Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Are you looking for a super-challenging role designing backend systems that scale to 1000+ TPSs in one of India's fastest growing, profitable near-Unicorns with businesses spanning Lending, E-comm and UPI? Then this is the role for you.

Client Company is a profitable, rapidly scaling unicorn which is extremely well capitalized. Client has a very strong moat in the consumer lending space on the back of which it is entering into additional large markets such as E-comm and UPI.

Client company is now entering its next phase of growth from a fast-scaling startup to a robust, high-scale financial platform serving millions of users daily.

You'll design systems built for 10x100x growth, make the key technical trade-off calls, and stay deeply hands-on. Beyond building, you'll mentor engineers and work directly with founders and product teams to translate business goals into scalable, reliable systems.

This role is an opportunity to:

• Shape the next-generation architecture for a high-throughput fintech system
• Build systems designed to scale 10x100x from current volumes
• Solve real-world problems across performance, reliability, and financial-grade security

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the platform architecture to support 10x100x growth
• Own systems end-to-end from the first design decision to production impact
• Lead system design discussions and set the long-term technical direction for the platform
• Identify scale bottlenecks early and drive solutions
• Mentor and elevate engineers through design reviews, code quality, and architectural thinking
• Partner directly with founders and product teams to turn business priorities into scalable systems
• Operate with high ownership in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly
• Drive projects independently own timelines, coordinate with teams, and see delivery
• Conduct rigorous code reviews and champion engineering best practices across the team
• Proactively identify gaps in the system and come up with concrete approaches to address them
• Solve technical problems across the company not just confined to a single pod
• Challenge existing architecture with data and reasoning push back when its the right call, and drive adoption of better approaches.

Requirements

• 7-12 years of experience in backend or platform engineering
• Strong computer science fundamentals (preferably from IIT, BITS, NITs)
• Strong proficiency in backend development (Node.js, Java, Go, or equivalent)
• Proven experience scaling systems through high-growth startup phases (1→10 or beyond)
• Track record of building and owning critical platforms or systems from scratch
• Exposure to high-volume transactional systems; fintech or lending is a strong plus
• Bias for action - moves fast, makes sound decisions, owns outcomes end-to-end
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities in a startup environment
• Strong problem-solving skills ability to break down complex technical challenges and arrive at pragmatic, well-reasoned solutions
• Hands-on experience with platform engineering developer tooling, shared services, infrastructure abstractions, or internal platforms

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Serve as a technical authority, define cloud-native standards, and own end-to-end system design for complex, distributed, and high-scale solutions.
• Engineering Excellence: Lead modernization initiatives, transition legacy systems to microservices, and ensure performance, scalability, and security.
• Platform & Cloud Enablement: Champion GCP-native services (GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Spanner), influence CI/CD, and drive FinOps strategies.
• Mentorship & Organizational Impact: Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers, foster engineering rigor, and collaborate with Product Management to translate business strategy into technical solutions.

Required Skills, Experience & Background

• 12+ years of professional experience building enterprise-grade software systems.
• Proven experience operating at a Lead or Principal Engineer level.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java or another major programming language (e.g., Go, Python, C#).
• Deep expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Expertise in cloud-native design principles (stateless services, scalability, resiliency).
• Strong experience building and operating systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, GKE).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and observability.
• Experience with Big Data and data engineering technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Spark).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (required).
• Master’s degree in computer science or related field (preferred).

Job Details

- Job Title: SDE-3

- Industry: Technology

- Domain - Information technology (IT)

- Experience Required: 5-8 years

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Bengaluru

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Role & Responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer - 3, Backend Engineer at company, you will play a critical role in architecting, designing, and delivering robust backend systems that power our platform. You will lead by example, driving technical excellence and mentoring peers while solving complex engineering problems. This position offers the opportunity to work with a highly motivated team in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership-

• Design and develop highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and maintainable backend systems using Java and related frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Review code and ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines.

System Architecture and Design-

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and frontend engineers, to translate business requirements into efficient technical solutions.
• Own the architecture of core modules and contribute to overall platform scalability and reliability.
• Advocate for and implement microservices architecture, ensuring modularity and reusability.

Problem Solving and Optimization-

• Analyze and resolve complex system issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the platform.
• Optimize database queries and design scalable data storage solutions.
• Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to proactively identify and mitigate issues.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement-

• Stay updated on emerging backend technologies and incorporate relevant advancements into our systems.
• Identify and drive initiatives to improve codebase quality, deployment processes, and team productivity.
• Contribute to an advocate for a DevOps culture, supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Collaboration and Communication-

• Act as a liaison between the backend team and other technical and non-technical teams, ensuring smooth communication and alignment.
• Document system designs, APIs, and workflows to maintain clarity and knowledge transfer across the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Java Backend Engineer.
• Must have 5+ years of backend development with strong focus on Java (Spring / Spring Boot)
• Must have been SDE-2 for at least 2.5 years
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, multithreading, and async programming
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Exposure to Kafka/RabbitMQ and Redis/Memcached
• Experience with AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

Job Title: Node.js Developer

Experience: 4+ Years

Salary: Up to ₹12 LPA

Joining: Immediate

Gender Preference: Male candidates only

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in Node.js development.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), RESTful APIs, and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with databases like MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with Git and version control workflows.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• 3+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• 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:

• 4+ 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.

Java

Mandatory:

1. Strong expertize in Java/J2EE(4-7 years of experience)
2. Strong  expertize in Microservices, SpringBoot
3. Java including multithreading and concurrency

Preferred skills :

1. Experience in  Virtualization, SDN, NFV, Yang, Netconf
2. Good Knowledge on Networking
3. Multithreading and concurrency

Looking for enthusiastic tech driven individuals who can architect a web application, push pixels, design a web API, design a UI and optimize the backend for scalability. Should be thrilled to deep dive into the field of Location Intelligence. 

Hiring for the role of  Backend Developer for our Development team. Apply if you are keen to explore how data-tech is changing the decision intelligence landscape.

Sociometrik is a geospatial data intelligence start-up based out of New Delhi, India - founded in 2019 with the mission of redefining data-backed executive decision making. We measure and quantify physical earth, built structures and human activity using multi-channel data sources like satellite imagery, smartphone mobility, web records and administrative data to power alternative data-based decision support systems for our clients.

• Write effective, scalable and reusable code
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions
• Collaborate with Product Owner to identify optimal ways to implement new features & product enhancements.
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Create UI mock-ups and transform them into quality product features consistent with the Product Owner’s vision.

• Minimum 3 years of work experience as a backend developer
• Minimum 3 years experience in Node.js
• Must have Experience working in a Typescript codebase
• Experience with Leaflet.JS, Google Maps API, or Geospatial projects are a "Nice to Have"
• Exposure to deck.gl is “Good to Have”.
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery
• Must have Experience collaborating in a team environment

• An analytical bent of mind
• Good time management skills
• Curiosity for learning
• Creative vision
• Team spirit and good problem-solving skills

Hiring Process

Below is our hiring process for this position. We will reach out or send a rejection notice to most candidates within 1-5 business days of applying. Sociometrik promises to value your time and professionalism in every step of the process.

• Quick Screening 
• Interview with Technical Lead

• Final Interview with Leadership

Key Responsibilities:

1. Write clean, structured code and develop back-end components that are scalable and reusable which aligns with the existing architecture.
2. Own and manage team processes, releases, and systems and integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
3. Design, build, test, and document code and databases
4. Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
5. Make architecture decisions that contribute to maintainable systems
6. Architect and build the backend for the corresponding web service (Django)

Skills Required:

1. 2+ years of experience with Django, Experienced & expertise in Python framework - Django and Rest
2. Strong systems, architecture and database fundamentals, experience with scaling web technologies
3. Should have basic knowledge of Front End
4. Should have good database design knowledge
5. Should be able to write good quality code with good documentation
6. Experience in creating REST API's
7. Basic understanding of tech stacks - Postgres and Git
8. The ability to work independently is a must