Senior Backend Engineer

Role: Backend Developer (Node.js)

Key Responsibilities

Backend Development

• Build scalable, high-performance backend services and REST APIs using Node.js.
• Develop robust, maintainable, and production-ready applications.

Database Optimization

• Design efficient database schemas.
• Optimize queries, indexing, and overall database performance.
• Work extensively with PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Frontend Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to integrate APIs.
• Basic understanding of React or Angular is a plus.

System Design

• Participate in both Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) discussions.
• Design systems with scalability, security, and reliability in mind.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications on AWS.
• Utilize Redis for caching and performance optimization.

Code Quality

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and follow engineering best practices.

Testing & Debugging

• Write comprehensive test cases.
• Ensure backward compatibility.
• Debug and resolve issues related to functionality, performance, and scalability.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 2+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Good understanding of REST APIs.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Redis or similar caching technologies.
• Strong understanding of system design concepts.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Focus on writing scalable, reliable, and testable code.

Good to Have

• Basic knowledge of React or Angular.
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments.

Why Join Vahan?

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Leaves
• Competitive Compensation
• Opportunity to work on products impacting millions of users
• Fast-paced, high-growth startup backed by leading investors
• Ownership-driven engineering culture with meaningful technical challenges

JOB DETAILS:

* Job Title: Lead I - (Web Api, C# .Net, .Net Core, Aws (Mandatory)

* Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provide

* Salary: Best in Industry

* Experience: 6 -9 years

* Location: Hyderabad

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior .NET Developer who has strong experience in building scalable, high‑performance backend services using .NET Core and C#, with hands‑on expertise in AWS cloud services. The ideal candidate should be capable of working in an Agile environment, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and contributing to both design and development. Experience with React and Datadog monitoring tools will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using .NET Core and C#.
• Work with AWS services (Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, RDS, etc.) to build cloud‑native applications.
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers on solution design and implementation.
• Write clean, scalable, and well‑documented code.
• Use Postman to build and test RESTful APIs.
• Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance.
• Work closely with QA, DevOps, and Product teams in an Agile setup.
• (Optional) Contribute to frontend development using React.
• (Optional) Use Datadog for monitoring, logging, and performance metrics.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of experience in backend development.
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET Core.
• Experience building RESTful services and microservices.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud platform.
• Solid understanding of API testing using Postman.
• Knowledge of relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Strong problem‑solving and debugging skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.

Good to Have

• Experience with React for frontend development.
• Exposure to Datadog for monitoring and logging.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, etc.).
• Containerization experience (Docker, Kubernetes).

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ownership mindset with a focus on delivering high‑quality solutions.

Skills

.NET Core, C#, AWS, Postman

Notice period - 0 to 15 days only

Location: Hyderabad

Virtual Interview: 7th Feb 2026

First round will be Virtual

2nd round will be F2F

Must have :

• Strong Experience in Python development
• Familiarity with Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience in developing Enterprise scale applications
• Exposure to NLP
• Exposure / awareness of AI, ML
• Exposure to Windows Azure is an added advantage
• God understanding of project architecture and software development processes such as Agile and Scrum

Responsibilities :

• Partner with Business Stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined analytical Projects
• Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution
• Understand customer’s requirements and design the optimum solution using Icertis’ AI applications
• Configure, Extend, and optimize Icertis AI app through Python scripts, NLP NER Analysis and other mechanisms
• Take full ownership of project / product features to implement, provide bug fixes and write tests and tooling for those features to ensure they work well at cloud scale.
• Plan and identify solutions and risks in assigned work
• You are expected to be hands on and write code on day to day basis and also mentor other team members

Position: Lead Backend Engineer

Location: Pune, India (Initially Remote Due to COVID 19)

About the Organization:

It is one of the most exciting Bay Area Product Driven Organization in Logistics industry supporting more than 30,0000 customers.

As a software engineer on the Backend team, you will be building and owning backend services and infrastructure that power our core products. We strive for high standard of engineering quality while solving unique hardware as well as software challenges. You will have high impact roles at a relatively small company for our user base. You thrive in fast-paced, unstructured environments that require you to wear many hats and think on your feet.



What we are looking for?

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ year of experience in Python/Django or Go
• Familiarity with Node.JS is a plus
• You write high quality and well-tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Start-up experience is a plus
• BS/MS/PHD in Computer Science or a related field (ideal)
• Preferably a Pune based candidate who can join at the earliest / Within a month

Should Be a Computer Science Graduate from a Tier-1 Engineering college like IIT/ BHU / NIT / VIT / COEP / PICT / BITS

Why join us?

1. Very high-growth
2. Passionate, collaborative, and awesome co-workers
3. Free lunches
4. Competitive salaries
5.  

We are looking for a passionate Python Django Developer responsibility include gathering user requirements, defining system functionality, and writing code in various languages like Python, Django, Javascript, HTML, CSS, etc. Ultimately, the role of the Django Developer is to build high-quality, innovative, and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.

Responsibilities:

You would be working on our core platform, improving the features of the product, testing and fixing bugs/issues, customizing it for clients, cloud and on-premise deployment, security testing, and configuration, etc. You will also get a chance to build new products from scratch.

Tools and technologies that you’d be working on include the following:

• Django, Python.
• Bootstrap, MaterializeCSS, HTML, JavaScript.
• Nginx, Gunicorn, MySQL/Postgres, API integrations (JSON, XML, SOAP).

• Shell Commands, SSH, SSL Certificate, HTTP/HTTPS.

Eligibility:

• Knowledge of developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (preferably, Django).
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases like Postgres/MySQL, etc.
• Knowledge in designing interactive applications.
• Ability to develop software using Python (Django Framework), Javascript, HTML, and CSS.
• Ability to document requirements and specifications.
• Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or Electrical Engineering.

Come be a part of one of the most exciting e-learning startup! A product based company building a B2C subscription product for kids around the world. Best understood as a combination of Netflix + Skillshare + Instagram for kids of ages 5 - 15, there is going to be something new every week to work on!

Already present in over 148 countries, kids of all backgrounds, languages and ages use DIY.org on website, iOS and Android. DIY is a place online where kids truly discover themselves.

We are looking for a Product Engineer - Senior Backend Engineer to join our early stage startup with experience in building B2C products.

If you have experience of working in product based companies (preferably startups), and are looking to build exciting things that children across the world will use - come talk to us!

What you get to do:

• Design and build advanced applications from scratch keeping scalability and performance in mind
• A good handle on both client and server architecture.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Comfortable in owning large scale products and continuously re-evaluating and innovating.

Who are we looking for:

• Experience of 7+ years across product based companies
• Should have worked on building B2C products. Having experience in building edtech products would be a major plus.
• Should be an avid programmer with great problem solving skills.
• Should have a great grasp over NodeJs/Typescript/ AWS microservices/DB design/System Design.
• Should have experience in building scalable server-side systems. Should have significant experience in cloud infrastructure and designing databases.
• Should have knowledge of software architecture, system thinking and design patterns.

• Previous working experience as a Python Web Developer for min 2 years.

• Hands-on experience with Django, Flask, or other Python frameworks.

• Experience with Design implementation of objects and data models.

• Working knowledge in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3.

• Understanding of CI/CD practices.

• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial, or SVN.

• Hands-on experience with complex scripts in Python to capture business logic and automate system management tasks.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient, and high-quality code.
• Design (LLD & HLD) and architect technical solutions for the business problems of a large-scale system.
• Prepare and produce releases of software components.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Lead the backend engineering team with examples.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience under your belt developing performance-critical applications that run in a production environment using Node.Js
• Expertise in Database modeling, preferably relational DB, spotting DB bottlenecks, and writing optimized DB queries.
• Expertise in common Cloud technologies, AWS/GCP Knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows.
• Knowledge in one or more of the following: NoSQL (especially, but not only Redis), Queueing system experience (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MSMQ)
• Good stakeholder management skills, with an ability to build trust and rapport with internal and external stakeholders
• It is good to have knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker and related deployment technologies.

• Need to develop the new script using Perl  & Python
• Need to analyse the existing script and do new changes
• Need to interact with QA team, Deployment team
• Need to interact with in-house and external customers
• Need to interact with internal team members for integrated development
• Need to have good communication skills within the team members

Skills required:

• Need to have experience in developing projects using PERL and Python
• Familiarity in Unix/Linux development environments and tools including
• scripting and  process management
• Need to have experience in database(Mysql) concepts
• Need to have a experience in Elastic Search
• Have a knowledge in Git,Svn commands
• Need to have experience in implementing OOPS concepts
• Need to have a experience in XML functionality (read,create.,etc)
• Have a knowledge in creating a csv,xlsx files, json format
• Need to have a experience in PDF Functionality & FTP,SFTP Modules
• Need experience in unit testing
• Develop best practices to ensure coding efficiency and quality
• Experience in test driven development and Agile methodologies

Preference of Educational background:

• B.E

Preference of Professional background:

• Experience in handling  modules
• Experience in  PERL,Python,Mysql,Linux,Elastic search,Xml,PDF,FTP functionality