Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Xano Developer

Visual Backend Development, APIs & AI-Assisted Build

📍 Mumbai (On-site) | Full-time | 3-5 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 Xano Developer who will build backend systems and APIs for our customer engagements on Xano, the visual backend development platform.

The mandatory requirement for this role is hands-on production backend engineering experience, including PostgreSQL data modelling and REST API design, in either a Node.js or Python environment.

Prior production work on Xano is strongly preferred.

The role is hands-on and customer-facing. You will own backend delivery across engagements: designing data models, building API flows in Xano, integrating third-party services, and partnering with frontend, mobile, and AI engineers on contracts and behaviour.

The work spans all three Xano build modes: no-code function stacks, custom code through Xano’s scripting and code blocks, and Xano’s AI assistance and agentic features.

A typical week includes a data model review for a new engagement, building a complex API flow in Xano, integrating a third-party webhook, and a customer working session on a new module.

Responsibilities:

Backend Delivery on Xano

Own end-to-end backend implementation on Xano: database schema, API endpoints, function stacks, background tasks, and integrations.

Ship production-ready work that meets customer requirements and engineering quality standards.

Build Across All Three Xano Modes

Use Xano’s no-code function stacks for standard CRUD and business logic.

Drop into custom code (JavaScript, Python through code blocks, expressions) where visual flows would be unwieldy.

Use Xano’s AI assistance and agentic features to accelerate routine build work.

Database Design on PostgreSQL

Own data model decisions for each engagement: table design, relationships, indexes, addons, and query performance.

Make schema choices that hold up as product usage grows and that map cleanly to the API contracts the client needs.

API Design and Integration

Design clean REST API contracts that the frontend, mobile, and third-party consumers can rely on.

Cover authentication, input validation, pagination, error handling, and rate limiting.

Integrate external services (payment gateways, messaging, storage, AI providers) through Xano’s connectors and custom requests.

Product Thinking and Solutioning

Translate fuzzy product asks from customers into concrete backend solutions.

Ask the right questions about edge cases, data lifecycle, multi-tenancy, and access control before building.

Push back on requirements that will cause pain later.

Customer Communication

Work directly with customers in discovery, design reviews, demos, and weekly working sessions.

Explain trade-offs in plain language, present options with clear recommendations, and write tight technical updates.

AI-Assisted Backend Development

Use Xano’s built-in AI features as well as external AI tools (Claude, Cursor, and similar) day to day for schema drafts, function stack scaffolding, query writing, integration setup, and review.

Develop strong instincts for when AI output is usable as-is and when it must be reworked.

Quality, Testing, and Reliability

Test the flows you ship.

Set up sensible error handling, logging, and alerts for the backend services you own.

Participate in incident response when something breaks in production.

Documentation and Handover

Document data models, API contracts, and non-obvious decisions inside Xano and in shared docs so the rest of the team and the customer can pick up the work without you in the room.

Continuous Learning

Track changes to the Xano platform, including new features, performance improvements, and AI capabilities.

Apply them to active engagements where they reduce build effort or improve product outcomes.

Requirements:

Hands-on Production Backend Engineering Experience (Mandatory)

Must have personally shipped backend systems to production for real users, with ownership of API design and data modelling.

POCs, coursework, and internal-only tools do not qualify.

3 to 5 Years of Professional Backend Engineering Experience

In either a Node.js or Python environment.

Candidates with slightly less time but strong demonstrated ownership are welcome to apply.

Strong PostgreSQL Skills

Schema design, indexing, query writing, and migrations on at least one production system.

Able to reason about query performance and design data models that hold up under realistic product usage.

REST API Design and Integration Depth

Comfort designing API contracts that are clean, predictable, and easy for frontend, mobile, and third-party consumers to work with.

Experience integrating external services such as payment gateways, messaging providers, storage, and AI APIs.

Familiarity with at Least One Node.js or Python Backend Stack

Such as Express, NestJS, Fastify, FastAPI, Django, or Flask.

Comfort reading and writing application code outside of visual environments when the situation calls for it.

Product Thinking and Solutioning

Ability to take a fuzzy product brief, ask the right questions, and propose a backend design that is fit for purpose.

Strong instincts for what to build first, what to defer, and what not to build.

Strong Written and Spoken English Communication

Confident in customer working sessions and design reviews.

Comfortable writing precise technical documentation and explaining trade-offs to non-engineering stakeholders.

Cloud and Deployment Fundamentals

Working knowledge of at least one of AWS, GCP, or Azure: deploying services, reading logs, managing environments, and basic operational tasks.

Familiarity with Docker is a plus.

Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.

Exceptional candidates with demonstrable production experience and strong portfolios may be considered without a formal degree.

Nice to Have

• Prior production experience on Xano, Bubble, Retool, or comparable visual or low-code backend platforms
• Full stack experience with React, Next.js, React Native, or Flutter
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) into backend workflows
• Multi-tenant SaaS product experience
• Prior agency, consulting, or product-engineering experience

Backend Developer

📍 Noida | 🕐 Full-Time | 🧭 Experience: 2–3 Years

The Mission

We aren't building traditional backend systems — we're powering the infrastructure behind Agentic Intelligence. TestMu AI is building the world's first AI-native platform where backend systems don't just serve requests, they enable autonomous decision-making, execution, and scale.

The name "TestMu" comes from our community conference. Our users and team aren't an audience — they're the heartbeat of what we build. We believe AI augments human potential. It doesn't replace it.

You'll be building the core backend systems that power AI-driven workflows — ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability at every layer.

The Pillars of Impact

🚀 1. Core Backend & System Architecture (50%)

• Build and scale high-performance backend services and APIs
• Design efficient database schemas, query optimization, and data flows
• Write clean, logical, production-grade code (Python, Golang, or similar)
• Own system performance — latency, throughput, and reliability

⚙️ 2. Backend for AI Systems (30%)

• Develop backend systems supporting AI agents and autonomous workflows
• Handle large-scale data processing, async tasks, and event-driven systems
• Integrate backend infrastructure seamlessly with AI/ML components

🧠 3. Scalability & Distributed Systems (20%)

• Contribute to microservices architecture and service decomposition
• Build fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systems
• Optimize systems for high concurrency and real-time execution

Your Engineering Stack

Tech/ToolsPython / GolangBuilding core backend services and logic-heavy systemsAWS / GCPDeploying and scaling distributed backend infrastructureKafka / RabbitMQHandling asynchronous processing and event-driven workflows

The Bar

SignalCore Backend Experience2–3 years of hands-on experience building APIs, backend systems, and scalable servicesProblem-Solving AbilityStrong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and logical thinkingSystem Design UnderstandingAbility to design scalable backend systems with clear architectural thinkingOwnership & ExecutionExperience owning backend features end-to-end in a fast-paced environment

The Interview Loop · Screening for the Top 1%

RoundsRound I · Recruiter ScreenEvaluation of backend experience, problem-solving approach, and project depthRound II · Hiring ManagerDeep dive into backend projects, APIs, databases, and system design thinkingRound III · Domain LeadLive coding + backend problem-solving + discussion on scalability and distributed systemsFinal · LeadershipCulture fit, ownership mindset, and ability to operate in a high-velocity startup environment

Your Growth Trajectory TestMu AI is a high-growth environment where we promote based on complexity solved, not years of tenure. As a Backend Developer, you have a massive runway to scale from an Individual Contributor (IC) into a core Engineering Leadership role, working alongside pioneers in agentic intelligence.

Perks of the Future

• Health & Wellness: 100% premium covered insurance for you + family (spouse, kids, parents) with annual check-ups.
• Fuel for Innovation: Fresh, daily gourmet lunch and dinner served at our Noida HQ.
• Seamless Transit: Safe, GPS-enabled cab facilities for eligible shifts (home-office-home).
• POD Culture: Dedicated quarterly budgets for team-building, offsites, and collaborative celebrations.

We are looking forward to hiring a committed

Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of our Engineering team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.

Location = Pune

You are required to:

Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.

Write well designed, testable & efficient code.

Ensure designs comply with specifications.

Prepare and produce releases of software components.

Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Our Current Stack

Backend: Spring (JAVA), Laravel (PHP), MySQL, NoSQL, NGINX Plus.

Frontend: Angular 5+ Ngrx/store 5

Infrastructure: Google cloud platform (App engine, CloudSQL, BigQuery, PubSub, Firebase Hosting), Scrapy Cloud, Pusher.io (websockets), Getstream.io, Filestack, Postmark app, AS2 Gateway, Google Cloud Endpoints Framework, MongoDB, Algolia, Memcache

Tools: Gitlab, Postman app, JIRA.

Technical Skills required

JAVA, SPRING OR SPRING BOOT, DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS, HIBERNATE, MYSQL, MONGODB and NOSQL

What Makes You Eligible?

LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES FROM PUNE LOCATION ONLY.

B. Tech degree ONLY ( FIRST CLASS GRADE IN FINAL YEAR 60 % OR ABOVE ONLY).

Experience in the same role of almost 1-2 years.

Experience with connecting backend and frontend services.

Exposure to consuming data through different interfaces (Web API's/Socket/ REST/ RESTFUL/ JSON/ XML).

Proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms.

Understanding of web markup, including HTML 5 CSS.

Understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks.

Ability to write clean, reusable and well documented code.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Knowledge of API authentication techniques (Token, JWT, OAuth2) - desirable but not mandatory. (Experience with API Design will be a plus)

Fair spoken and written English Flexibility - Things change around here. FAST!

Other Inter-personal skills like self-motivation, persistency, patience and eagerness to learn and work independently.

Roles and Responsibility: 

∙ Develop functional and fast-responsive web applications, using markup languages. ∙ Maintain websites. 

∙ Elaborate mobile-based and web-based features. 

∙ Troubleshoot apps for bugs. 

∙ Fix bugs if necessary and improve usability. 

∙ Improve apps for maximum speed. 

∙ Troubleshoot UI and improve its performance accordingly. 

∙ Employ the latest technology in order to re-built legacy apps. 

∙ Integrate UI elements with server-side ones. 

∙ Detect and fulfill front-end and back-end requirements. 

∙ Perform training and support activities. 

∙ Develop reusable code. 

∙ Write comprehensive manuals, guides, and documents. 

∙ Compile prototype and quality mockups. 

∙ Make sure that high-quality graphic standards are met.

• Expert in Python. Comfortable with Web frameworks, such as Flask or Django
• Familiarity with Object Relational Mapping Libraries and ability to Integrate with Multiple Data Sources into One System
• Understanding of Limitations of Python and Multi Process Architecture. Understanding of Design Principles of Scalable Application
• Has familiarity with data frameworks in Python - Pandas or
• Good object-oriented design skills and knowledge of design
• Knowledge of key-value stores, caching, search, messaging queues
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the above

Node.js and frameworks available for it - Express, StrongLoop, etc
Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers

front-end technologies - HTML5, and CSS3
Writing scalable, reusable, testable, and efficient code