Backend Engineer at Strategic toolkit for capital productivity · Remote only · 5 - 12 years · ₹10L - ₹45L / yr · Remote only · Posted 27 Sep 2022

What would make you a good fit?
- You’re both relentless and kind, and don’t see these as being mutually exclusive
- You have a self-directed learning style, an insatiable curiosity, and a hands-on execution mindset
- You have deep experience working with product and engineering teams to launch backend services that power end-user applications
- You have deep experience in Python and the related tools and frameworks
- You have deep experience working with large datasets and relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL
- You have experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and Kubernetes
- You continuously raise the bar on development practices such as code quality tools, unit testing coverage, build tools, etc.
- You obsess about correctness, DRY development, reducing cognitive complexity, and performance
- You have excellent writing and speaking skills with a talent for applying technical solutions to customer problem statements
Must-Have Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience building RESTful services
- 2+ years of experience in Django Rest Framework, Flask, and/or FastAPI
- 3+ years of experience with SQL and Postgres to manage and analyze data
- Expert level skills using a debugging tool and developing unit tests
- Experience in Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture
- Prior startup experience and enjoy taking on difficult challenges and broad responsibilities
- Track-record of delivering reliable and scalable RESTful services from requirements to production
- You’ve partnered with devops to deliver high-performant backend solutions to production
- You naturally think quantitatively about problems and work backward from a customer outcome
What’ll make you stand out (but not required)
- Terraform and AWS experience
- Experience creating technical design documents
- You have a strong connection to finance teams or closely related domains, the challenges they face, and deep appreciation for their aspirations

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🚀 Job Title : Backend Engineer (Go / Python / Java)
Experience : 3+ Years
Location : Bangalore (Client Location – Work From Office)
Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days
Open Positions : 4
Working Days : 6 Days a Week
🧠 Job Summary :
We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems in a fast-paced product environment.
You will own large features end-to-end — from design and development to deployment and monitoring — while collaborating closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams.
This role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems exposure, and a mindset of operational ownership.
⭐ Mandatory Skills :
Strong backend development experience in Go / Python (FastAPI) / Java (Spring Boot) with hands-on expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/SQS, AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and strong DSA & System Design fundamentals.
🔧 Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, test, and deploy backend services end-to-end.
- Build scalable, modular, and production-grade microservices.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs.
- Architect reliable distributed systems with performance and fault tolerance in mind.
- Debug complex cross-system production issues.
- Implement secure development practices (authentication, authorization, data integrity).
- Work with monitoring dashboards, alerts, and performance metrics.
- Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams.
✅ Required Skills :
- Strong proficiency in Go OR Python (FastAPI) OR Java (Spring Boot).
- Hands-on experience building Microservices-based architectures.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs & distributed systems.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Exposure to Kafka / SQS or other messaging systems.
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of Data Structures & System Design.
- Ability to independently own features and solve ambiguous engineering problems.
⭐ Preferred Background :
- Experience in product-based companies.
- Exposure to high-throughput or event-driven systems.
- Strong focus on code quality, observability, and reliability.
- Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
🧑💻 Interview Process :
- 1 Internal Screening Round
- HR Discussion (Project & Communication Evaluation)
- 3 Technical Rounds with Client
This is a fresh requirement, and interviews will be scheduled immediately.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services
using Python.
● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.
● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
capable of handling high-scale workloads.
● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based
services, where required.
● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and
production issue resolution.
● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,
and production readiness.
● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other
cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth
and engineering excellence.
● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements
across backend systems.
● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,
production-grade solutions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend
development.
● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend
applications.
● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
architectures.
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and
high-availability architectures.
● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.
● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive
applications.
● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and
production operations.
● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean
architecture.
● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.
● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.

Experience and Expertise
● 7– 10 years of experience in backend development with Python or Golang.
● Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
● Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and OOPS principles.
● Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
● Familiarity with Linux development, Docker, and basic cloud concepts
(AWS/GCP/Azure).
● Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
● Familiarity with AI-powered development tools or exposure to projects involving large
language models (LLMs) is a plus.
Skills
● Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
● Good communication and collaboration skills across teams.
● Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while being a strong team
player.
● Growth mindset – eagerness to learn new technologies
Primary Skills:
Python / Golang, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
Core Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python or Golang.
- Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code with a focus on performance and scalability.
- Implement automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps teams for end-to-end feature delivery.
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
- Participate in design and architecture discussions to improve system efficiency.
- Contribute to improving development processes, coding standards, and best practices.
Experience and Expertise:
- 1-2 years of experience in backend development with Python or Golang.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and OOPS principles.
- Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with Linux development, Docker, and basic cloud concepts (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
- Familiarity with AI-powered development tools or exposure to projects involving large language models (LLMs) is a plus.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
- Good communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while being a strong team player.
- Growth mindset – eagerness to learn new technologies and improve continuously.
Primary Skills:
Python / Golang, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
Core Responsibilities:
- Design & Development: Architect and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python or Golang, ensuring high performance, resilience, and extensibility.
- System Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of critical modules, from design and development to deployment and support.
- Technical Leadership: Conduct design and code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team’s technical bar.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, architects, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Performance & Reliability: Troubleshoot complex issues in production systems, identify root causes, and design sustainable long-term solutions.
- Innovation: Evaluate new technologies, contribute to proof-of-concepts, and recommend tools that can improve developer productivity.
- Process Improvement: Drive initiatives to improve coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.
- Knowledge Sharing: Document designs, create technical guides, and share insights with the broader engineering team.
Experience and Expertise:
- 4–7 years of backend development experience with Python or Golang.
- Strong expertise in designing, developing, and scaling microservices and distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and performance optimization.
- Proficiency with databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
- Hands-on experience with Linux development, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and related services.
- Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills for production-grade systems.
- Experience with AI-powered development tools is a strong plus; familiarity with concepts like 'agentic coding' for workflow automation or 'context engineering' for leveraging LLMs in system design is highly desirable.
Skills:
- Strong problem-solving ability, with experience handling complex technical challenges.
- Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate trade-offs.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate independently while aligning with team goals.
- Passionate about engineering culture, quality, and developer productivity.
Primary Skills:
Python / Golang, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
Core Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python or Golang.
- Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code with a focus on performance and scalability.
- Implement automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps teams for end-to-end feature delivery.
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
- Participate in design and architecture discussions to improve system efficiency.
- Contribute to improving development processes, coding standards, and best practices.
Experience and Expertise:
- 2–4 years of experience in backend development with Python or Golang.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and OOPS principles.
- Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with Linux development, Docker, and basic cloud concepts (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
- Familiarity with AI-powered development tools or exposure to projects involving large language models (LLMs) is a plus.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
- Good communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while being a strong team player.
- Growth mindset – eagerness to learn new technologies and improve continuously.
● 4–7 years of backend development experience with Python or Golang.
● Strong expertise in designing, developing, and scaling microservices and distributed
systems.
● Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and performance optimization.
● Proficiency with databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching systems (Redis, Memcached),
and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
● Hands-on experience with Linux development, Docker, and Kubernetes.
● Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and related services.
● Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills for production-grade systems.
● Experience with AI-powered development tools is a strong plus; familiarity with
concepts like 'agentic coding' for workflow automation or 'context engineering' for
leveraging LLMs in system design is highly desirable.
● Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
Sr Backend Developer (Full Stack – Python / Django)
Preference: Please apply only if you are an IIT/NIT graduate and have strong hands-on experience in full-stack development with Python & Django.
Insurance/InsurTech experience is preferred. Strong engineering fundamentals and a willingness to learn the domain are more important.
Office location – Bangalore
Work mode – Onsite
Working Days – 5 days a week
Budget - 12-15 LPA
Work Experience - 2-5 years
Role Summary
We’re hiring Sr Backend Developers with strong full-stack Django expertise to own backend workstreams end-to-end and contribute to frontend development when needed. Hands-on Python/Django experience is essential.
(HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS).
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for Fuse-OS
Own medium-to-complex workstreams end-to-end: data models, APIs, background jobs, and light UI
wiring
Improve reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability of production systems
Apply sound engineering practices for multi-tenant SaaS (security, permissions, data isolation)
Collaborate closely with frontend, QA, and product/delivery to ship high-quality releases
Mentor other backend engineers through design discussions, pairing, and code reviews
Participate in architecture discussions and help evolve platform technical standards
Support production troubleshooting and continuous improvement of engineering quality
Required Skills & Qualifications
Solid experience with Django REST Framework, asynchronous job processing (e.g., Celery), Redis, and
PostgreSQL
Proven ability to design data models, write migrations, and ship maintainable APIs
Full-stack capability: HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS sufficient to complete UI wiring without blocking
frontend
Strong debugging skills across application, database, and background-job layers
Experience collaborating in Agile teams with clear quality standards and delivery cadence
Preferred / Nice to Have
Hands-on Selenium automation experience with Python (big plus)
AWS familiarity (compute, storage, messaging, monitoring, IAM basics) — optional but strongly preferred
Experience with multi-tenant architectures, containers, and production SaaS operations
Exposure to document/data processing pipelines, reconciliation-style systems, or enterprise integrations
Awareness of application security, RBAC, auditability, and privacy-by-design practices
Interest in AI-assisted product workflows and intelligent automation
What We Offer
Opportunity to build a category-defining Insurance Distribution Operating System (Fuse-OS)
Work on modern multi-tenant SaaS architecture with meaningful ownership and mentoring
Collaborative product and engineering culture focused on quality and customer outcomes
Exposure to enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled workflows, and large-scale operational systems
● 2–4 years of experience in backend development with Python or Golang.
● Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
● Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and OOPS principles.
● Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
● Familiarity with Linux development, Docker, and basic cloud concepts
(AWS/GCP/Azure).
● Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
● Familiarity with AI-powered development tools or exposure to projects involving large
language models (LLMs) is a plus.
Core Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python or Golang.
- Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code with a focus on performance and scalability.
- Implement automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps teams for end-to-end feature delivery.
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
- Participate in design and architecture discussions to improve system efficiency.
- Contribute to improving development processes, coding standards, and best practices.
Experience and Expertise:
- 1-2 years of experience in backend development with Python or Golang.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and OOPS principles.
- Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with Linux development, Docker, and basic cloud concepts (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
- Familiarity with AI-powered development tools or exposure to projects involving large language models (LLMs) is a plus.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
- Good communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while being a strong team player.
- Growth mindset – eagerness to learn new technologies and improve continuously.








