striving to find what could come next in our growth. Anyone who joins the team will not only find the challenges they need to push

them, but also will have Amura at their back for support and guidance.

Is this a WFH role?

If you are in a role where you keep pushing your envelope every day, you are going to be asked to come to the office. But if you are in a role that calls for doing stuff that you are already very proficient in, you will be required to be in the

Where is your office?

Chennai (ECR)

Do you have an online presence?

https://amura.ai (we are @AmuraHealth on all social media)

Perks I get when I join Amura?

Health is the hardware of success. Amura has a one-of-its-kind performance health program. It has helped thousands of people to grow and flourish in dimensions that are important to them. Everyone in Team Amura, and their dependents, get all of our medical knowledge and services at no cost. This is very unique to Amura. Until you speak with one of us, you can never know what an unbelievable power-up it can be.

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers

Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules

Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges

work on multiple projects with Product Development team

Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Follow industry best practices

Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary Skills And Qualifications

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks ( Magento 1/2, Wordpress, YII, Laravel, Prestashop)

Understanding of MVC design patterns

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3

Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools (like GIT) and of developing web services

Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Ebay etc) (OPTIONAL)

Duties And Responsibilities

Coding backend for a stock analysis platform in Nodejs. You don’t.t need any experience or understanding of stocks for this position.
Nodejs - candidate must have good experience working with Nodejs and have a deep understanding of space -time complexity for writing optimized code in typescript
Typescript- candidate must know typescript and have good experience with it.
MongoDB and PostgreSQL - candidate must have experience working with both technologies. understanding of both technologies and designing scalable and optimized database structures