Backend Developer (Rust,

About the company

This is a profitable, venture-backed startup that builds a unified API for HR, payroll, ATS, and benefits systems. Instead of integrating separately with dozens of HR and payroll platforms, customers integrate once with this platform. The company supports 65+ HR and payroll systems and processes over 100,000 syncs a day. It works with established players in the HR-tech and benefits space. The business is profitable and is growing 5 to 6 times year-over-year.

What this role really is

This role is centered on Python, FastAPI, and Postgres. The backend team is small, so this is not a sub-component of a sub-component. The engineer owns integrations end-to-end. If the company signs a customer who needs a new connector, for example Paycor, the engineer builds it, writes its tests, ships it to production, and is on-call when it breaks.

Some weeks involve writing connector code. Some weeks involve debugging a race condition in the worker pool. Some weeks involve joining a call with a customer's engineering team to help them understand an integration issue. The role is wider than it sounds.

First six months, roughly

• Month 1: Onboard. Ship one small fix to production in week one. Read the codebase. Understand how connectors are tested.
• Month 2: Take ownership of the first integration, likely a payroll connector that has not yet been built.
• Month 3: Ship it to a paying customer and join the implementation call.
• Months 4 to 6: Take on two more integrations and complete the first on-call rotation. Start contributing to shared infrastructure such as the auth layer, the rate-limit handler, and the sync orchestrator.

This ramp is intentionally fast. Candidates who find it energizing rather than intimidating are the right fit.

Who you are

• You have 2 to 5 years of experience writing production Python. FastAPI experience is ideal, and candidates with Flask or Django experience who can pick up FastAPI quickly are also a good fit.
• You have experience running Postgres in production, and you understand indexes and deadlocks, and you have debugged slow queries caused by missing WHERE clauses.
• You read other people's APIs critically and have opinions on good API design, including how pagination should work.
• You write commits and pull requests that explain your reasoning, not just the changes you made.
• You are comfortable debugging unfamiliar systems. The company integrates with 65+ external APIs, many of which have poor documentation, so reading network traces and reverse-engineering undocumented behavior is a regular part of the job.

Who you are not

• You are not someone who wants a clear ticket queue and a manager assigning work, since this team expects engineers to find work and run with it.
• You are not someone who needs a perfect spec before starting. Specs exist here but are often wrong, and the expectation is to ship, learn, and revise as you go.
• You are not someone who sees integration work as less interesting engineering. Moving the right data to the right place at the right time with the right guarantees is genuinely hard and valuable engineering work.

The offer

• Cash: Cash compensation is competitive for the Indian market and is indexed to what you would expect from a well-funded mid-stage startup. The company is profitable and pays real cash compensation rather than relying mainly on equity.
• Equity: Meaningful ESOPs with a 4-year vesting schedule and a 1-year cliff.
• Location: Based in Bengaluru, HSR Layout. Relocation support is available for candidates moving cities.
• Equipment: A MacBook Pro of your choice along with any other equipment you need.
• Health: Health insurance for the employee and their dependents.

Please apply here: https://tarlan.ai/apply/bnd-eng-3m9p

• Experience in Core Java, CXF, Spring. 
• Experience in spring boot, microservices. 
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale n-tier applications for the financial domain. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns. 
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications. 
• Good development experience with RDBMS, preferably Sybase database 
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high volume server side development 
• Experience in sales and trading platforms in investment banking/capital markets 
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux 
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills. 
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts. 

6+ years of total software development experience with minimum 3+ years in Flutter

Product-based company experience is mandatory (B2C scale preferred)

Proven ability to own end-to-end Flutter mobile architecture for high-scale apps

Strong expertise in Dart, Flutter SDK internals, and advanced state management (Bloc / Riverpod / Provider)

Hands-on experience with platform channels and native integrations (Android & iOS)

Deep knowledge of performance optimization: app startup time, FPS, memory leaks, widget rebuilds, rendering pipeline

Experience with profiling tools (Dart DevTools, Android Profiler, Xcode Instruments)

Strong skills in offline-first architecture, caching layers, and API integrations

Ability to optimize video playback, downloads, DRM, and OTT workflows

Strong command of clean code, SOLID principles, and scalable mobile system design

Experience reviewing code and mentoring engineers (Senior IC role

• Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle
• Design, implement and maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency
• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives
• Envisioning system features and functionality
• Define application objectives and functionality
• Ensure application designs conform with business goals

Job Description

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

Implementation of security and data protection

Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)

Skills And Qualifications

Strong proficiency with JavaScript (or CoffeeScript depending on your technology stack)

Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it (such as Express, StrongLoop, etc depending on your technology stack)

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jade, EJS, etc depending on your technology stack)

Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Stylus, Less, etc depending on your technology stack)

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

Understanding accessibility and security compliance (Depending on the specific project)

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

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

  Overall 4+ years of experience

·  2 year development experience in NodeJs(v4 and above)

·  Knowledge in Unit testing frameworks like Mocha

·  Experience in working with any NodeJs web framework(Express or Hapi)

·  Development experience using any persistent store (NoSql or Relational)

Formal Deliverables

·  Design and development of new and enhance existing applications using Node.JS

·  Collaborate with internal and external team members to ensure projects get delivered as planned

·  Develop Backend services using HapiJs

·  Develop background workers based on cron or rabbitmq messages

·  Support existing and new features via bug fixes, prod support or monitoring scripts

·  Unit testing for all the developed modules