Ruby on Rails Developer

Senior Backend Engineer

Node.js, System Design & Production Platforms

📍 Mumbai (On-site) | Full-time | 5+ years

About the Role:

Unico Connect is an AI-first technology partner that builds custom mobile, web, and AI products for clients across multiple geographies.

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own the backend architecture of a complex production AI platform on a dedicated client engagement: API design and data modelling, multi-tenancy, orchestration of long-running agent workloads, and the services that manage user projects and generated output.

We are open to full stack engineers whose primary strength and interest is backend. If you have shipped full stack work but the backend is where you do your deepest engineering, you are a fit for this role.

The mandatory requirement for this role is hands-on production experience as a senior backend engineer building complex, scalable systems in Node.js, with end-to-end ownership of architecture, data, and operations on at least one live platform.

The role is hands-on and architectural.

Expect to design system architecture, lead a small group of backend engineers, build the hardest parts yourself, set engineering standards, and partner closely with frontend, AI, and DevOps engineers.

A typical week includes an architecture decision on a new service, hands-on implementation of a critical path, a code review with mid-level engineers, and a working session with the AI engineer on an integration contract.

Responsibilities:

System Architecture

Own the backend architecture across engagements.

Make and document decisions on service boundaries, data models, API contracts, deployment topology, and trade-offs.

Hands-on Backend Delivery

Lead by example on complex modules, performance-critical paths, and high-risk areas using Node.js (Express, NestJS, Fastify) with TypeScript.

Pick up Python (FastAPI) where engagements require it.

Database Design and Performance

Drive PostgreSQL schema design, indexing, query optimisation, migrations, and capacity planning.

Set the data-modelling standard across the pod.

Caching, Queues, and Workflows

Design caching (Redis), event-driven patterns (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, NATS), and long-running workflow orchestration (Temporal, BullMQ, Celery, or equivalent).

Handle retries, idempotency, and failure recovery.

Multi-Tenancy and Platform Patterns

Design and implement multi-tenant data isolation, RBAC, audit logging, and resource quotas appropriate to enterprise-grade products.

API and Integration Design

Set the standard for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC contracts.

Drive versioning, authentication (OAuth, JWT, SSO), security by default, and developer ergonomics.

Observability and Operations

Instrument services with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Define SLOs, lead incident response, and write postmortems.

Code Quality and Mentorship

Run code reviews, define conventions, mentor mid-level engineers, and raise the engineering bar.

AI-Assisted Engineering Discipline

Use Claude, Cursor, and similar tools day to day.

Set the team standard for prompts, patterns, AI-assisted review, and validation of AI-generated backend code.

Client Engagement

Represent Unico Connect in technical conversations with customers.

Defend architectural decisions, communicate trade-offs, and manage scope.

Requirements:

Hands-on Production Experience as a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer in Node.js (Mandatory)

Must have personally built and shipped complex production systems in Node.js, owning architecture, data, and operations on at least one live engagement.

Full stack engineers whose deepest work is on the backend qualify.

POCs and internal tools alone do not qualify.

5+ Years of Professional Backend Engineering Experience

With at least 1 to 2 years in a senior or lead role with direct responsibility for technical decisions and team output.

Deep Node.js and TypeScript Proficiency

Strong with Express, NestJS, or Fastify.

Comfort with async patterns, streams, worker threads, and performance profiling.

Python as a Strong Plus

Hands-on production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask is a meaningful advantage.

Willingness and demonstrated ability to pick up Python as engagements demand is required.

PostgreSQL Depth

Schema design, normalisation, indexing, query performance, migrations, and at least one production system where you owned the data model end to end.

Caching and Event-Driven Architecture

Hands-on with Redis (or equivalent) and message queues or event-driven patterns (RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka, NATS).

AWS Depth

Hands-on production experience with EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ECR, and at least one of EKS, ECS, or Lambda.

Comfort owning deployment, monitoring, and cost.

System Design and End-to-End Ownership

Able to take an ambiguous problem, break it into components, evaluate alternatives, produce an architecture that holds up under review and load, plan execution, and ship with limited supervision.

AI-Assisted Engineering Experience

Daily use of Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or equivalent.

Strong discipline for reviewing and validating AI-generated backend code.

Excellent Written and Spoken English

Experience working directly with international clients.

Confident defending architectural choices in writing and in review.

Nice to Have:

• Workflow orchestration (Temporal, Airflow)
• GraphQL (Apollo, gRPC)
• Sandboxed execution environments
• Multi-tenant SaaS experience
• OpenTelemetry instrumentation
• Prior agency or consulting experience

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Location: bangalore

Mode of Work : 3 days from Office

DSA(Collections, Hash maps, trees, Linkedlist and Arrays, etc), Core Oops concepts(Multithreading, Multi Processing, Polymorphism, Inheritance etc) Annotations in Spring and Spring boot, Java 8 Vital features, database Optimization, Microsevices and Rest API

• Design, develop, and maintain low-latency, high-performance enterprise applications using Core Java (Java 5.0 and above).
• Implement and integrate APIs using Spring Framework and Apache CXF.
• Build microservices-based architecture for scalable and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for high/low-level design, development, and deployment of software solutions.
• Optimize performance through efficient multithreading, memory management, and algorithm design.
• Ensure best coding practices, conduct code reviews, and perform unit/integration testing.
• Work with RDBMS (preferably Sybase) for backend data integration.
• Analyze complex business problems and deliver innovative technology solutions in the financial/trading domain.
• Work in Unix/Linux environments for deployment and troubleshooting.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 3– 8 years of strong hands-on experience in Core Java, Spring boot, microservices, data structures.
• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Proven experience with Spring, CXF, and REST/SOAP web services.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience working with Sybase or other relational databases.
• Expertise in multithreading, concurrency, and high-throughput server-side development.
• Exposure to capital markets, sales & trading platforms, or similar financial services applications.
• Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience in solution architecture and design documentation is a strong plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and a proactive attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with global teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Previous experience in investment banking, capital markets, or financial technology domains

A SaaS startup founded in April 2020.

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers.

We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.

If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization. 

About you:

● 3- 5 years of experience

● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol

● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products

○ Spring

○ PostgreSQL

○ Redis ○ Docker

○ Message brokers

○ GitHub

● These non-functional areas are familiar to you

○ Performance

○ Debugging

○ Log management

Nice to have:

● Familiarity with AWS 

What’s in it for you?

● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.

● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.

● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.

● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.

● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.

● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more

Responsibilities:

• Good understanding of programming language
• Concepts of Java, Maven
• Source Control
• Logically Strong in coding practices
• Data structure Understanding.
• Security encryption and decryption
• Data encoding decoding

Requirements:

• Strong core Java development skills.
• Exposure to security tools.
• Experience in working with customers, understanding business requirements
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of Jenkins/Maven
• Key requirements: Core Java, CI/CD, Docker, Maven, Jenkins, REST API, Kafka, Redis, cache, elastic cache

About AMAZECH SOLUTIONS

Amazech Solutions is a Consulting and Services company in the Information Technology Industry. Established in 2007, we are headquartered in Frisco, Texas, U.S.A. The leadership team at Amazech brings to the table expertise that stems from over 40-man years of experience in developing software solutions in global organizations in various verticals including Healthcare, Banking Services, and Media & Entertainment 

We currently provide services to a wide spectrum of clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. We are actively engaged in Government projects, being an SBA approved company as well as being HUB certified by the State of Texas. 

Our customer-centric approach comes from understanding that our clients need more than technology professionals. This is an exciting time to join Amazech as we look to grow our team in India which comprises of IT professionals with strong competence in both common and niche skill areas.  

Job Description

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive and iterative delivery environment? You will be part of a large group of makers, breakers, doers, and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. 

We are seeking Software Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies to join our team. You will have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation and create various products that will disrupt and reimagine technology solutions by working with the best minds in the industry. 

Location: Bangalore, Pune (Hybrid / Remote)

Experience: 5-13 years

Employment type: Full time.

Permanent website: www.amazech.com

Role Description

This is a full-time Java Backend Developer role, based in Bengaluru with flexible remote work option. The Java Backend Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering complex Java-based applications and providing end-to-end support throughout the software development lifecycle. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional team members, gather and analyze requirements, identify and prioritize technical and functional requirements and provide innovative solutions to address business challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent technical degree)
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience in Java/J2EE
• Experience in defining software architecture, design patterns, and solution design
• Strong experience in microservices architecture, Angular, Spring Boot Framework, Hibernate, and Web Services (SOAP and REST)
• Experience in cloud infrastructure, ideally with Amazon Web Services
• Strong knowledge in database design, SQL query optimization, and performance tuning
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and mentor team members
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience and knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud services
• Proven ability to work well under pressure and deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines

Other Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent technical degree)
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with international clients.