Senior Software Engineer - Backend

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

You'll work closely with our team to implement best practices, improve our architecture, and create a high-performance engineering culture. Over a 6–9-month period, you'll also immerse yourself in game development, Unity, and C# to become a well-rounded technical leader in the gaming space.

• Drive maximum development velocity through direct involvement in development sprints, ensuring developers work as efficiently and effectively as possible.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Drive architectural decisions that ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performance game products.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture aligned with ambitious goals, accountability, and proactive problem-solving.
• Implement and enforce engineering best practices (e.g., code reviews, testing, documentation) and the adoption of new tools, technologies including AI, and methodologies to optimize team efficiency.
• Transition our team to a high-performance culture aligned with our ambitious, venture-backed goals.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role
• Ability to reasonably estimate and plan tasks and features.
• Strong programming fundamentals and hands-on coding abilities
• Strong grasp of software architecture, TDD, code reviews, and clean coding principles.
• Proficient at profiling games to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
• Experience building complex, scalable software systems
• Proven track record of driving architectural decisions and technical excellence
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

PERKS, BENEFITS AND WORK CULTURE:

• We foster a culture of continuous learning.
• We value talent and the ability for significant self-improvement.
• Honest feedback and transparency across all departments allow for rapid skill development.
• You will have the opportunity to work on an exciting new game development product with complete autonomy.

Job Title: Senior Backend Developer – Ecommerce Marketplace

Company: Bharat Agrolink

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (On-site)

Job Type: Full-time

Experience Required: 3+ Years

About Bharat Agrolink

Bharat Agrolink is a fast-growing agri-tech ecommerce marketplace focused on connecting farmers, vendors, and distributors across India. Our platform is built to simplify agricultural commerce and bring quality agri-products closer to farmers through technology-driven solutions.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer who can take ownership of backend architecture, scalability, and performance of our ecommerce marketplace platform.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and optimize backend applications for ecommerce and multi-vendor marketplace platforms.

Design and build secure and scalable REST APIs for web applications, mobile apps, and third-party integrations.

Architect and maintain clean, modular, and scalable backend systems.

Integrate and maintain payment gateways, shipping APIs, and external services.

Design, manage, and optimize MySQL and MongoDB databases.

Ensure backend performance, scalability, and security best practices.

Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues.

Collaborate with frontend, SEO, and operations teams to ensure smooth platform performance.

Implement automation workflows and backend improvements.

Manage deployments and server configurations.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Strong experience in PHP frameworks such as Laravel or CodeIgniter.

Hands-on experience with Node.js.

Strong command over MySQL, SQL, and MongoDB.

Solid experience in REST API development and third-party integrations.

Experience working on ecommerce or multi-vendor marketplace platforms.

Understanding of server management and deployment processes.

Knowledge of SEO-friendly backend architecture.

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.

Good to Have

Experience building scalable ecommerce marketplace systems.

Experience with Docker-based deployments.

Knowledge of caching mechanisms and performance optimization.

Familiarity with Git or other version control systems.

Why Join Bharat Agrolink

Opportunity to work on a rapidly growing ecommerce marketplace.

Take ownership of backend architecture and core platform systems.

Be part of a performance-driven and growth-oriented startup culture.

Strong career growth opportunities while working on real-world scalable products.

• Hands-on experience in modern web-development using .Net core, C#, Angular2+, Javascript, HTML5, CSS
• Expertise in developing services (SOAP-WCF and REST)
• Expertise in web development frameworks like ASP.NET MVC
• Good knowledge of database concepts and Microsoft SQL Server
• Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, design patterns, concurrency, algorithms, and software design
• Experience working in any of the JavaScript frameworks like Ember.js, AngularJS, or ReactJS is a bonus.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor.
• Flair to learn new technologies and thrive in an agile environment.

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality
• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
• Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.
• Self motivated.
• Zeal to learn new things.
• Must be proficient in PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, AJAX
• Should have experience with WordPress.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks like CodeIgnit.

Skyber is a fintech based in Mumbai, India, and is building a connected commerce platform and disruptive Enterprise SaaS with the fundamental of digitalizing, unifying, and streamlining business processes and transactions.

Our flagship platform - Dhanda (https://mydhanda.com">https://mydhanda.com) is live on Play Store and iOS App Store🚀

At Skyber, we are obsessed with our vision to create an ecosystem for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Business Owners & freelancers of Bharat where we provide them with procurements to payments & enquiry to invoicing platform. Skyber was born out of the need to bring back the focus on these business owners, to empower them so that they can ride along with the technology wave and adopt the phigital way.

To build such a community we require people with the same vision who are working towards making this dream possible for us and for all these business owners.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development
• Following an agile framework of development

Who can apply :

Only those candidates can apply who:

1. Are available for full time. Right now the team is working from home but when the situation improves we expect them to come to Office. ( Office is situated in Goregaon, Mumbai )
2. At least 2 years of professional work experience in the field of design along with a strong portfolio demonstrating past work experience.
3. Can join the team on an immediate basis.
4. Have relevant skills and interests.

Perks :

• Flexible work hours
• Informal dress code
• A ticket on our rocket ship to the Moon 🚀

Here’s what you will get if you work with us :

1. Working with a young & dynamic team that constantly tests your thinking and beliefs.
2. No specific work timings. We believe that your work should speak for you and not the time.
3. Constant amusement by Dot (Warning: Apply only if you love dogs) 🐶
4. Occasional doses of Yummy Home Cooked food 😋
5. Homelike Work Environment (We also have a bed if you need to sleep - even though we think you won't get any for a while)

Responsibilities:

• Resolve complex technical issues and make design decisions to meet the critical requirements of scalable, highly available, multi-tenant enablement of services in the cloud.
• Independently investigate, present options, review and implement completely new functionality OR re-architect an existing solution to meet growing needs
• You will work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement a new product offering while ensuring continued functionality.
• Work with various external (application) teams to integrate with the product and help guide the integration.
• You will implement solutions that include database schema, business logic, and some presentation layer work.
• You will use existing methods and best practices in the software industry to create features and platforms with the highest levels of security, reliability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Experience mentoring senior developers.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software development experience with a proven track record of making technical decisions
• 8+ years of experience in coding in more than one programming language, e.g. Python, GoLang, node.js, etc
• Intimate working understanding of modern web applications from the database to browser
• Intimate understanding of MongoDB and extensive experience with database-driven applications
• Great problem-solving skills and ability to abstract functional requirements
• Excellent communicator in both technical and non-technical contexts
• Experience designing and improving complex software applications
• Experience coaching and mentoring developers at various levels of experience
• You have a sound understanding of programming fundamentals & their application to highly scalable web-based systems.
• You have successfully led a small agile team.

- Profound knowledge about state-of-the-art technologies and standards (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS, AJAX, JQuery, XML, and Linux) 

Experience with web services and Various frameworks (CakePHP, Symfony, ZEND, Laravel, etc) -

Capability to create an extension or module.

- Must be able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team 
- Experience in a structured development environment 
- Strong knowledge of Core PHP Skills & object-oriented programming (OOP) Has knowledge of any one of Git, BitBucket, SVN, etc. code management repositories. 
- Immediate joiner prefer. 
- Total Exp - 2+ to 4 years 
- Notice period - not more than 30 days

Responsibilities and Duties -

You will be taking ownership of a big project already in production. This project already has 25L registered users.