
SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Build reusable APIs for our client-facing apps in Node.js
Create and maintain scalable infrastructure leveraging modern cloud platforms Write tests and documentation as you implement features with your team Maintain expertise in current and emerging technologies and tools
THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR
4+ years’ Experience with NodeJS
BS degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering Experience documenting and testing RESTful APIs
Experience working with databases in PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Redis
Experience and enthusiasm for working collaboratively with others in an Agile environment

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About Tamasha
Tamasha is building next-generation live, social, and real-time consumer
experiences across gaming, audio, video, and interactive platforms. Our backend
systems power millions of real-time interactions, low-latency data flows, and high
throughput event-driven services.
Role Overview
As a Software Development Engineer III (Backend), you will operate as a senior
individual contributor owning mission-critical backend systems. You will design
scalable architectures, solve complex distributed systems problems, and influence
engineering standards across teams.
Roles & Responsibilities
Own backend systems end-to-end, from design and implementation to
production reliability and long-term evolution.
Design scalable, fault-tolerant, and low-latency backend architectures for real
time and event-driven use cases.
Lead system design decisions including data models, service boundaries, async
workflows, and scalability strategies.
Build and operate high-throughput services handling millions of events, requests,
or messages per day.
Own reliability metrics such as p95/p99 latency, uptime, error budgets, and
participate in incident resolution and post-mortems.
Drive architectural migrations including monolith to microservices and
synchronous to asynchronous flows.
Collaborate with product, frontend, and data teams to translate complex
requirements into robust backend solutions.
Improve developer productivity by contributing to internal platforms, tooling,
CI/CD pipelines, and coding standards.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance
without direct people management.
Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, cost inefficiencies, and scalability
risks and resolve them at the system level.
Tech Stack
Backend: Node.js (NestJS / Express), Golang, Java
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
Messaging & Async: Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub
Real-time: WebSockets, Server-Sent Events
Cloud & Infra: AWS / GCP, Docker, Kubernetes
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
What We’re Looking For
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience
• Proven ownership of production systems at scale
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and async architectures
• Experience handling production incidents and system reliability
• Ability to independently design and evolve backend systems
What we want to accomplish and why we need you?
Jio Haptik is an AI leader having pioneered AI-powered innovation since 2013. Reliance Jio Digital Services acquired Haptik in April 2019. Haptik currently leads India’s AI market having become the first to process 15 billion+ two-way conversations across 10+ channels and in 135 languages. Haptik is also a Category Leader across platforms including Gartner, G2, Opus Research & more. Recently Haptik won the award for “Tech Startup of the Year” in the AI category at Entrepreneur India Awards 2023, and gold medal for “Best Chat & Conversational Bot” at Martequity Awards 2023. Haptik has a headcount of 200+ employees with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore.
What will you do everyday?
As a backend engineer you will be responsible for building the Haptik platform which is used by people across the globe. You will be responsible for developing, architecting and scaling the systems that support all the functions of the Haptik platform. While you know how to work hard, you also know how to have fun at work and make friends with your colleagues.
Ok, you're sold, but what are we looking for in the perfect candidate?
Develop and maintain expertise in backend systems and API development, ensuring seamless integrations and scalable solutions, including:
- Strong expertise in backend systems, including design principles and adherence to good coding practices.
- Proven ability to enhance or develop complex tools at scale with a thorough understanding of system architecture.
- Capability to work cross-functionally with all teams, ensuring seamless implementation of APIs and solutioning for various tools.
- Skilled in high-level task estimation, scoping, and breaking down complex projects into actionable tasks.
- Proficiency in modeling and optimizing database architecture for enhanced performance and scalability.
- Experience collaborating with product teams to build innovative Proof of Concepts (POCs).
- Ability to respond to data requests and generate reports to support data-driven decision-making.
- Active participation in code reviews, automated testing, and quality assurance processes.
- Experience working in a scrum-based agile development environment.
- Commitment to staying updated with technology standards, emerging trends, and software development best practices.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate collaboration and clarity.
Requirements*:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in developing scalable products and applications.
- Must Have Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related field.
- Proficiency in Python and expertise in at least one backend framework, with a preference for Django.
- Hands-on experience designing normalized database schemas for large-scale applications using technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, or Elasticsearch.
- Practical knowledge of in-memory data stores like Redis or Memcached.
- Familiarity with working in agile environments and exposure to tools like Jira is highly desirable.
- Proficiency in using version control systems like Git.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in team settings.
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering results.
- Additional knowledge of RabbitMQ, AWS/Azure services, Docker, MQTT, Lambda functions, Cron jobs, Kibana, and Logstash is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of web servers like Nginx/Apache is considered a valuable asset.
* Requirements is such a strong word. We don’t necessarily expect to find a candidate that has done everything listed, but you should be able to make a credible case that you’ve done most of it and are ready for the challenge of adding some new things to your resume.
Tell me more about Haptik
- On a roll: Announced major strategic partnership with Jio.
- Great team: You will be working with great leaders who have been listed in Business World 40 Under 40, Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT 35 Under 35 Innovators.
- Great culture: The freedom to think and innovate is something that defines the culture of Haptik. Every person is approachable. While we are working hard, it is also important to take breaks to not get too worked up.
- Huge market: Disrupting a massive, growing chatbot market. The global market is projected to attain a valuation of US $0.94 bn by the end of 2024 progressing from US $0.11 bn earned in 2015.
- Great customers: Businesses across industries - Samsung, HDFCLife, Times of India are some that have relied on Haptik's Conversational AI solutions to engage, acquire, service and understand customers.
- Impact: A fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its people to make a huge impact.
Working hard for things that we don't care about is stress, but working hard for something we love is called passion! At Haptik we passionately solve problems in order to be able to move faster and don't shy away from breaking things!
Experience of atleast 9 + years in developing Java Solutions and Architecture
Mandatory Experience of working on AWS, Microservices architecture, Dockers, Kubernetes
Experience in creating architecture for Cloud Applications in AWS
Should have worked on large scale Saas application for atleast 3 years
Knowledge and experience in any of the following
Javascript, AngularJS, Python, Ruby, PHP
Driving DevOps best practices by using Docker, Kubernetes.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Location Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
If you love to work in a fast-paced startup environment and desire to solve some very
challenging problems using technology, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to work as a Senior Software
Developer. You will be involved in working on multiple products for the scaling and growth
stage of the lifecycle.
We work closely with the real world,. If you are interested to grow and learn in your career
and at the same time work on products for the 1Bn user market, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities
● Managing and guiding a team of junior developers for timely delivery of product and
milestones
● Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
● Implementation of security and data protection
● Design and implementation of data storage solutions
● Design & Build: Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for
mission-critical systems, and delivering high-availability and performance.
● Collaborate - Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best
practices and leverage a world-class tech stack.
● Measurable Outcome - You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate
the quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against
set marks.
● DevOps - You will need to set up every essential (tracking/alerting) to make sure the
infrastructure/software you built is working as expected.
● Design and development of our REST APIs
● Help maintain code quality, architecture, and automation
Required Knowledge and Skills
● Over 3 years of experience working in backend development technologies and
DevOps
● Highly curious and ready to dive into complex technical challenges.
● Proficiency in development and scripting in Python, Django/Flask framework.
● Some experience in Angular 6+, JavaScript or TypeScript would be a plus.
● Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices -
bonus points for MySQL and MongoDB
● 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
● Setup and administration of backups
● 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
● Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
● Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
● Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
● Hands-on experience with architecture and structural design patterns
● Expertise in designing, developing, deploying, and integrating RESTful APIs
● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical
requirements
● A knack for benchmarking and optimization
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Personality
● Requires excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation.
● You should be a team player.
● You should be positive towards problem-solving, have a very structural thought
process to solve problems
● Interest to work in a high paced start-up environment with a large amount of learning.
● Good understanding of different frameworks, and be able to pick up new
technologies at ease.
● You should be agile enough to figure out a need for new technologies/frameworks
and learn new technology for better product performance.
In this role, you should be able to write functional code with a sharp eye for spotting defects. You should be a team player and an excellent communicator. If you are also passionate about the .NET framework and software design/architecture, we- d like to meet you.
Your goal will be to work with internal teams to design, develop and maintain software.
Responsibilities and Duties :
- Writing clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages.
- Build high-quality scalable and predictable web applications on the .NET Technology stack and maintain internal and external facing web applications.
- Creating and integrating services and APIs using Web API 2 for various products and applications.
- Working on system architecture and databasing in MongoDB, MySQL, and NoSQL.
- Make regular modifications to existing software for error correction, adaptation to new hardware, and improving overall function and performance
- Evaluate new code for reliable architecture, stability, reusability, performance, automation, security, and metrics
- Using JSON to store and transport data.
- Working with other team members and the team lead using Project Management Tools and Version Source Control to create industry-leading technological products.
Skills required:
- 1 - 3 years of experience in MongoDB.
- Knowledge about AWS Cloud is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of .NET development and lifecycle methods in C# Language.
- Experience in making Web API 2 including routes, class components, async methods, parallel programming, authentication, and authorization, etc.
- Experience and hands-on knowledge of data management methods with MongoDB, MySQL, or NoSQL, etc.
- Should have experience and understanding of using JSON.
- Familiarity with working with .NET Framework, JavaScript, HTML. Knowledge of .NET Core is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience working with AWS Cloud and cloud computing techniques is an added advantage, but not a requirement.
- Having a BSc Degree in Computer Science is optional but should have some educational knowledge of computer science.










