Backend Engineer

Review Criteria

• Strong Senior Backend Engineer profiles
• Must have 5+ years of hands-on Backend Engineering experience building scalable, production-grade systems
• Must have strong backend development experience using one or more frameworks (FastAPI / Django (Python), Spring (Java), Express (Node.js).
• Must have deep understanding of relevant libraries, tools, and best practices within the chosen backend framework
• Must have strong experience with databases, including SQL and NoSQL, along with efficient data modeling and performance optimization
• Must have experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs, services, and backend systems, including system design and clean code practices
• Experience with financial systems, billing platforms, or fintech applications is highly preferred (fintech background is a strong plus)
• (Company) – Must have worked in product companies / startups, preferably Series A to Series D
• (Education) – Candidates from top engineering institutes (IITs, BITS, or equivalent Tier-1 colleges) are preferred

Role & Responsibilities

As a Founding Engineer at company, you'll join our engineering team during an exciting growth phase, contributing to a platform that handles complex financial operations for B2B companies. You'll work on building scalable systems that automate billing, usage metering, revenue recognition, and financial reporting—directly impacting how businesses manage their revenue operations.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic startup environment where requirements evolve quickly and problems need creative solutions. You'll work on diverse technical challenges, from API development to external integrations, while collaborating with senior engineers, product managers, and customer success teams.

Key Responsibilities-

• Build core platform features: Develop robust APIs, services, and integrations that power company’s billing automation and revenue recognition capabilities
• Work across the full stack: Contribute to both backend services and frontend interfaces, ensuring seamless user experiences
• Implement critical integrations: Connect company with external systems including CRMs, data warehouses, ERPs, and payment processors
• Optimize for scale: Build systems that handle complex pricing models, high-volume usage data, and real-time financial calculations
• Drive quality and best practices: Write clean, maintainable code while participating in code reviews and architectural discussions
• Solve complex problems: Debug issues across the stack and work closely with teams to address evolving client needs

The Impact You'll Make-

• Power business growth: Your code will directly enable billing and revenue operations for fast-growing B2B companies, helping them scale without operational bottlenecks
• Build critical financial infrastructure: Contribute to systems handling millions in transactions while ensuring accurate, compliant revenue recognition
• Shape product direction: Join during our scaling phase where your contributions immediately impact product evolution and customer success
• Accelerate your expertise: Gain deep knowledge in financial systems, B2B SaaS operations, and enterprise software while working with industry veterans
• Drive the future of B2B commerce: Help create infrastructure powering next-generation pricing models from usage-based to value-based billing.

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead – Java with strong software engineering fundamentals, a deep understanding of Java-based backend systems, and proven experience leading agile teams. This role involves a balance of individual contribution and technical leadership — mentoring developers, designing scalable architectures, and driving the success of product delivery in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of Java-based applications and RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects to define technical solutions and translate business requirements into scalable software.
• Guide and mentor team members in best coding practices, design patterns, and architectural decisions.
• Drive code reviews, technical discussions, and ensure high code quality and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement long-term fixes and improvements.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in tools, processes, and systems across the engineering team.
• Stay up to date with modern technologies and recommend their adoption where appropriate.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Java backend development with expertise in Spring/Spring Boot and RESTful services.
• Solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), system design, and design patterns.
• Proven experience leading a team of engineers or taking ownership of modules/projects.
• Experience with AWS Cloud services (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.) is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

About HummingWave

HummingWave is a leading IT product development company specializing in building full-scale application systems with robust cloud backends, sleek mobile/web frontends, and seamless enterprise integrations. With 50+ digital products delivered across domains for clients in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, we are a team of highly skilled engineers committed to technical excellence and innovation.

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We are hiring for the position of Java Tech Lead. Please find below the details for the same.

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Key skills:

• Strong Java and J2EE background with 5-7 years of experience.

• Strong working experience in Multi-Threading, Exception Management and the Use of Collections.

• Sound knowledge of working with application aspects i.e., Caching, Asynchronous APIs, Logging etc.

• Experience with web application frameworks like Spring Boot or Dropwizard.

• Unit Testing is an everyday affair and hence demands very good unit testing skills using tools like Junit & TestNG.

• Understanding of relational databases, RESTful services, and build tools like Maven & Gradle

• Knows what and when to mock and has used frameworks like Mockito/Power Mock.

• Understanding of message queues such as ActiveMQ, Kafka, and RabbitMQ.

•  Version Control is treated as important as programming skills. Fluent with version control tools like Git and Bitbucket.

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum, TDD not in theory but in practice.

•  Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Static Code Analysis, Jenkins and SonarQube.

•  Willingness to take ownership of the technical solution and ensure technical expectations of deliverables are met.

• Strong communication skills along with the ability to articulate technical designs and concepts.

• Exposure to cloud and containerization would be a plus.

• Hands-on experience in application development in an enterprise setup.

• Have a good understanding of Distributed Application Architecture.

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.

• 2+ years of experience with Node.js/Express.js or similar framework
• 1+ years of experience with MongoDB
• 1+ years of experience creating REST APIs and backend systems
• Experience with Docker is a plus
• 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
• Server Setup/AWS/GCP experience is a plus
• Creating APIs and backend systems
• Scraping sites and creating backend dashboards for data management
• Backend infrastructure management and deployment

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least two years of experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.

• Back-end development using Python/Django
• Front-end development using CSS, HTML and JS
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Implement security and data protection
• Use Amazon Relational Database Service
• Commit, push, pull and sync to Bitbucket, GitLab
• Deployment of code on MS Azure and AWS
• Build efficient scripts and cron jobs in GCP
• Connect apps and automate workflows using Integromat

At BACQ, our mission is to build financial services that are simple, accessible and affordable.

BACQ is founded by Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal to build consumer-centric and technology-driven businesses in the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services & Insurance) space.

• Work on the development backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

• 2+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Good knowledge of Java ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing multi-threaded programs

• Understanding of domain-driven design concepts like ubiquitous language, bounded contexts, aggregates and domain events
• Know how to use test driven development as a design tool 
• Good intuition for the principles underlying object-orientation, particularly encapsulation
• Understand the importance of immutability and of reducing the state-space of objects
• Seek to identify key underlying ideas and use those as building blocks before reaching for shiny new tools
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