Backend Developer

As a Senior Backend & Infrastructure Engineer, you will take ownership of backend systems and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with our CTO and cross-functional teams (hardware, AI, frontend) to design scalable, fault- tolerant architectures and ensure reliable deployment pipelines.

1. What You’ll Do :

• Backend Development: Maintain and evolve our Node.js (TypeScript) and Python backend services with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Manage our infrastructure on GCP and Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Storage, Functions, AppEngine, PubSub, Cloud Tasks). 
• Database Management: Handle Firestore and other NoSQL DBs. Lead database schema design and migration strategies.
• Pipelines & Automation: Build robust real-time and batch data pipelines. Automate CI/CD and testing for backend and frontend services.
• Monitoring & Uptime: Deploy tools for observability (logging, alerts, debugging). Ensure 99.9% uptime of critical services.
• Dev Environments: Set up and manage developer and staging environments across teams.
• Quality & Security: Drive code reviews, implement backend best practices, and enforce security standards.
• Collaboration: Partner with other engineers (AI, frontend, hardware) to integrate backend capabilities seamlessly into our global system.

Must-Haves :

• 5+ years of experience in backend development and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in Node.js (TypeScript) and/or Python.
• Advanced skills in NoSQL databases (Firestore, MongoDB, DynamoDB...).
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, preferably GCP and Firebase.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, DevOps tools, and automation.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems and performance tuning.
• Experience setting up and managing development & staging environments. 

• Proficiency in English and remote communication.

Good to have :

• Event-driven architecture experience (e.g., Pub/Sub, MQTT).
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Google Monitoring).
• Previous work on large-scale SaaS products.
• Knowledge of telecommunication protocols (MQTT, WebSockets, SNMP).
• Experience with edge computing on Nvidia Jetson devices.

What We Offer :

• Competitive salary for the Indian market (depending on experience).
• Remote-first culture with async-friendly communication.
• Autonomy and responsibility from day one.
• A modern stack and a fast-moving team working on cutting-edge AI and cloud infrastructure.
• A mission-driven company tackling real-world environmental challenges. 

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.

• Work with the team to develop user-facing web applications utilizing various languages (like Java, golang, scala, etc.), RDBMS and NoSQL Databases, and latest frontend frameworks (including React, Vue, JQuery, etc).
• Assists in the technical evaluation, design, integration (utilizing an SOA), implementation, and support of projects.
• Communicating status to the team, business, and leadership.
• Participate in Code-Reviews

Required Skills:

• Java 1.8 or higher
• JavaScript and client-side libraries (such as jQuery, Ignite UI and bootstrap, Vue.js, React, etc)
• Intellij Idea or any other development tool
• Hibernate/ ibatis
• Spring/Spring Boot
• Oracle 12c and PL/SQL
• HTML
• CSS
• Git
• Web servers like Tomcat, Jetty, etc.

Nice to Have Skills:

• .NET 4.5 or higher
• NET MVC and Web API
• Deployment Tools like Team City, Jenkins, Octopus, etc.
• Experience Required:
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on Java experience.
• Excellent understanding of web technologies.
• Experience developing REST-based web services
• Strong understanding of source control systems such as GIT knowledge of creating and managing GIT flows a plus.
• Basic knowledge of distributed systems a plus.
• Strong database skills using Oracle and PL/SQL.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented