Senior Backend Engineer

Job Title: Mid-Level .NET Developer (Agile/SCRUM)

Location: Mohali, PTP or anywhere else) 

Night Shift from 6:30 pm to 3:30 am IST

Experience:

5 Years

Job Summary:

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Mid-Level .NET Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality applications using Microsoft technologies with a strong emphasis on .NET Core, C#, Web API, and modern front-end frameworks. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/SCRUM environment and participate in the full software development lifecycle—from requirements gathering to deployment—while ensuring adherence to best coding and delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using C#, .NET, .NET Core, MVC, and databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Create responsive and interactive user interfaces using JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, HTML, and CSS.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs for multi-tier, distributed systems.
• Participate actively in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following industry best practices.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality and consistent deliverables.
• Assist in configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar tools).
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues effectively.
• Collaborate with QA and product teams to validate requirements and ensure smooth delivery.
• Support release planning and deployment activities.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 4–6 years of professional experience in .NET development.
• Strong proficiency in C#, .NET Core, MVC, and relational databases such as SQL Server.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL databases like MongoDB.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript and the Angular framework.
• Experience in developing and integrating RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Git version control.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Advanced experience with AWS services.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
• Familiarity with IIS web server configuration and management.
• Experience in the healthcare domain.
• Exposure to AI-assisted code development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT).
• Experience with application security and code quality tools such as Snyk or SonarQube.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles and clean architecture patterns.

Technical Proficiencies:

• ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC
• C#, Entity Framework, Razor Pages
• SQL Server, MongoDB
• REST API, jQuery, AJAX
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular
• Azure Services, Azure Functions, AWS
• Visual Studio
• CI/CD, Git

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for designing and building high-performance, scalable, and secure backend systems. You will focus on core application logic, APIs, data models, and integration with relational databases.

You’ll work closely with product managers, frontend developers, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver solutions that meet business needs. At Fountane, we follow a scrum-based Agile delivery cycle, and you will be an active contributor to building efficient and future-ready backend services.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang.
• Design and manage relational database schemas, queries, and stored procedures in MS SQL.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs/GraphQL endpoints for high performance and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code with proper documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, DevOps) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure security, scalability, and fault tolerance in backend systems.
• Continuously evaluate and introduce new tools and practices for backend efficiency.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and improve backend services and database performance.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE GREAT IN THIS ROLE:

Experience:

• Associate Level: Minimum 3+ years of backend development experience.
• Senior Level: Minimum 5+ years of backend development experience.

Technical Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Golang for backend development.
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL (queries, indexing, optimization, schema design).
• Solid understanding of API development (REST/GraphQL).
• Experience in microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Collaboration - Ability to work in teams across the world
• Adaptability - situations are unexpected and need to be quick to adapt
• Open-mindedness - Expect to see things outside the ordinary

LIFE AT FOUNTANE:

• Fountane offers an environment where all members are supported, challenged, recognized & given opportunities to grow to their fullest potential.
• Competitive pay
• Health insurance for spouses, kids, and parents.
• PF/ESI or equivalent
• Individual/team bonuses
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Fun/challenging variety of projects/industries
• Flexible workplace policy - remote/physical
• Flat organization - no micromanagement
• Individual contribution - set your deadlines
• Above all - culture that helps you grow exponentially!
• Qualifications - No bachelor's degree required. Good communication skills are a must!

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Established in 2017, Fountane Inc is a Ventures Lab incubating and investing in new competitive technology businesses from scratch. Thus far, we’ve created half a dozen multi-million valuation companies in the US and a handful of sister ventures for large corporations, including Target, US Ventures, and Imprint Engine.

We’re a team of 120+ strong from around the world that are radically open-minded and believes in excellence, respecting one another, and pushing our boundaries to the furthest it's ever been.

Role & responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side applications using Go Lang.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Optimize applications for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code that adheres to best practices.

Preferred candidate profile

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Go Lang development.
• Proven experience in developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Familiarity of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

We're looking for a high-energy Java engineer to design and implement scalable microservices using Spring Boot. You'll collaborate across teams to deliver clean, efficient, and high-performance backend services.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful services and microservices using Spring Boot
• Utilize OOP, Java Collections, Exception Handling, and method overloading/overriding in modern coding practices
• Build and optimize multithreaded systems (Threads, synchronization, wait(), notify(), yield()) for performance and scalability
• Write unit and integration tests (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test) to ensure code quality
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Product) through code reviews and feature planning
• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecksJVM tuning, SQL/caching optimizations
• Adhere to coding standards, best practices, and participate in peer code review

🎯 Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Java fundamentals: OOP, Collections, Generics, Exception Handling
• Concurrency mastery: multithreading, synchronization primitives (wait(), notify(), yield())
• Spring Boot: solid experience building, testing, deploying REST APIs
• Microservices: design, inter-service communication, stateless service patterns
• Testing frameworks: JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test
• Performance tuning: profiling, optimization with JVM settings and database queries
• Tools & practices: Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes (plus)
• Soft skills: strong problem-solving, collaboration, and effective communication

Skills And Qualifications 

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience in back-end development with Node.js. ● Knowledge of Node.js frameworks 
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git ● Have worked in any of the cloud based platform AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes. 

Backend/Fullstack Developer

About the Company:

Company is India’s largest and best-established digital wealth management service that helps its customers create wealth for their long-and-short-term goals. Founded in 2012, Company is a pioneer in the digital financial services category and is recognised for creating simple and elegant user experiences in a complex domain. We do this by simplifying complex investing concepts and automating best practices, so our customers can grow their wealth without worry. We achieve this by combining cutting-edge technology, data-driven algorithms, awesome UX and friendly customer support. Our task is ambitious and we like to work hard as well as smart. We want to build a team that relishes challenges and contributes to a new way of thinking and investing in India. We are also invested in the growth of our colleagues and providing a supportive and thriving working environment for everyone. We have been recognised by Great Place To Work® as one of India’s best companies to work for.

Role specific info:

• 4-12 years of experience building good quality production software
• Excellent knowledge of at least one ecosystem based on Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Go/Scala/Clojure
• Good OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
• Familiar with datastores like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Redshift etc.
• Familiarity with react.js/react-native, vue.js etc. • Knowledge of deploying software to AWS, GCP, Azure
• Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)

What would you do here:

• Writing quality code using language best practices.
• Working in a highly collaborative team.
• Building good software using the latest tools and techniques.
• Participating in design reviews, coding modules, code reviews and unit testing.
• Taking ownership of quality and usability of your code.
• Mentoring co-workers.
• Leading efforts in improving technology architecture.

• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.

Requirements:

• Experience in system automation development
• Good proficiency in the following coding languages: Python, C#, AutoIT, Batch scripting, Shell scripting
• Strong knowledge in OOPS
• Worked on REST and automation of API requests
• Worked on Loggers and Config Parsers
• Knowledge of Power shell commands, wmic commands and Registry Editor
• Worked on test deployment frameworks like Jenkins
• Experience in configuring and building jobs using Shell/Bash/Python
• Hands-on experience with Tools like :
• Scripting: Python, Visual Studio
• Configuration files: INI and JSON
• Operating System: Windows, Linux
• Source code management: GIT and Gerrit
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Ticketing and Management: JIRA, ServiceNow, Confluence
• Good Communication skill
• Good Analytical and Problem-solving skills