Senior Backend Developer

Role: Backend Engineer

Experience: 2–4 Years

Location: Remote

Education: B.Tech/M.Tech from IITs only

Tech Stack: Node.js, Golang, Microservices, REST APIs, AWS

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable backend services using Node.js and Golang
• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices architecture for high-performance applications
• Optimize and refactor code for performance and scalability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, frontend, and data teams
• Work in a cloud-native AWS environment with CI/CD and containerization

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of backend development experience
• Strong hands-on with Node.js and Golang
• Experience in building distributed systems and APIs
• Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching, and performance optimization
• Must be from IITs (any campus)
• Strong problem-solving skills and startup mindset

Perks:

• 100% Remote Work
• Work with a high-caliber team from top institutes
• Impact-driven, fast-paced startup culture

About Shopalyst:

Shopalyst offers a Discovery Commerce platform for digital marketers. Combining data, AI and deep integrations with digital media and e-commerce platforms, Shopalyst connects people with products they love. More than 500 marquee brands leverage our SaaS platform for data driven marketing and sales in 30 countries across Asia, Europe and Americas. We have offices in Fremont CA, Bangalore, and Trivandrum. Our company is backed by Kalaari Capital.

About the Role: Software Engineer (Python)

We are currently looking for people to join our Engineering team where internet scale, reliability, security, high performance and self-management drives almost every design decision that we take. This role will be based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build functional products and applications. Software Engineers responsibilities include participating in software design, writing clean and efficient code adhering to coding standards, guidelines & best practices for various applications, running tests to improve system functionality, performance & security and documenting design and code.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop robust and scalable server-side applications using Node.js.
• Utilize Python to write batch jobs and scripts for various automation tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and other performance issues to maintain system stability.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with coding standards.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Mentor junior developers and share knowledge to foster a collaborative learning environment.

Must Have requirements

• Strong understanding of Node.js and its core concepts, such as event-driven. architecture, asynchronous programming, and callbacks.
• Proficiency in Python, with a strong understanding of its ecosystem, libraries, and frameworks.
• Proven 1-5 years of experience working as a Node.js/Python Developer or in a similar role.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge in any NoSQL (preferable)or relational databases
• Good exposure to working on Linux/Unix systems.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git)

Nice to have requirements

• Proficiency in TypeScript to write scalable and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.
• Basic understanding of GoLang/Java as a coding language

At Yugen, we're buildingCansoan AI-agent driven fraud Investigation platform for financial organisations. We're currently in the0-1 stageand we're looking for curious andhigh-agencyengineers to join us in this journey to shape a category defining product with global impact.

You should be eager to learn, prefer a fast-paced environment, and are excited about getting agentic systems to work in production. More importantly, no matter how tough the challenge, you're someone who's never afraid toshow up.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend systems (APIs, Pipelines and AI applications)
• Work with other team members (Backend, ML, Data Engineers, Product & Design) to ship features quickly
• Learn how to debug & resolve production issues to ensure system uptime
• Participate in architectural & system design discussions
• Explore new technologies and frameworks & come up with suggestions to improve existing systems

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in one or more of: Python, Go, TypeScript or similar
• Strong understanding of software development principles (OOPS, REST APIs, etc. ) and tooling such Git
• Familiarity with databases (SQL or NoSQL)
• A deep sense of curiosity and a knack for experimentation with AI applications
• You're proactive and love getting things done regardless of external factors
• Strong communication skills and a very good eye for detail

Must Have

• Excellent coding skills with strong problem-solving abilities
• Meaningful contributions to open-source projects
• Strong proof of building and deep focus. For example
• Active participation in multiple hackathons, with top-3 finishes or notable wins
• At-least 1 self-driven portfolio project that has been maintained over 4 months. Github repos with frequent commits showing continuous progress would be great.

Should be highly Technical and hands-on experience in Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning and Python. Managing the successful delivery of projects by efficient planning and coordination.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION :

• Create Technical Design for AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, NLU, NLG projects and implement the same in production.
• Solid understanding and experience of deep learning architectures and algorithms
• Working experience with AWS, most importantly AWS SageMaker, Aurora or MongoDB, Analytics and reporting.
• Experience solving problems in the industry using deep learning methods such as recurrent neural networks (RNN, LSTM), convolutional neural nets, auto-encoders, etc.
• Should have experience of 2-3 production implementations of machine learning projects.
• Knowledge of open-source libraries such as Keras, Tensor Flow, Pytorch
• Work with business analysts/consultants and other necessary teams to create a strong solution
• Should have in-depth understanding and experience of Data Science and Machine Learning projects using Python, R, etc. Skills in Java/C are a plus
• Should developing solutions using python in AI/ML projects
• Should be able to train and build a team of technical developers
• Desired to have experience as leads in designing and developing applications/tools using Microsoft technologies - ASP.Net, C#, HTML5, MVC
• Desired to have knowledge on any of the cloud solutions such as Azure or AWS
• Desired to have knowledge on any of container technology such as Docker
• Should be able to build strong relationships with project stakeholders

Keywords:

• Python
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• AWS
• Django
• NLP

We are looking for Interns or 0-1 Year experienced person for our IoT Division based out of Bangalore. Option for Work from Home is also available.  


Qualification:

Any Graduate in Computer Science / Electronics / Information Science / Instrumentation from reputed institutions


Required Skills Experience:

• 1+ years of experience in Python with FastAPI must.
• 1+ years of experience in working with a database like PostgreSQL.
• Experience of working on any Linux based OS
• Experience of working on AWS
• Understanding of micro-services.
• Should be able to meet SLAs as per the priorities.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Desired Skills Experience:

• Knowledge of Python, Django Framework or REST API.
• Knowledge of Docker and Redis.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate is a plus.
• Experience with Fast API.
• Exposure to CI/CD practices.
• Awareness of Shell scripting

Keywords: #AWS #EC2 #Python #Psql #Django #Docker #Redis #Kafka.