- Contributing to the backend of the product development.
- Maintaining these applications for accuracy and high availability.
- Contributing to and enforcing great coding practices through code reviews.
- Sharing knowledge with your colleagues during regular knowledge Sharing sessions.
- Collaborate across functions and own the planning, estimation and execution for parts of the product.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve system designs, architecture and implementation standards.
Requirements:
- Experience of architecting and building products/business critical backend applications using Ruby on Rails.
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres or MySQL.
- Experience of deploying and maintaining web applications.
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure like AWS, GCP etc.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and stress testing tools.
- Good communication skills.

About GoGroup
About
We are GoGroup. As the name already suggests, we are a group of companies. We are on a mission to build amazing companies with amazing people. We own the processes of building these companies - be it incorporating the company or providing access to venture capital or building complete product & technology.
At GoGroup, business and tech go hand in hand. Amazing companies need strong tech from the start. That's why we believe in teaming up founders and tech engineers for our biggest opportunities. That way you work together from the very early phase and grow the company together to unicorn status and beyond.
As a group, we are building our own ventures from scratch. With that we are enabling the best tech talent to get in on massive opportunities very early on. This of course provides exciting technical challenges that you will get to work on. You will be fully focused on one of the ventures of our group, going deep on one product, getting more and more responsibility and learning a lot about the technology of that product/technology.
At the same time you will profit from the knowledge sharing across all our ventures. In our Friday Education sessions one team member is always presenting a key topic that they have been working on and which will help other team members to learn and grow.
Everything we do at GoGroup starts with people. This is why we really focus on you and will help you to identify, plan and reach your goals. Whether your career goal is to be an Engineering Manager, a CTO or a Founder, we have the programs in place to help you grow there over time within GoGroup.
Today, we are building 8 companies. We are 40 people core team and our portfolio companies have 100s of people. We continue to stay profitable and are constantly expanding our portfolio. We work on a wide array of technologies like MERN & MEAN, RoR stack, Angular, React Native, Go, SQL and NoSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and so on. We do not tie ourselves to limited techs and aim to use the right technologies that are best suited for our startups.
Our experienced team of founders and leaders have built multiple product companies in the past and are now on a mission to to create this unique ecosystem where founders and engineers build amazing companies together.
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About us:
Hiver offers teams the simplest way to offer outstanding and personalized customer service. As a customer service solution built on Gmail, Hiver is intuitive, super easy to learn, and delightful to use. Hiver is used by thousands of teams at some of the best-known companies in the world to provide attentive, empathetic, and human service to their customers at scale. We’re a top-rated product on G2 and rank very highly on customer satisfaction.
At Hiver, we obsess about being world-class at everything we do. Our product is loved by our customers, our content engages a very wide audience, our customer service is one of the highest rated in the industry, and our sales team is as driven about doing right by our customers as they are by hitting their numbers. We’re profitably run and are backed by notable investors. K1 Capital led our most recent round of $27 million. Before that, we raised from Kalaari Capital, Kae Capital, and Citrix Startup Accelerator.
Opportunity:
As a Senior Staff Engineer at Hiver, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform and technology landscape. You will operate as a senior technical leader — driving architectural strategy, establishing engineering excellence across teams, and influencing product direction at scale.
Hiver processes over 5 million emails daily for thousands of active users — and as we continue to grow rapidly, you’ll lead efforts to build highly scalable, intelligent, and resilient systems that power this growth. This is a hands-on and strategic role where you will architect complex systems, mentor other Staff Engineers and Technical Leads, and champion technical innovation across the company.
What you will be working on?
Strategic Technical Leadership
- Define and evolve Hiver’s technical architecture and long-term technology roadmap in alignment with business strategy.
- Lead architectural design reviews and ensure coherent technical direction across multiple product and platform teams.
- Partner with senior leadership across all functions to make strategic build vs. buy, scale vs. optimize, and AI adoption decisions.
- Drive technical vision-setting for next-generation AI-driven capabilities across the product suite.
AI and Systems Architecture
- Design and scale advanced Generative AI and Machine Learning solutions integrated with Hiver’s core workflows.
- Build frameworks to improve system scalability, resilience, and observability for high-throughput email and data processing.
- Ensure architectural decisions are guided by performance, maintainability, and cost efficiency principles
Engineering Excellence & Mentorship
- Set and enforce engineering-wide standards for system design, code quality, and technical documentation.
- Mentor and coach Staff Engineers, Tech Leads, and Senior Engineers, helping them grow as system thinkers and problem solvers.
- Act as the final technical reviewer for complex or high-risk projects, reducing uncertainty and ensuring timely delivery.
- Build a culture of engineering excellence that values clarity, simplicity, and accountability.
Cross-Functional Influence
- Collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Design teams to translate business goals into technically feasible and scalable solutions.
- Drive consensus and alignment on key architectural trade-offs across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Lead post-incident reviews and proactively drive initiatives that improve system reliability and developer productivity.
Innovation & Technical Thought Leadership
- Champion emerging technologies — AI, automation, data analytics — to create business leverage.
- Promote a culture of continuous innovation, experimentation, and learning within engineering.
- Represent Hiver’s engineering excellence in external forums, conferences, and open-source communities.
What we are looking for?
- 12+ years of total experience in software engineering with at least 5+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles.
- 3+ years of experience leading Staff-level in large-scale distributed systems.
- Extensive expertise in AI/ML (including Generative AI), with a deep understanding of model lifecycle management and deployment.
- Proven experience architecting high-availability, large-scale SaaS platforms in cloud environments (AWS, GCP or Azure).
- Strong foundation in Python or Java, object-oriented design, and system performance optimization.
- Advanced understanding of distributed systems, data architecture, and event-driven design patterns.
- Experience managing technical strategy and decision-making across multiple teams or product areas.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.
- Passion for mentoring and developing senior engineering talent and shaping engineering culture at scale.
● Learning new things, asking questions
● Analyzing user feedback with the team to learn on what to build
● Iterating on feedback to continuously improve features
● Building APIs and microservices for a system that can scale to millions of emails per
month
● Working closely with our product designers and frontend developers to provide a
delightful user experience
● TDD to make sure all features work as intended
Qualifications:
● B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
● 2+ years experience working as a software engineer
● Proficiency in Ruby / Rails or equivalent web development language/framework
● Strong in SQL and relational database such as PostgreSQL
Expertise in Angular JS, Node JS, React JS.
• BE/B. Tech. Computer Science or MCA from a reputed University.
• 8+ Years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side
programming.
• Hands on experience in Core Java, Multithreading, RMI, Socket programing, JDBC, NIO,
webservices and Design patterns.
• Should have Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks, ESB
etc.
• Knowledge of Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database is
essential.
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive are desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Should have experience as a participant in Agile methodologies.
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a Fullstack requirement, we are purely looking out for Backend resources.
● You have a minimum of 7 years of experience working on production systems at a
productcompany with a decent scale
● You have a deep understanding of design patterns, memory/performance optimization, and how to summarise and share knowledge
● You have experience developing software services and an understanding of design for scalability,performance, and reliability
● You have excellent experience in managing security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and scalability
● You have familiarity with microservice architecture, containers, and related technologies
● You have strong knowledge of software development fundamentals, including relevant backgroundin computer science fundamentals and agile development methodologies.
● You have a strong development experience in using modern web frameworks in
programminglanguages like Ruby on Rails, Python, Javascript.
● You have a strong understanding of relational databases and SQL and you practice test drivendevelopment
● Would be an added advantage if you have a passion for mentoring and helping people on your team grow and achieve their goals
● You are an excellent collaborator & communicator. You know that startups are a team sport. Youlisten to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
● You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company.
● If you like to tinker and have hobby projects, send us links to your blog, github etc
Location: We are open to candidates working from anywhere in India/across the globe. At the moment, however, like most teams, we are fully remote.
Company Introduction (apna)
We are building a novel platform to create better economic opportunities for the blue/grey
workforce around the world. We are a very product focused and customer obsessed company. Delivering high quality products at lightning speed is our USP. If you are looking for challenging work and rapid merit based growth in your career, look no further and welcome aboard.
Checkout our product on Google Play store apna - Job Search App | Job Groups
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer responsible looking for engineering ownership of one/many products at apna. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end (Android + WebApp). A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.
Responsibilities
● Take ownership of end-to-end product development
● Be champion of Test Driven Development methodology
● Building reusable code and libraries for future use
● Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
● Implementation of security and data protection
● Technical Documentation around the owned product
Skills And Qualifications
● Expert level in OOPS concepts and REST API development
● Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, Ruby, Go
● Knowledge around ElasticSearch, Celery, Redis is must
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
● Knowledge of GCP would be a plus
Perks
● Have autonomy to work from home. Only one rule: Get things Done!
● We promote and celebrate team members contributing at a variety of professional
conferences and events. Be a speaker, contribute to open sourcepublish academic
work, publish an online blog showing your expertise. we are here to encourage you!
● You join us in your current area of expertise and let us know about your personal
professional goals. Looking to start your company? Further studies at the best institutes?
Want to change career track? We make sure you reach there!
● Generous pool of ESOPs







