SDE 3 Backend

Software Development Engineer III (SDE3)

Location: Mumbai / Bangalore | Experience: 4+ Years 

About SolarSquare:

At SolarSquare we are building the Home-Energy brand of future India. We help homes switch to rooftop solar and move away from traditional coal electricity. We are a full-stack D2C residential solar brand - designing, installing, maintaining (after-sales) and financing solar systems for home-owners across India. 

In 3 years we have scaled to become the leading residential solar brand in India. We are obsessed with quality, customer service and innovating to make it simple for homes to switch to solar. We are looking for leaders to join us in this mission. 

Know us a bit better through these links: 

• How SolarSquare is Simplifying Residential Solar in India I Ft. Shreya Mishra and Neeraj Jain
• Featured by TIME Magazine- as World’s Top Greentech Companies of 2025 
• Solarsquare Raises $40 million in Series B Funding Round
• How SolarSquare has a chance to become a home energy brand in India
• Techcrunch SolarSquare article
• Elevation - Podcast with SolarSquare Founders
• Startup by IIT Grads Helps Indian Homes Run on Zero Electricity, Earns Rs 200 Crore in Revenues
• The Climate Conversations ft Solar Square
• Elevation Capital - SolarSquare

What this role is

You are an engineer who leads projects at the scope of a service or major subsystem.

That means: when a problem lands on your desk, it's usually ambiguous. Your job is to turn it into a clear problem statement, design a system to solve it, ship it through to production, and own how it behaves once it's there. You'll work with one or two engineers on most projects, and you'll be the technical person product, ops, and other engineering teams talk to about that domain.

You're not a senior individual contributor who only writes code for assigned tickets. You're not a tech lead who's stopped writing code. You're the person between those two — still hands-on, but increasingly the one shaping what gets built.

What you'll do

• Solve 2–4 complex problems a year end-to-end: shape the problem, design the system, ship it, monitor it.
• Design single-service systems independently. Define API contracts, data models, scale and reliability requirements. Document and review your design with peers before building.
• Turn ambiguity into clarity. Take half-formed product tasks and partner with PMs to define what's actually being built. Push back when the ask doesn't make sense.
• Stay hands-on. Write code that goes into production. Drive code reviews. Debug across service boundaries. Refactor when the codebase needs it.
• Mentor 1–2 junior engineers. Be someone's first reviewer. Pair when it helps. Take their growth as your responsibility, not a side activity.
• Be in hiring. Interview candidates regularly. Help shape the interview bar for your function.
• Own outcomes, not output. Track the business or operational metric your work moves. If it doesn't move, that's a problem you own — not a problem you delivered to.

What we're looking for

• Over 4 years of professional experience in software development, specifically focused on solving large-scale technical challenges.
• Expert-level proficiency in at least one major programming language (such as Java, GO, Rust, NodeJS etc) with a focus on writing scalable, maintainable, and unit-tested code.
• Strong command of object-oriented design, design patterns, and the creation of intuitive class-level interfaces.
• Hands-on experience with multi-threading, concurrency, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Deep understanding of relational databases (Postgres) and various NoSQL technologies like HBase, Elasticsearch, or Aerospike, Cassandra
• Comprehensive knowledge of the full software development life cycle on Linux platforms.
• Proven ability to build highly scalable applications that manage complex business logic and massive datasets.
• A proactive, "go-getter" mindset characterized by high energy and dedication to task ownership.
• Experience thriving in fast-paced startup environments with a strong sense of commitment and accountability.
• A passionate drive to tackle complex, real-world problems through innovative engineering.
• You've made and defended technical decisions, picked up problems no one assigned, or built things people use that no one asked for.
• Strong fundamentals in your primary stack — concurrency, data modeling, debugging across systems, performance work. We're stack-agnostic for the right person.
• Experience designing systems with explicit attention to scale, reliability, and cost — not just functional correctness.
• Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to monitor project outcomes and iteratively refine features based on real-world impact.

Job Title : Software Development Engineer II (SDE 2) – Java or Golang (Backend)

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Bengaluru

Working Days : 5 Days WFO

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Interview Process : 3 Client Rounds

Job Overview :

We are looking for an SDE 2 – Backend with strong hands-on experience in Java / Spring Boot or Golang to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications. Candidates with experience in caching services will be highly preferred.

Mandatory Skills :

Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Gin, gRPC, REST APIs, Microservices, MySQL / PostgreSQL / Oracle, System Design, Caching, Data Structures & Algorithms, Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS / GCP.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend applications and APIs.
• Develop microservices using Java / Spring Boot or Golang.
• For Golang roles, experience with Gin and gRPC is preferred.
• Work with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar databases.
• Design and optimize caching solutions for application performance.
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
• Conduct code reviews and write unit/integration tests.
• Troubleshoot bugs and performance issues.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and other engineering teams.
• Contribute to CI/CD, cloud, and DevOps practices.

Requirements :

• 3 to 5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java / Spring / Spring Boot or Golang.
• Good understanding of REST APIs, Microservices, DSA, and System Design.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD.
• Java candidates with end-to-end application design experience are preferred.
• Exposure to AI/ML tools or Low-Code/No-Code frameworks is a plus.

Interview Process :

Round 1 – LeetCode / Coding Round

• Data Structures & Algorithms
• Problem-solving and coding proficiency

Round 2 – System Design

• System architecture
• Scalability and performance
• API and database design
• Caching and distributed systems

Round 3 – Hiring Manager Round

• Technical depth
• Project and ownership experience
• Problem-solving approach
• Communication and collaboration
• Role and culture fit

Software Development Engineer (Associate/Intern)

Location: Remote (India preferred) | Type: Full-time | Compensation: Competitive salary + early-stage stock options

🧠 About Alpha

Modern revenue teams juggle 10+ point-solutions. Alpha unifies them into an agent-powered platform that plans, executes, and optimises GTM campaigns—so every touch happens on the right channel, at the right time, with the right context.

Alpha is building the world’s most intuitive AI stack for revenue teams —to engage, convert & scale revenue with an AI powered GTM team. l

Our mission is to make AI not just accessible, but dependable and truly useful.

We’re early, funded, and building with urgency. Join us to help define what work looks like when AI works for you.

🔧 What You’ll Do

You’ll lead the development of our AI GTM platform and underlying AI agents to power seamless multi-channel GTMs.

This is a hybrid UX-engineering role: you’ll translate high-level user journeys into interfaces that feel clear, powerful, and trustworthy.

Your responsibilities:

• Design & implement end-to-end features across React-TS/Next.js, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, and NestJs micro-services for LLM agents.
• Build & document scalable GraphQL / REST APIs that expose our data model (Company, Person, Campaign, Sequence, Asset, ActivityRecord, InferenceSnippet).
• Integrate third-party APIs (CRM, email, ads, CMS) and maintain data sync reliability > 98 %.
• Implement the dynamic agent flow builder with configurable steps, HITL checkpoints, and audit trails.
• Instrument product analytics, error tracking, and CI pipelines for fast feedback and safe releases.
• Work directly with the founder on product scoping, technical roadmap, and hiring pipeline.

✅ What We’re Looking For

• 1–3 years experience building polished web apps (React, Vue, or similar)
• Strong eye for design fidelity, UX decisions, and motion
• Experience integrating frontend with backend APIs and managing state
• Experience with visual builders, workflow editors, or schema UIs is a big plus
• You love taking complex systems and making them feel simple

💎 What You’ll Get

• Competitive salary + high-leverage early equity
• Ownership of user experience at the most critical phase
• A tight feedback loop with real users from Day 1
• Freedom to shape UI decisions, patterns, and performance for the long haul

We are seeking Senior Backend Engineers who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low-latency, distributed systems with RESTful services. You will be responsible for developing new software products (internal) and solving complex technical challenges for scale-ups and enterprise companies. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities—

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, and maintainable code.
• Solving complex technical problems.
• Performing an objective analysis of the problem statement and coming up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code.
• Coordinating cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards.
• Participating in and driving code reviews.
• Building robust, secure, and scalable microservices.
• Implementing RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway.
• Ensuring sub-second server response and will be responsible for implementing relational, document, key, object, or graph data stores, index stores and messaging stores as needed.
• Tracking defects and work with business owners and users to triage bugs and manage backlog
• Taking ownership to run and maintain Cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluating relevant technologies, influencing and driving architecture and design discussions.
• Architecting & designing the platform.
• Mentoring junior engineers helping them grow, performing code reviews, system monitoring & delegation.
• Writing documentation & create engineering processes.
• Working as an individual contributor.
• Helping drive KPIs with Product.
• Taking ownership of backend systems.
• Helping with unit tests & QA process.
• Scaling the engineering team.
• System scaling to hundreds of millions of users.
• Working with product managers and designs.

Requirements—

• Overall 5-10 years of experience in software development with a strong base in Golang/Java/Python and a degree in Computer Science(optional).
• Experience with Go, K8, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD.
• Experience with micro web frameworks – like Springboot, Gin/Mux.
• Experience in working with microservice architectures, Transactional systems, and Distributed environments.
• Exposure to building RESTful APIs with monitoring, fault tolerance, and metrics (with something like Hystrix).
• Experience with MySQL, and NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB).
• Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch and ESB - Camel, ActiveMQ.
• DevOps experience.
• Experience with AWS stack.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• To be a self-starter who can work well with minimal to no guidance in a fluid environment.
• To be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable & distributed systems.
• To be agile and able to adapt quickly to changing requirements scope and priorities.
• To be experienced in working on massively large-scale data systems in production environments.
• To have led or mentored an engineering team before(optional).
• To have contributed to open-source projects.
• To have a strong drive & desire for continued growth.
• Proficiency in English.
• Experience with Web3(optional).

Benefits—

• Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
• Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
• High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.

About us—

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer – 1 to join our engineering team. The role involves developing

and maintaining backend and/or full-stack product features using JavaScript / TypeScript and Node.js, building APIs

and integrations, working with databases and asynchronous workflows, debugging production issues, and contributing

to automated testing and engineering quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend and/or full-stack product features using JavaScript / TypeScript and

Node.js.

• Design and implement REST APIs and internal or external system integrations.

• Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases for data modelling, querying, validation, and persistence.

• Build user-facing interfaces using JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks where required.

• Implement automated unit, integration, and API tests and contribute to overall code quality.

• Work with asynchronous jobs, queues, webhooks, and third-party integrations where required.

• Investigate defects and production issues, identify root causes, and implement reliable fixes.

• Use logs, metrics, and debugging tools to identify and resolve application failures.

• Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, edge cases, and implementation

details.

• Use AI-assisted development tools effectively while understanding, reviewing, testing, and taking ownership of

generated code.

Why This Role Matters

Our backend is what keeps checkout, RTO, and payments fast and reliable at ~$2B GMV across 15,000+ merchants. As an SDE 2 you own services end to end, make the architecture calls that keep them performant, and set the technical bar for the engineers around you. The trade-offs you pick show up directly in merchant conversions and platform reliability - this is a builder's seat with real ownership.

What You'll Own

• Design and build backend services primarily in Node.js/NestJS, with Go for select services, backed by Postgres, Mongo, and Redis.
• Own event-driven flows on Kafka - throughput, ordering, and failure handling.
• Make and document the architecture and trade-off decisions for systems you lead.
• Ship features end to end, dropping into the frontend (React/Svelte) when it's the fastest path.
• Strengthen CI/CD, observability, and deployments on AWS.
• Review code, mentor SDE 1s and AEs, and raise the quality bar on the team.
• Take ambiguous problems and drive them to delivery with minimal hand-holding.

Who You Are

• Strong backend engineer in JavaScript/TypeScript on Node.js/NestJS (our primary stack); working knowledge of Go, or ready to pick it up.
• Solid at data modelling across Postgres and Mongo, and knows when Redis earns its place.
• Has built and scaled event-driven systems (Kafka or equivalent).
• At home on the backend but happy to work across the stack in React/Svelte.
• Thinks in systems - scalability, reliability, maintainability - not just features.
• Has mentored engineers and owns code quality and delivery, not just their own tickets.
• Communicates clearly and does well with ambiguity in a fast-moving team.

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

Role Description

Software Engineer is a full-time role based in Hyderabad with Onsite work arrangement. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining back-end services and APIs, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security across platforms. The engineer will participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making, collaborating closely with product owners, QA, and cross-functional teams. Daily responsibilities include writing clean, maintainable code, troubleshooting complex issues, improving system performance, and contributing to best practices, documentation, and engineering standards. The role also includes mentoring less experienced engineers and supporting continuous improvement in development processes and tooling.

Key Requirements/Skills

4-7 years of overall experience in software development with strong expertise in building scalable web & mobile applications.

• Strong technical decision-making ability, including architecture design, technology selection and implementation of best practices.
• Front-end expertise: Strong experience in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, NextJS and building responsive and user-friendly UI/UX.
• Back-end development: Hands-on experience with Node.js, Express JS, Nest JS, RESTful APIs, API design, and server-side architecture.
• Databases : Good Hands on Exprience in both SQL(PostgreSQL Preferred) & No SQL Databases
• Gen AI Expertise: Experience in building RAG & LLM Systems, implementing AI/ML models and integrating AI-based solutions to solve business problems. Expereince with Langchain, langgraph and Vector DBs, Voice AI(STT, TTS) Models and experience in using Open AI Tools (Calude, Cursor, etc.)
• Cloud & DevOps exposure: Experience with AWS/Azure, understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployments.
• Code quality & best practices: Experience in code reviews, Git version control, and ensuring maintainable and secure code.
• Team leadership: Ability to mentor developers, guide technical discussions, and collaborate across teams.
• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in high-compliance environments such as healthcare systems is a plus.
• Certifications in AWS & Other skills and technologies will be an added advantage.

Educational Qualification

• B.Tech / M.Tech in CSE/IT/AI&ML only from a recognized university/college. 

🚀Job Title : Senior Backend Engineer (Java / Golang) SDE 3

Experience : 5 to 12 Years

Positions : 4

Employment Type : C2H (Contract to Hire)

Contract Duration : 3 Months

Location : Remote during contract → Pune after conversion

Work Mode After Conversion : 5 Days WFO

Notice Period : Immediate / Serving Notice / Up to 15 Days preferred

Mandatory Skills : Golang (1+ year mandatory), 5+ years Backend Development, System Design, Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST / GraphQL APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, SQL & NoSQL Databases, AWS / GCP / Azure, Strong Problem-Solving & Communication Skills.

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer / SDE 3 with strong expertise in Java / Golang to design and build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services and APIs.

The role involves hands-on coding, system design, microservices, distributed systems, and collaboration with engineering and infrastructure teams.

Must-Have Skills :

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang.
• Minimum 1+ year of Golang experience is mandatory.
• Strong understanding of System Design & Distributed Systems.
• Experience with REST / GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Experience with Event Queues / Asynchronous Processing.
• Strong knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Important Note for Java Candidates :

Java candidates can be considered only if they have at least 1+ year of hands-on Golang experience and are willing to work in Golang.

Candidates with less than 1 year of Golang experience will not be considered.

Good to Have :

• Experience in Fintech / Payments / Transaction-heavy systems
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Datadog / Prometheus / Grafana
• CI/CD experience
• Exposure to Java or Ruby

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang.
• Build reliable, secure, and high-performance microservices and APIs.
• Implement event-driven and asynchronous processing systems.
• Work on system architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with mobile, web, and infrastructure teams.
• Develop unit, integration, and performance tests.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, documentation, and engineering best practices.

Interview Process :

Round 1 : Take-Home Coding Assessment – Submission within 48 hours

Round 2 : Code Pairing – Problem Extension

Round 3 : Culture Fitment

Senior Software Engineer I (Backend, Enterprise SaaS - AP) Role summary

•Senior individual contributor owning backend services for a large-scale enterprise SaaS platform (Kanban-style work management and flow).

•Designs and ships features end-to-end, collaborating closely with frontend, product, and QA.

What you’ll do

•Design, implement, and maintain Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript) backend services and APIs.

•Model and evolve core domain entities (boards, lanes, work items, WIP rules, permissions, cross-team connections).

•Build secure, multi-tenant REST/JSON APIs consumed by web frontends and other internal services.

•Implement business logic for work-flow, metrics, and cross-team visibility.

•Improve performance, reliability, and observability of existing services.

•Integrate backend services with data storage and analytics layers via well-designed interfaces.

•Write and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, contract) and participate in code reviews.

•Partner with product to refine requirements and break work into incremental, shippable slices.

Tech stack

•Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript

•REST/JSON APIs (GraphQL familiarity a plus)

•Relational/NoSQL data stores

•CI/CD, logging, metrics, and alerting tools

Experience & qualifications

•~6–9 years of backend engineering experience building web or SaaS products.

•Strong Node.js skills and experience designing clean API boundaries.

•Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed system basics.

•Experience in agile teams; comfortable collaborating across time zones.

Nice to have

•Experience with Kanban/Agile tools or other developer/productivity SaaS products.

•Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) in day-to-day development.

•Hands-on experience with React or close collaboration with React frontend teams.