Backend Developer

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for designing and building high-performance, scalable, and secure backend systems. You will focus on core application logic, APIs, data models, and integration with relational databases.

You’ll work closely with product managers, frontend developers, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver solutions that meet business needs. At Fountane, we follow a scrum-based Agile delivery cycle, and you will be an active contributor to building efficient and future-ready backend services.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang.
• Design and manage relational database schemas, queries, and stored procedures in MS SQL.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs/GraphQL endpoints for high performance and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code with proper documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, DevOps) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure security, scalability, and fault tolerance in backend systems.
• Continuously evaluate and introduce new tools and practices for backend efficiency.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and improve backend services and database performance.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE GREAT IN THIS ROLE:

Experience:

• Associate Level: Minimum 3+ years of backend development experience.
• Senior Level: Minimum 5+ years of backend development experience.

Technical Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Golang for backend development.
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL (queries, indexing, optimization, schema design).
• Solid understanding of API development (REST/GraphQL).
• Experience in microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Collaboration - Ability to work in teams across the world
• Adaptability - situations are unexpected and need to be quick to adapt
• Open-mindedness - Expect to see things outside the ordinary

LIFE AT FOUNTANE:

• Fountane offers an environment where all members are supported, challenged, recognized & given opportunities to grow to their fullest potential.
• Competitive pay
• Health insurance for spouses, kids, and parents.
• PF/ESI or equivalent
• Individual/team bonuses
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Fun/challenging variety of projects/industries
• Flexible workplace policy - remote/physical
• Flat organization - no micromanagement
• Individual contribution - set your deadlines
• Above all - culture that helps you grow exponentially!
• Qualifications - No bachelor's degree required. Good communication skills are a must!

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Established in 2017, Fountane Inc is a Ventures Lab incubating and investing in new competitive technology businesses from scratch. Thus far, we’ve created half a dozen multi-million valuation companies in the US and a handful of sister ventures for large corporations, including Target, US Ventures, and Imprint Engine.

We’re a team of 120+ strong from around the world that are radically open-minded and believes in excellence, respecting one another, and pushing our boundaries to the furthest it's ever been.

• The developer should be well conversant with principles of clean codeand refactoring practices.
• The developer should have experience writing unit and integration tests.
• The developer should be conversant with agile development practices.
• Prior experience in Python is a good to have but the developer should be willing to do development in Python.
• The developer is expected to collaborate with developers from other teams as well as business stakeholders in India and in US to design and develop business requirements.

Position: Senior Software Engineer

Location : Gurgaon ( WFH untill Pandamic ) 

You'll be responsible for developing web applications for managing various working aspects of e-commerce, warehousing & supply chain systems. Your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic and client-side interfaces, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain highly scalable user-facing software applications.

● Participate in business discussions and present software solutions to their various problems.

● Coordinate full cycle product development activities with executive management, product management, quality assurance, support, and operations teams.

● Build software modules, libraries, and frameworks that support complex back-end applications as per the specifications and on time.

● Design schema for SQL and NoSQL database.

● Setup metrics tracking and inspect server code for speed optimization.

● Assign tasks to team members and gauge progress of various projects.

● Should open to work on PHP/Laravel.

Requirements:

● 4+ years hands-on experience on writing and deploying production quality code.

● Solid foundation in computer science with strong competency in data structures, algorithms and software design.

● Have created enterprise level applications in any programming language.

● Professional experience using PHP, Python and Golang among others.

● Development experience with Unix/Linux.

● Strong Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases.

● Hands on experience in using AWS technologies like EC2, lambda functions, SNS, SQS and worked on serverless architecture.

● Follow right back-end engineering practices and desire to continually keep up with its advancements.

● Constantly improve product quality, security, and performance.

● Experience in leading the team and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment is a plus.

● Domain knowledge of warehousing operation related processes and ecommerce workflows is preferred.

● Should open to work on PHP/Laravel.