Senior Software Engineer - Backend

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with a strong background in building distributed, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years in microservices or distributed architecture, and deep expertise in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and async I/O patterns.

The candidate will own backend services end-to-end — from architecture and design to implementation, optimization, and production support — while working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

1. Backend Architecture & Development

• Architect, design, and implement backend services using Python (preferably FastAPI) with clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Develop microservice components, service communication layers, and distributed workflows.
• Build APIs and backend modules optimized for performance, fault tolerance, and low latency.

2. Distributed Systems & Scalability

• Design and maintain distributed systems capable of handling high throughput and large-scale operations.
• Implement inter-service communication patterns (REST, event-driven, message queues, pub/sub).
• Ensure system resiliency through redundancy, graceful degradation, and autoscaling strategies.

3. Asynchronous & Event-Driven Architecture

• Build async workflows, background tasks, and pipeline services leveraging asyncio or async frameworks.
• Develop event-driven components including producers, consumers, and event processors.
• Optimize I/O-heavy operations to maximize concurrency and throughput.

4. Data Storage, Pipelines & Caching

• Design relational schemas, write optimized SQL queries, and work with PostgreSQL performance tuning (indexes, partitions, query planning).
• Implement caching strategies, rate limiting, distributed locks, and session storage using Redis.
• Build data validation pipelines and compliance-driven data flows ensuring data correctness and auditability.

5. Security, Reliability & Observability

• Implement authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure API practices.
• Build monitoring, alerting, metrics, and tracing systems using modern observability tools.
• Diagnose production issues, identify bottlenecks, and drive long-term fixes and improvements.

6. Code Quality & Technical Leadership

• Conduct detailed code reviews and ensure engineering best practices across the team.
• Participate in technical roadmap planning, architectural discussions, and system design decisions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers; drive a culture of technical excellence and ownership.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years backend engineering experience.
• 3+ years building microservices or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Python and frameworks like FastAPI (or Flask/Django with async exposure).
• Deep understanding of async I/O, concurrency models, and asynchronous programming in Python.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL (schema design, advanced queries, optimization).
• Hands-on experience with Redis for caching, queues, session management, and distributed patterns.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, message processing, or streaming systems.
• Solid understanding of system design, scalability principles, and API lifecycle management.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and cloud environments.

About Kanerika:

Kanerika Inc. is a premier global software products and services firm that specializes in providing innovative solutions and services for data-driven enterprises. Our focus is to empower businesses to achieve their digital transformation goals and maximize their business impact through the effective use of data and AI.

We leverage cutting-edge technologies in data analytics, data governance, AI-ML, GenAI/ LLM and industry best practices to deliver custom solutions that help organizations optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth.

Awards and Recognitions:

Kanerika has won several awards over the years, including:

1. Best Place to Work 2023 by Great Place to Work®

2. Top 10 Most Recommended RPA Start-Ups in 2022 by RPA Today

3. NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award in 2014

4. Frost & Sullivan India 2021 Technology Innovation Award for its Kompass composable solution architecture

5. Kanerika has also been recognized for its commitment to customer privacy and data security, having achieved ISO 27701, SOC2, and GDPR compliances.

Working for us:

Kanerika is rated 4.6/5 on Glassdoor, for many good reasons. We truly value our employees' growth, well-being, and diversity, and people’s experiences bear this out. At Kanerika, we offer a host of enticing benefits that create an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. From our inclusive hiring practices and mandatory training on creating a safe work environment to our flexible working hours and generous parental leave, we prioritize the well-being and success of our employees.

Our commitment to professional development is evident through our mentorship programs, job training initiatives, and support for professional certifications. Additionally, our company-sponsored outings and various time-off benefits ensure a healthy work-life balance. Join us at Kanerika and become part of a vibrant and diverse community where your talents are recognized, your growth is nurtured, and your contributions make a real impact. See the benefits section below for the perks you’ll get while working for Kanerika.

About the role:

As a Senior Java Developer, you will utilize your extensive Java programming skills and expertise to design and develop robust and scalable applications. You will collaborate with cross- functional teams, provide technical leadership, and contribute to the entire software development life cycle. With your deep understanding of Java technologies and frameworks, you will ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet the project requirements and adhere to coding standards.

Role Responsibilities:

• Discuss new features and collaborate with the development and UX team, commercial product manager and product owner to get functionalities specified and implemented.
• Agree the technical implementation with involved component owners and estimate its work effort.
• Write great code and do code reviews for other engineers
• Implement, test and demonstrate new product features in an agile process.
• Develop complete sets of functionalities including the backend and frontend.
• Create new microservices, or migrate existing services, to run on a cloud infrastructure
• Work on further usability, performance improvements or quality assurance, including bug fixes and test automation.
• Watch out for potential security issues and fix them, or better avoid them altogether 

Role requirements:

• BTech computer science or equivalent
• Java development skills with at least 3 to 5 years of experience. Knowledge of the most popular java libraries and frameworks: JPA, Spring, Kafka, etc
• Have a degree in computer science, or a similar background, or you just have enough professional experience to blow right through all your challenges
• Are a great communicator, analytic, goal-oriented, quality-focused, yet still agile person who likes to work with software engineers; you will interact a lot with architects, developers from other teams, component owners and system engineers
• Have a clear overview of all layers in computer software development, including REST APIs and how to make and integrate them in our products
• Have Java server-side development and SQL (PostgreSQL) and nice to have NOSQL (Mongo Db or Dynamo DB) database knowledge.
• Are open to pick-up innovative technologies as needed by the team. Have or want to build experience with cloud and DevOps infrastructure (like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Concourse, etc.)
• Speak English fluently

Employee Benefits:

1. Culture:

1. Open Door Policy: Encourages open communication and accessibility to management.
2. Open Office Floor Plan: Fosters a collaborative and interactive work environment.
3. Flexible Working Hours: Allows employees to have flexibility in their work schedules.
4. Employee Referral Bonus: Rewards employees for referring qualified candidates.
5. Appraisal Process Twice a Year: Provides regular performance evaluations and feedback.

2. Inclusivity and Diversity:

1. Hiring practices that promote diversity: Ensures a diverse and inclusive workforce.
2. Mandatory POSH training: Promotes a safe and respectful work environment.

3. Health Insurance and Wellness Benefits:

1. GMC and Term Insurance: Offers medical coverage and financial protection.
2. Health Insurance: Provides coverage for medical expenses.
3. Disability Insurance: Offers financial support in case of disability.

4. Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored family events: Creates opportunities for employees and their       families to bond.
2. Generous Parental Leave: Allows parents to take time off after the birth or adoption of a child.
3. Family Medical Leave: Offers leave for employees to take care of family members' medical needs.

5. Perks and Time-Off Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored outings: Organizes recreational activities for employees.
2. Gratuity: Provides a monetary benefit as a token of appreciation.
3. Provident Fund: Helps employees save for retirement.
4. Generous PTO: Offers more than the industry standard for paid time off.
5. Paid sick days: Allows employees to take paid time off when they are unwell.
6. Paid holidays: Gives employees paid time off for designated holidays.
7. Bereavement Leave: Provides time off for employees to grieve the loss of a loved one.

6. Professional Development Benefits:

1. L&D with FLEX- Enterprise Learning Repository: Provides access to a learning repository for professional development.
2. Mentorship Program: Offers guidance and support from experienced professionals.
3. Job Training: Provides training to enhance job-related skills.
4. Professional Certification Reimbursements: Assists employees in obtaining professional      certifications.
5. Promote from Within: Encourages internal growth and advancement opportunities.

• Role & Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain backend functionality for websites and web applications.
• Create custom WordPress themes and plugins based on requirements.
• Work with REST API integration and database management (MySQL).
• Follow MVC principles for structured code development.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate designs and functionality.
• Use Git for version control.

Role Overview

The Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developer will lead the design, development, and maintenance of Government of Rajasthan’s portal websites built on the AEM platform. This role involves leading technical solutions, performance optimization, security compliance, and guiding the development team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex components and templates in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• Manage AEM configurations, workflows, and permissions for multiple portals.
• Develop and integrate custom OSGi bundles, Sling models, and components.
• Ensure performance tuning, caching strategies, and scalability of AEM solutions.
• Handle dispatcher configuration and optimization for content delivery.
• Collaborate with architects and project managers for solution design.
• Ensure compliance with Safe-to-Host and OWASP security standards.
• Mentor junior developers and review their code for quality.
• Integrate with third-party services (Payment Gateway, SMS Gateway, etc.).
• Manage version control (Git) and deployment pipelines (Jenkins).

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.3 or above).
• Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, OSGi, Apache Sling, JCR (Jackrabbit Oak).
• Hands-on experience with HTL (Sightly), HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery.
• Good understanding of Dispatcher, Apache HTTP Server, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs and system integration.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD tools (Jenkins).
• Excellent problem-solving and team leadership skills.

Preferred Certifications

Adobe Certified Expert (AEM Sites Developer or Architect).

Qualifications Required:

Education: Relevant degree in software engineering fields; training in principles and techniques of software development.

Experience: 1-5 years of relevant software architecture, software development and software testing experience.

Skills:

• Strong technical skills in .Net, C#, VB, SQL Server 2008, Oracle, AJAX, Web Services. Strong English reading and writing communication skills, with an ability to express and understand complex technical concepts. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills. Ability to work in teams and has strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Ability to deal with clients and travel to project sites. Possess good organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to lead a moderate group of software engineers and also able to work independently. Ability to anticipate potential problems, determine and implement solutions.

Responsibilities: Responsible for software development activities throughout the project, including key phases of process such as development, testing, implementation.

Other: Be familiar with systems concepts design and standards. Good awareness and practical approach of standard SDLC and be quickly able to understand adhere to coding standard followed by Ember Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Required Skills:

• 4+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational 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.