
Position: Lead Backend Engineer
Location: Remote
Experience: 10+ Years
Budget: 1.7 LPM
Employment Type: [Contract]
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 10+ years of proven backend engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Expertise in SQL (Postgres) and database optimization.
- Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs.
- Strong command of FastAPI and microservices architecture.
- Solid knowledge of debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Agentic Systems or ability to quickly adopt them.
- Exposure to modern CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

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Job Role Senior Dot Net Developer
Experience 8+ years
Notice period Immediate
Location Trivandrum / Kochi
Details Job Description
Candidates with 8+ years of experience in IT industry and with strong .Net/.Net Core/Azure Cloud Service/ Azure
DevOps. This is a client facing role and hence should have strong communication skills. This is for a US client, and
the resource should be hands-on - experience in coding and Azure Cloud.
Working hours - 8 hours, with 4 hours of overlap during EST Time zone. (12 PM - 9 PM) This overlap hours is
mandatory as meetings happen during this overlap hours.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, enhance, document, and maintain robust applications using .NET Core 6/8+, C#, REST APIs, T-
SQL, and modern JavaScript/jQuery
☑ Integrate and support third-party APIs and external services
☑ Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions across the full technology stack
☑ Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
☑ Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and manage tasks using Jira
☑ Understand technical priorities, architectural dependencies, risks, and implementation challenges
☑ Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing solutions with a strong focus on performance and reliability.
Primary Skills
8+ years of hands-on development experience with:
☑ C#, .NET Core 6/8+, Entity Framework / EF Core
☑ JavaScript, jQuery, REST APIs
☑ Expertise in MS SQL Server, including:
☑ Complex SQL queries, Stored Procedures, Views, Functions, Packages, Cursors, Tables, and Object Types
☑ Skilled in unit testing with XUnit, MSTest
☑ Strong in software design patterns, system architecture, and scalable solution design
☑ Ability to lead and inspire teams through clear communication, technical mentorship, and ownership
☑ Strong problem-solving and debugging capabilities
☑ Ability to write reusable, testable, and efficient code
☑ Develop and maintain frameworks and shared libraries to support large-scale applications
☑ Excellent technical documentation, communication, and leadership
skills
☑ Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
☑ Experience in API Integrations
2+ years of hands with Azure Cloud Services, including:
☑Azure Functions
☑Azure Durable Functions
☑Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Storage Queues
☑Blob Storage, Azure Key Vault, SQL Azure
☑Application Insights, Azure Monitoring.
Secondary Skills
☑Familiarity with AngularJS, ReactJS, and other front-end frameworks
☑Experience with Azure API Management (APIM)
☑Knowledge of Azure Containerization and Orchestration (e.g., AKS/Kubernetes)
☑Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Logic Apps
☑Exposure to Application Support and operational monitoring
☑Azure DevOps - CI/CD pipelines (Classic / YAML).
Certifications Required (IF Any)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
☑Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
☑Other relevant certifications in Azure, .NET, or Cloud technologies.

Core Focus:
- Operate with a full DevOps mindset, owning the software lifecycle from development through production support.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and global team collaboration, including on-call support.
Mandatory/Strong Technical Skills (6–8+ years of relevant experience required):
- Java: 4.5 to 6.5 years experience
- AWS: Strong knowledge and working experience with Cloud technologies minimum 2 years.
- Kafka: 2 years of Strong knowledge and working experience with data integration technologies
- Databases: Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB).
Other Key Technologies & Practices:
- Python, Spring Boot, and API-based system design.
- Containers/Orchestration (Kubernetes).
- CI/CD tools (Gitlab, Splunk, Datadog).
- Familiarity with Terraform and Airflow.
- Experience in Agile methodology (Jira, Confluence).
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Requirements
- You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
- Should have excellent command over designing systems with a minimum experience of 4 years.
- Should have experience with various database flavors and writing complex queries. We work with Postgres, Redshift, ElasticSearch, TimescaleDB, and Redis.
- Additional knowledge in Golang will be an advantage
- Strong Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge
- Should have created APIs from scratch which is being used in Production
- Should be comfortable with creating systems handling up to 100k requests per minute, and have a mindset that understands scale
- Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
- Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
- Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
- Knowledge of how to set up relevant test cases
- You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good internet connection and availability on phone is required)
- App Development experience
- Experience in Test Driven Development
- Ability to tell Product what creates better User Experience, ability to tell frontend what API responses will help the user get a faster load time
- Inquisitiveness to understand the system as a whole, and not only be stuck to your domain of expertise (Eg: Figure out why excessive APIs calls are being made, brainstorm with Product and Frontend team to reduce the same without harming the UX )
- Experience in working on a Social Media Product
- Good knowledge of Graphs, and their applications
- Data-Driven Approach to monitoring
Benefits
- Work timings - You are the master of your time. However, with great freedom comes great responsibility. If you have committed something to the team, we expect that you will give it your best to make sure that commitment is done and is done on time.
- Leave policy - Take a leave whenever for whatever reason you want. You don't need to explain yourself to us
- Health insurance for you and your family
Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Location: Remote
Notice Period: Immediate Joiner Preferred
Experience: 4-6 Years
Requirements:
- B Tech/M Tech in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college with a minimum of 4 – 6 years of experience in a Product Development Company
- Sound knowledge and application of algorithms and data structures with space and me complexities
- Strong design skills involving data modeling and low-level class design
- Good knowledge of object-oriented programming and design patterns
- Proficiency in Python, Java, and Golang
- Follow industry coding standards and be responsible for writing maintainable/scalable/efficient code to solve business problems
- Hands-on experience of working with Databases and the Linux/Unix platform
- Follow SDLC in an agile environment and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to drive deliveries
- Strong technical aptitude and good knowledge of CS fundamentals
What will you get to do here?
- Coming up with best practices to help the team achieve their technical tasks and continually thrive in improving the technology of the product/team.
- Driving the adoption of best practices & regular Participation in code reviews, design reviews, and architecture discussions.
- Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you can create.
- Implementation of long-term technology vision for your team.
- Creating architectures & designs for new solutions around existing/new areas
- Decide on technology & tool choices for your team & be responsible for them.
Key Responsibilities:
- Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
- Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
- Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
- Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
- Write unit tests for API Testing.
- Automate the code testing and deployment process.
Skills Required:
- At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
- Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
- Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.
Required Skills:
- Experience in Node.js Frameworks
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript, Socket IO, ExpressJS & SailsJS
- Experience working with third-party developer tools, including documentation, APIs, and SDKs
- Good Grasp of Asynchronous Programming and Its Workarounds
- Database Schema design for Business Processes
- Working Knowledge of JWT-based passport Authentication
- Can Write and Refactor Efficient Codes
- Experience in Implementing Data Protection
- Must have demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality products on time
- Knowledge of GIT, SVN technology
- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain.
- Have a good understanding of design and user experience principles.
- Open-minded, flexible, and willing to adapt to changing situations
- Ability to work independently as well as on a team and learn from colleagues
- High adaptability in a dynamic start-up environment
- Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably, and securely. Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a tenacious commitment to finding the root cause of issues.
Qualifications :
- B. Tech/ B.E. /M. Tech/ BCA / MCA or a related technical discipline from reputed universities
Skills Required :
- Minimum 2+ years of experience in REST API development using python.
- Must have experience with anyone popular python frameworks like Django, Flask, and FastAPI Framework.
- Experience in designing and developing Restful Web services and Remote procedure calls.
- Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Knowledge of load testing and optimizing code for performance, security, and scalability
- Experience with Unit testing frameworks in Python
- Knowledge of modern authorization & authentication mechanisms.
- Able to create database schemes that represent and support business processes
- Knowledge of Version Control System & basics of CI/CD
- Write and maintain technical documentation
- Solid foundation in OOPS, Data structures, and Algorithms
- Knowledge of SDLC phases of project development.
- Experience in one or more No SQL Databases such as MongoDB, and Cassandra.
- Experience with event-based databases and programming
- Good experience in synchronous programming and thread-based programming.
- Experience with schedulers.
- Good to have knowledge of Linux shell commands.
- Good to have experience in Kubernetes & Docker
- Knowledge of any Cloud Service like GCP or AWS would be an added advantage
- Cares deeply about writing Quality, Testable & Modular code
- Good to have an understanding of NLP.
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About iTribe:
iTribe is on a mission to make discussing finance from being a taboo topic to a dinner table topic, which means making "Bharat" financially literate and independent. iTribe is a social network which allows anyone to discover, discuss, vet ideas and seek advice from like-minded iTribe aims at making Finance simple, witty and fun for everyone
Founded in 2021 by IIT Kharagpur alumni to convert their own journey of becoming investors into a product to help billion users. An emerging startup backed by some of the most respected investors around the world.
Responsibilities
- Craft clean, manageable code, maintain proper documentation and code integrity
- Maintain quality and ensure 100% uptime
- Create, test and deploy the applications on production servers
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies and frameworks to maximize development efficiency
- Responsible for security and data protection.
- Working alongside Product managers to architect and design new features.
- Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to launch new features.
- Unblock peers and keep all the internal and external teams informed about the progress of development
Requirements
- 2 - 5 years of experience in designing and developing Server side component (REST APIs, Micro service Architecture)
- Good understanding and strong in data structures and algorithms (Degree in computer science is an added advantage)
- OOP implementation experience with back-end programming languages (Ex: JavaScript, Python, Java, etc).
- Good to have experience with event driven architecture.
- Good understanding of databases such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
- Well-versed with Software Development Life Cycle
- Demonstrate the ability to be a self-starter, learn and implement new technologies/ frameworks
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Why you should join iTribe?
- Building a product which is not done in decades.
- Be a part of the founding team and work directly with the founders.
- Competitive Salary
- ESOPs - ownership in the company
- Medical Insurances
- Subscriptions to premium platforms for learning
- Books that you ask for
- Friendly leave policy
About the job
Job Description
We are looking for a Back-End Engineer 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 coworkers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.
Responsibilities
- Develop and Maintain REST API's
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
- 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
- Follow and encourage Test-Driven Development (TDD) Approach
Skills And Qualifications
- Strong foundation and knowledge about Object-Oriented Design Principles
- Champion of the TDD approach
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Proficient in Python programming language
- 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
- Outputting data in different formats
- 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
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Understanding accessibility and security compliance









