Senior Software Developer - Backend

Job Title: Lead Backend Web App Developer

Experience: 10–15 Years

Location: Bengaluru (Hybrid)

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Lead Backend Web App Developer to design and maintain scalable, cloud-based backend systems. This role demands expertise in microservices, AWS, and backend technologies to deliver efficient and high-performing applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain scalable backend systems for cloud-based web applications.
• Develop microservices using AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS) and databases (MySQL, NoSQL).
• Design and implement REST APIs for seamless communication between systems.
• Create containerized solutions with Docker for efficient deployment.
• Solve real-world problems with enterprise-class product designs.
• Contribute to key decisions on product and technology direction.
• Promote frameworks, standards, and new technologies within the team.

Required Skills:

• Experience: 10+ Years in Backend Development; 3+ Years in large-scale, microservices-based projects.
• Backend Technologies: Proficiency in Python, Node.js, and Java.
• Cloud Expertise: Strong experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, SNS).
• Database Skills: Expertise in MySQL and NoSQL databases.
• Microservices Architecture: Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability.
• DevOps Tools: Hands-on experience with Docker.
• API Development: Proven expertise in designing and consuming REST APIs.
• Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities.

Why Join Us?

• Work on impactful projects with real-world applications.
• Solve complex problems in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with a team of skilled professionals.

• Hands-on Experience with PHP CodeIgniter Framework
• Proficient in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery
• Excellent relational database skills with MySQL
• Understanding of responsive design frameworks such as bootstrap
• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increasing existing data services API
• Lead the entire web application development lifecycle right from concept stage to delivery and post-launch support
• Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as a liaison between development staff and project manager
• Keep updated & use best practices in web development

Skill Requirements:

• Proven software development experience in PHP.
• Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Ebay etc).
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

👋🏼We're Nagarro.

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (19000+ experts across 33 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience: 4.1-7 years
• Must have Skills: JavaScript ES6, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Node JS
• Strong technical background with node.js, event loop understanding, unit testing, developing web application & APIs, event & stream, call-back & closures, promise, async/await, accessing file system, Optimization techniques.
• Strong experience in JavaScript, Express.js, GraphQL
• Strong knowledge of REST, microservices, cloud development and design patterns
• Comfortable using modern tools and platforms such as Docker, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, etc.
• Comfortable using agile methodologies.
• Understanding of different components such as web server, storages, integrations
• Should have worked on designing and building server-side solutions (in any technology), build process of node.js, CI/CD process of node.js, multi-tasking (working on multiple things at same time)
• Good knowledge of functional and Object-Oriented Programming
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.
• Familiarity with Azure pipeline
• Should have experience in Identifying software application weaknesses and target areas and sketching out ideas for automated software test procedures. Reviewing software bug reports and highlighting problem areas.
• Knowledge of high-quality professional software engineering practices for agile software development cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and deployment.
• Fundamental knowledge of design patterns
• Experience in communicating effectively with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
• Mentoring the team members to meet the client's needs and holding them accountable for high standards of delivery.
• Being able to understand and relate technology integration scenarios and be able to apply these learnings in complex troubleshooting scenarios.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Writing and reviewing great quality code
• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analysing the client’s needs in the context of the project.
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns, and frameworks to realize it.
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities.
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs.
• Creating, understanding, and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it.
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.
• Helping the team in troubleshooting and resolving of complex bugs
• Coming up with solutions to any issue that is raised during code/design review and being able to justify the decision taken.
• Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements.

BE / B-Tech degree and 2+ years of work experience, or ME / MS degree and 2+  years of work experience, in Computer Science.

• Strong programming skills in Python/Django
• Experience with Angular, JavaScript frameworks/libraries
• Hands on experience with MySQL, PostGreSQL or other RDBMS
• Experience with Web application security and Secure coding practices
• Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving ability
• Familiarity with software collaboration tools – GIT
• Ability to work with a distributed and diverse team of researchers and developers.
• Excellent English language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High level of innovation and motivation

Your main responsibility will be designing and implementing applications that are written in PHP. This means you will work closely with front end developers to integrate backend components with the components they’re creating for users to interact with.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration of data storage solutions
Skills And Qualifications
• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks such as cake php, Laravel, Yii, etc depending on your technology stack
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming

• Basic knowledge of Oracle Forms and reports - (Must)
• Good experience on SQL*Loader.
• Should Knowledge on Agile / Scrum.
• Handled errors using Exception Handling extensively for the ease of debugging and displaying the error messages in the application.
• Using SQL developer tool we debugged the code and unit test
• Knowledge of oracle programming
• MySQL, Oracle,
• Knowledge of Unix platform
• PostgreSQL
• advance database knowledge.
• Writing PL/SQL and PL/MySQL
• Coding support
• Debugging & Project module management
• Deployment and fine-tuning as per team lead.