SDE I: Backend Engineer (Symfony / Laravel)

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to guide our micro-service platform and mentor a fully remote backend team. You’ll blend hands-on technical ownership with people leadership—shaping architecture, driving cloud best practices, and coaching engineers in their careers and craft.

Key Responsibilities:

Area

What You’ll Own

Architecture & Delivery

• Define and evolve backend architecture built on Java 17+, Spring Boot 3, AWS (Containers, Lambdas, SQS, S3), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Databricks, Redis etc...

• Lead design and code reviews; enforce best practices for testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and cost-efficient cloud operations.

• Drive technical roadmaps, ensuring scalability (billions of events, 99.9 %+ uptime) and rapid feature delivery.

Team Leadership & Growth

• Manage and inspire a distributed team of 6-10 backend engineers across multiple time zones.

• Set clear growth objectives, run 1-on-1s, deliver feedback, and foster an inclusive, high-trust culture.

• Coach the team on AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LLM-based code review) to boost productivity and code quality.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as technical liaison to Product, Frontend, SRE, and Data teams, translating business goals into resilient backend solutions.

• Communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences; influence cross-functional decisions.

Technical Vision & Governance

• Own coding standards, architectural principles, and technology selection.

• Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks (especially around GenAI and cloud-native patterns) and create adoption strategies.

• Balance technical debt and new feature delivery through data-driven prioritization.

Required Qualifications:

● 8+ years designing, building, and operating distributed backend systems with Java & Spring Boot

● Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers; direct people-management a plus

● Expert knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns

● Hands-on mastery of Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and Redis for high-volume, low-latency workloads

● Demonstrated success scaling systems to millions of users or billions of events Strong grasp of DevOps practices: containerization (Docker), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), observability stacks

● Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in a remote-fi rst environment

Nice-to-Have:

● Hands-on experience with Datadog (APM, Logs, RUM) and a data-driven approach to debugging/performance tuning

● Startup experience—comfortable wearing multiple hats and juggling several projects simultaneously

● Prior title of Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Manager in a high-growth SaaS company

● Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, CodeWhisperer, Cursor) and a track record of introducing them safely

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Java / Spring Boot, AWS) – Remote

Leadership Role

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Tasks:

·      You will take part in the design of the architecture and the development of modern software-based applications in the back-end (Node.JS, TypeScript, Nest.JS)

·      You support the technological conception, programming and implementation of new features

·      You help manage IoT-to-Cloud services, Microservices, Kubernetes and Docker on GCP

Requirements:

·      Bachelor or Master student in an IT-related field of study

·      Ability to holistically conceive applications in multiple technologies in the backend

·      Experience in agile software development with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.JS and ideally Nest.JS

·      First experiences in Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and Docker

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Nice to Have:

·      Experience with GraphQL, Microservices, Kubernetes

·      Understanding of IoT device management and message brokers like AMQP or MQTT

Benefits:

·      A responsible position in a fast-growing and highly innovative start-up

·      An agile and diverse team with colleagues from all over the world

·      English speaking open work environment, with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths

·      Advanced technology stack leveraging cutting-edge IoT hardware and software

·      Creative freedom for own ideas, projects and personal development

·      Team building, learning and start-up events

Required Experience - 2+ Years

Work location - Remote

Must have skills - PHP , YII , OOPS

Requirements:

• Experience in Frameworks: YII
• Must have good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good Knowledge of OOPS.
• Write error free code and follow coding standards. Able to perform Code Review job.
• Work closely with QA person to assist in the testing process.
• Perform R&D tasks if assigned and communicate with the Designer and UI team.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Able to work closely with the team and meet the tight deadlines where necessary.
• Strong Communication Skills.

Required skills:-

2+ years of experience in the Development of JAVA technology.

Strong Java Basics

SpringBoot or Spring MVC

Hands-on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)

Proficient in REST API development

Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)

Microservices

Any Caching Mechanism

Good at problem-solving

Good to Have Skills:

2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks

Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.

Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.

Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

• Mandatory skills -PHP Experience.
• Experience in web application development and web developer.
• Good Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, XML
• Good debugging skills .
• Expertise in MVC Frameworks and good technology exposure of CI/Larvel frameworks added advantage.

• Elocity is a cleantech start-up striving to make the world a better place through technology innovations. We are building a global infrastructure for making the transition to electric vehicles viable, affordable, and sustainable by working closely with the utilities, governments, and public.  
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• Headquartered out of Canada, we are a team of highly specialized domain experts and problem solvers enabling utilities, public and private sector entities to successfully manage the demands of electric vehicle charging and its infrastructure needs to pave the way for electromobility in future.  
• To know more visit https://elocitytech.com/" target="_blank">https://elocitytech.com/ 

• Responsibilities:  
• Determines technical feasibility of features or solutions by evaluating problem, customer requirements, possible solutions and technology requirements.  
• Exercises judgement in prioritizing tasks and selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.  
• Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and diagrams.  
• Develops software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analysing data and processes and following established software development practices and processes.  
• Develops proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback  
• Updates and shares knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing technology; reading professional publications  
• Networks with internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.  

• Good command in JavaScript/TypeScript. Knowledge of Java/Python will be a plus.  
• Experience in Debugging/troubleshooting TypeScript code.  
• Experience in API development (REST/GraphQL etc)  
• Experience in development of Web and Mobile(android/iOS) applications  
• Exposure of Parallel and Asynchronous programming  
• Experience in writing Unit tests (Jest or any similar framework)  
• Should be proficient in relational Database concepts (Postgres etc.)  
• Knowledge of Non-relational Databases would be a plus.  
• Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts.  
• Good Understanding of Design Patterns.  
• Good command of Data structures, Algorithms and Complexity.  
• Good at problem solving and analytical skills.  
• Experience with Source Code Versioning systems (Git etc)  
• Understanding of Micro services Architecture would be a plus has context menu

About Climate Connect Digital

Our team is inspired to change the world by making energy more intelligent, greener, and affordable. Established in 2011 in London, UK, and now headquartered in Gurgaon, India. We have become a leading energy-AI software player from unassuming beginnings at the vanguard of accelerating the global energy transition.

In 2020, Renew Power, India’s largest renewables developer, acquired Climate Connect. Following ReNew’s listing on NASDAQ during summer 2021, Climate Connect has become the technology anchor of a new fully independent subsidiary - Climate Connect Digital. With backing from ReNew as the anchor investor to pursue an ambitious and visionary new strategy for rapid organic and inorganic growth.

Our mission has technology at its core and involves unlocking value through intelligent software, digitalisation, and ‘horizontal integration’ across the energy ecosystem. However, the application of computational power and machine learning to the energy sector has yet to be fully leveraged and can create massive value.

How you fit in

• Curious. You love learning about new tools and technologies
• Exposure. You have plenty of experience in executing projects successfully. You have a client-side exposure on project management
• Team player. You have no problem working in a team setting. You can effectively collaborate with people to reach a solution.
• Problem solver. You are the person your peers turn to for solving problems.
• Talented. You are an expert in database designing.
• Leader. You know how to prioritize work and inspire your colleagues. You are great with project planning and working on multiple things at once. You know you can effectively lead a group of people.
• Honesty. You work diligently and honestly. You have strong moral principles.

Job Responsibilities

You will be working at the epicenter of energy transformation. You will be creating data-driven software solutions for forecasting and scheduling data in the renewables power market, while guiding your junior team members for the same. Ultimately, through your contribution to the renewable energy revolution, you will be doing your bit to mitigate the effects of climate change. These are a few things you can look forward to working on:

• Designing and implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications
• Identifying and mitigating security-related threats to the application.
• Using your expertise in database designing and application architecture planning for Core & MVC projects
• Debugging browser extensions & server tools
• Solving complex technical issues
• Ensuring quality projects are delivered within defined timelines
• Designing new frameworks, debugging and modifying existing frameworks
• Maintaining databases to ensure strong optimization and functionalities
• Working on multiple Renewables & Utilities projects in Power Market
• Guiding your peers and motivating them to do their best
• Designing and implementing the software as per the project requirements
• Taking responsibility to lead the project teams

Job Requirements

• PHP/Python
• MVC Framework Laravel / Python Flask.
• AJAX, HTML/HTML5 & CSS/CSS3, JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks (preferably jQuery)
• Web services (SOAP, REST)
• SQL and NoSQL scripting and databases like MYSQL and Mongo DB administration
• Code versioning tools, such as Git
• AngularJS / ReactJS
• B.E / B. Tech / M. Tech / BSC in CS or IT
• 4-6 years of experience in the field

What’s in it for you

We offer competitive salaries based on prevailing market rates. In addition to your introductory package, you can expect to receive the following benefits:

• Flexible working hours and leave policy

• Learning and development opportunities

• Medical insurance/Term insurance, Gratuity benefits over and above the salaries

• Access to industry and domain thought leaders.

At Climate Connect, you get a rare opportunity to join an established company at the

early stages of a significant and well-backed global growth push. We are building a remote-first organisation ingrained in the team ethos. We understand its importance for the success of any next-generation technology company. The team includes passionate and self-driven people with unconventional backgrounds, and we’re seeking a similar spirit with the right potential.

REQUIREMENTS:

Primary Skills -

• PHP Version 7.1.33 or higher
• Codeigniter 3 or higher (PHP MVC Framework)
• MS SQL Server 2005 (DB)
• Apache 2.4.6 or higher (Web Server)Ubuntu 18.04 or higher / Red Hat Linux / Similar (Operating System on machines).

Good to Have:

The knowledge of any of the following Content Management Systems:

• Magento
• Wordpress
• Prestashop
• Drupal
• Opencar