Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Developer

Job Overview: We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Backend Developer who excels in building robust, scalable backend systems using multiple frameworks and languages. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience working with at least two backend frameworks and be proficient in at least two programming languages such as Python, Node.js, or Go. As an Sr. Backend Developer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining backend services, ensuring seamless real-time communication with WebSockets, and optimizing system performance with tools like Redis, Celery, and Docker.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems using multiple frameworks and languages (Python, Node.js, Go).
• Build and integrate APIs, microservices, and other backend components.
• Implement real-time features using WebSockets and ensure efficient server-client communication.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues, providing efficient and scalable solutions.
• Work with caching systems like Redis to enhance performance and manage data.
• Utilize task queues and background job processing tools like Celery.
• Develop and deploy applications using containerization tools like Docker.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality.
• Mentor junior developers, sharing best practices and promoting a culture of continuous learning.
• Stay updated with the latest backend development trends and technologies to keep our solutions cutting-edge.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience as a Backend Developer.
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages: Python, Node.js, or Go.
• Experience working with multiple backend frameworks (e.g., Express, Flask, Gin, Fiber, FastAPI).
• Strong understanding of WebSockets and real-time communication.
• Hands-on experience with Redis for caching and data management.
• Familiarity with task queues like Celery for background job processing.
• Experience with Docker for containerizing applications and services.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and implementation.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with GraphQL and other modern API paradigms.
• Familiarity with task queues, caching, or message brokers (e.g., Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ).
• Understanding of security best practices in backend development.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks for backend services.
• Familiarity with version control systems, particularly Git.

Requirements:

• 4-6 years of experience in developing Enterprise Web Applications using Java/J2EE technologies with a good professional track record.
• Excellent knowledge in Core Java (J2SE) and J2EE technologies.
• Proficient knowledge in Servlets, JDBC & JSP.
• Good knowledge of Spring framework (MVC, Cloud, Data and Security. Etc) and ORM framework like JPA/Hibernate.
• Strong knowledge of Exception Handling, Collections, File I/O Streams, Interfaces, and logging mechanisms is a must.
• Experience in developing REST APIs and integration of third-party APIs.
• Proficient knowledge in SQL/PLSQL.
• Expertise in application/web server deployment and connection pooling techniques.
• Cloud deployment (AWS & Azure) will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Version Control tools like Git, Bitbucket, etc.
• Experience in data security and protocols is a must.
• Maven and IDE tools experience is a must.
• Multi-threading and serialization techniques knowledge is a must.
• Good understanding of end-to-end software development lifecycle.
• Ability to read and understand requirements and design documents.
• Good Analytical skills and should be self-driven. Good communication with interpersonal skills.
• Open to learning new technologies and domains.
• A good team player and ready to take up new challenges
• Languages: Java(J2SE), J2EE (Servlets, JSPs, JDBC)
• Databases: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL.
• DB Script: SQL and PL/SQL
• Frameworks: Spring, Spring Boot, Jersey, Hibernate and JPA
• OS: Windows, Linux/Unix.
• Cloud Services: AWS and Azure (Good to have)
• Version Control tools: Git, Bitbucket.
• Deployment Servers: Tomcat, JBoss, and Web sphere
• Build Tools: Gradle/Maven

About Our Client

It is a last-mile tech-logistics solution provider for intra-state deliveries based in Bangalore. It offers reliable, affordable, and professional services, structured to serve enterprises.

Our Client aggregates light commercial vehicles for urban logistics and has onboarded 55,000+ truckers on its platform across 14 cities. Our Client works across industry sectors like organized retail, FMCG and e-commerce, distribution and 3PL companies. Some of its clients include Amazon, Flipkart, Bisleri, Vishal Mega Mart, Future Supply Chain, Coca-Cola, Delhivery, and Udaan.

The company offers customized logistics solutions for clients, along with other value-added services such as screened drivers, audited and GPS-enabled vehicles, point-to-point billing, status updates, 24x7 service, and greater efficiency, all at transparent and economical pricing.

Our Client, as a brand, is known as one of the market leaders in the enterprise segment, and first movers to identify and empathize with the underserved urban trucker community, playing a huge role in making them a part of the mainstream economy. This series-B funded tech-logistics company aims to disrupt the primitive $35bn+ urban-logistics industry by leveraging technology and help enterprises to reach consumers faster.

Our Client is India's largest enterprise urban-logistics provider in India, with 55,000+ Light Commercial Vehicles on its platform.

Why Our Client?

1) Young Startup growing and well funded.

What will I do?

- Designing user flows and converting them into logical entities in the code.

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

- Designing Database schemas.

- Building reusable code and libraries for future use

- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

- Implementation of security and data protection

- Design and implementation of data storage solutions

What skills should I have?

- 3+ years of experience in Backend Development.
- Language: NodeJs
- Additional knowledge of Python will be a plus
- Understanding of microservices architecture.
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

- Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes

- Data migration, transformation, and scripting

- Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Founded in 2016, they are one of the leading online scheduling software companies in the world, with over 200,000 customers globally. They are a profitable, high-growth bootstrapped platform-as-a-product company with 50+ team members looking to grow to $50M in revenue in the next 3 years. 

Role: SSE- Backend [Golang]

Location: Remote (India)

CTC: 22-26 LPA

NP: 30 days or less

Note: Other Backend Language /Frameworks like Python, NodeJS and Java Springboot and willingness to learn Golang can also be considered

Skillset Requirements:

- Strong experience with backend programming languages and technologies like

- Golang (minimum 2-year experience)

- Protobuf and gRPC

- RESTful APIs

- Docker and Kubernetes

- Medium-level experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL database concepts.

- Ability to write efficient, secure, well-documented, and clean code.

- Proven ability to work with multiple teams, multitask and prioritize.

- Experience with Git, JIRA, and Agile working methodology.

- Experience with design patterns, Event-Driven architecture, and Domain Driven Designs.

Responsibilities:

- Write code that meets standard and delivery guidelines.

- Mentor fellow engineers in the team to develop high-quality software and perform code

reviews.

- Work with the team to break user stories into tasks and delegate them to the team

members.

- Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient

microservices distributed architecture.

- Analyze solutions and help implement engineering best practices.

- Work with Project Managers for timely delivery and forecast.

- Lead and mentor junior engineers on technical issues. Perform blameless RCAs when

issues occur and take ownership to resolve issues.

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Experience: more than 2 years
Job Location: Pune

Key aspects of this role:
• Maintain, update, and enhance ITSM environment including Incident, Request,
Problem, Change and Knowledge Management, Service Catalog, Service Portals,
SLAs, Discovery, and Integrations
• Participate in the implementation and configuration of other ServiceNow products
outside of ITSM to increase the adoption of the ServiceNow platform.
• Responsible for performing daily administration, issue resolution, and
troubleshooting of the ServiceNow platform.
Monitor health, usage, and overall compliance of ServiceNow and its applications.
To be the right fit, you will need:
• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in ServiceNow development and
configuration.
• Proficient in developing, integrating and maintaining applications using ServiceNow
Platform technology and tools.
• Understanding of and experience working with IT Service Management processes
(Incident, Problem, Change, Release, SLM, Service Catalog), PPM/ITBM
• Understanding of IT and business requirements with ability to develop, test, deploy
improvements, and update Manage and administer lists, filters, forms, platform
interfaces (to other data sources) and the data within tables, import sets and the
CMDB.
• Preferably certified in ServiceNow

• java 8+
• springcore 
• springboot
• MongoDB
• Angular
• Agile