Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Laravel)

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Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (.NET Core)

Location: Nashik, India

Employment Type: Full time

Experience: 8+ years

The job  

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (.NET Core) to join our team. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with additional responsibility to guide and mentor backend engineers across senior, mid, and junior levels.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in .NET Core (8.0+), microservices architecture, API design, and cloud-native development on Azure. The candidate will actively contribute to platform-level backend services, shared components, and integrations across EcoTools and Unify initiatives, while helping establish backend engineering best practices across the team.

Key responsibilities 

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using .NET Core (8.0+).

- Build microservices-based backend APIs and tools aligned with EcoTools platform architecture.

- Develop secure and high-performance REST APIs used by micro frontend applications and other services.

- Contribute to backend architecture decisions, including service design, API standards, authentication, and data access patterns.

- Integrate backend services with platform services such as authentication, messaging, logging, and shared Unify components.

- Ensure backend solutions meet non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, reliability, and security).

- Guide and mentor backend engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and architectural best practices.

- Collaborate with frontend engineers, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure seamless system integration.

- Implement unit and integration tests to ensure high code quality and reliability.

- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and observability improvements.

- Participate in technical documentation, ADR discussions, and architectural governance reviews.

- Support engineering teams in troubleshooting production issues and improving system stability. 

Essential requirements

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- 6–9 years of hands-on backend development experience using .NET Core / ASP.NET Core.

- AI Skill Level: Has built or contributed to AI-powered features. Understands prompt, design, evaluation, guardrails, and failure modes.

- Have hands on in spec/skill driven agentic AI development. 

- Strong expertise in REST API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.

- Experience working with Azure cloud services (App Services, Azure SQL, Event Hub, Service Bus, or similar).

- Solid understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect).

- Experience with database technologies such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL systems.

- Strong knowledge of clean architecture principles, SOLID design patterns, and scalable backend design.

- Experience working in Agile software development environments.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

- Strong problem-solving skills, debugging, and performance optimization skills, ownership mindset, and ability to collaborate across teams. 

- Experience working in Agile software development methodologies.

- Ability to manage responsibilities independently and deliver results within deadlines.

Desired skills and competencies

- Experience with distributed application frameworks such as Dapr.

- Exposure to event-driven architectures and messaging systems.

- Familiarity with API Management, gateway patterns, and platform integrations.

- Experience working with large-scale SaaS platforms and micro services architectures.

- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices.

Python Backend Developer (5+ years experience)

We are seeking an experienced Python Backend Developer with at least 5 years of hands-on experience in Python and Django development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in MySQL and MongoDB databases, as well as knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks, and cloud technologies like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance Python applications using the Django framework
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Optimize database queries and schema design for improved performance
• Integrate applications with various APIs and third-party services
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment processes
• Continuously learn and stay updated with the latest technologies and best practices

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in Python and Django development
• Proficient in MySQL and MongoDB databases, with the ability to write complex queries and optimize database performance
• Hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, and at least one JavaScript framework (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is preferred
• Strong problem-solving and algorithmic skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Passion for continuous learning and innovation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and deploying applications on cloud platforms
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes added advantages

• 3+ years of experience in the Development in JAVA technology.
• AWS or cloud Experience
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relationl 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:

• 3+ 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.

1. Develop, maintain, and enhance robust backend systems using Python3 and frameworks like Django (mandatory), Flask, and FastAPI (good to have).
2. Design, implement, and maintain highly efficient and automated continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes using Jenkins and configuration management with Ansible.
3. Elevate our testing culture by architecting and implementing innovative testing strategies, focusing on both unit and integration testing to ensure exceptional code quality and extensive coverage.
4. Follow peer-to-peer code reviews and cross-team collaboration to build scalable and reliable solutions.
5. Proficiently work with at least one cloud technology, preferably AWS, to deploy and manage applications in the cloud environment.
6. Possess knowledge of Nginx, load balancing, and scalability to optimize system performance and reliability.
7. Good experience working in distributed micro-service architecture and driving them with crucial requirements like request tracing, debugging critical issues, logging, monitoring, and alerting. 
8. Work in containerized environments using Docker and Docker Compose, and have experience with AWS ECS for container orchestration.
9. Prioritize maintainability and reliability in developing and maintaining software systems, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our product ecosystem.
10. Collaborate effectively within a team, taking initiatives and driving projects forward with minimal micro-management.
11. Pave the way for maintainable and reliable codebases by introducing novel approaches and best practices in software development.

Requirements

1. Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science.
2. Strong teamwork and communication skills, with a proactive approach to project management and task ownership.
3. Proven track record as an innovative Python developer with a focus on product engineering.
4. Visionary mindset to work in an agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Benefits

100% Remote

Insurance

Must haves 

• At least 3 years of professional programming experience in Ruby on Rails.
• Solid fundamentals with software development, systems, troubleshooting, and teamwork
• Strong testing habits, passionate towards unit testing and TDD. 
• Good understanding of RDBMS like MySQL, PostgreSQL 
• Strong knowledge of git 
• Good understanding of data structures 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

Good to have 

• Experience with Javascript

• Strong Java software development experience – with a focus on Java 8 & 9
• Experience with NoSql databases – ideally with MongoDB
• Experience implementing REST apis – ideally with JAX-RS
• Experience with Reactive Programming – ideally with RxJava
• Experience implementing unit tests

• Experience developing applications in fintech or established financial institutions
• Experience with microservice architectures
• Experience developing systems that can scale to large amounts of data
• Experience working in Agile Scrum
• Experience working on a globally distributed team