Senior Web Developer

Job Details

- Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

- Industry: SAAS

- Function – Information Technology

- Experience Required: 5-8 years

- Working Days: 6 days a week, (5 days-in-office, Saturdays WFH)

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Bangalore

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Preferred Skills: AWS, NodeJS, RESTful APIs, NoSQL

Criteria

· Minimum 5+ years in backend engineering with strong system design expertise

· Experience building scalable systems from scratch

· Expert-level proficiency in Node.js

· Deep understanding of distributed systems

· Strong NoSQL design skills

· Hands-on AWS cloud experience

· Proven leadership and mentoring capability

· Preferred candidates from SAAS/Software/IT Services based startups or scaleup companies

Job Description

The Role:

What You’ll Build:

1. System Architecture & Design

● Architect highly scalable backend systems from the ground up

● Define technology choices: frameworks, databases, queues, caching layers

● Evaluate microservices vs monoliths based on product stage

● Design REST, GraphQL, and real-time WebSocket APIs

● Build event-driven systems for asynchronous processing

● Architect multi-tenant systems with strict data isolation

● Maintain architectural documentation and technical specs

2. Core Backend Services

● Build high-performance APIs for 3D content, XR experiences, analytics, and user interactions

● Create 3D asset processing pipelines for uploads, conversions, and optimization

● Develop distributed job workers for CPU/GPU-intensive tasks

● Build authentication/authorization systems (RBAC)

● Implement billing, subscription, and usage metering

● Build secure webhook systems and third-party integration APIs

● Create real-time collaboration features via WebSockets/SSE

3. Data Architecture & Databases

● Design scalable schemas for 3D metadata, XR sessions, and analytics

● Model complex product catalogs with variants and hierarchies

● Implement Redis-based caching strategies

● Build search and indexing systems (Elasticsearch/Algolia)

● Architect ETL pipelines and data warehouses

● Implement sharding, partitioning, and replication strategies

● Design backup, restore, and disaster recovery workflows

4. Scalability & Performance

● Build systems designed for 10x–100x traffic growth

● Implement load balancing, autoscaling, and distributed processing

● Optimize API response times and database performance

● Implement global CDN delivery for heavy 3D assets

● Build rate limiting, throttling, and backpressure mechanisms

● Optimize storage and retrieval of large 3D files

● Profile and improve CPU, memory, and network performance

5. Infrastructure & DevOps

● Architect AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ElastiCache)

● Build CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and rollbacks

● Use IaC tools (Terraform/CloudFormation) for infra provisioning

● Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems

● Use Docker + Kubernetes for container orchestration

● Implement security best practices for data, networks, and secrets

● Define disaster recovery and business continuity plans

6. Integration & APIs

● Build integrations with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento

● Design webhook systems for real-time events

● Build SDKs, client libraries, and developer tools

● Integrate payment gateways (Stripe, Razorpay)

● Implement SSO and OAuth for enterprise customers

● Define API versioning and lifecycle/deprecation strategies

7. Data Processing & Analytics

● Build analytics pipelines for engagement, conversions, and XR performance

● Process high-volume event streams at scale

● Build data warehouses for BI and reporting

● Develop real-time dashboards and insights systems

● Implement analytics export pipelines and platform integrations

● Enable A/B testing and experimentation frameworks

● Build personalization and recommendation systems

Technical Stack:

1. Backend Languages & Frameworks 

●  Primary: Node.js (Express, NestJS), Python (FastAPI, Django)

●  Secondary: Go, Java/Kotlin (Spring)

●  APIs: REST, GraphQL, gRPC

2. Databases & Storage

● SQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL

● NoSQL: MongoDB, DynamoDB

● Caching: Redis, Memcached

● Search: Elasticsearch, Algolia

● Storage/CDN: AWS S3, CloudFront

● Queues: Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS

3. Cloud & Infrastructure: 

● Cloud: AWS (primary), GCP/Azure (nice to have)

● Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS

● Infrastructure: Terraform, CloudFormation

● CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI

● Containers: Docker, Kubernetes

4. Monitoring & Operations 

● Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch

● Logging: ELK Stack, CloudWatch Logs

● Error Tracking: Sentry, Rollbar

● APM tools

5. Security & Auth

● Auth: JWT, OAuth 2.0, SAML

● Secrets: AWS Secrets Manager, Vault

● Security: Encryption (at rest/in transit), TLS/SSL, IAM

What We’re Looking For:

1. Must-Haves

● 5+ years in backend engineering with strong system design expertise

● Experience building scalable systems from scratch

● Expert-level proficiency in at least one backend stack (Node, Python, Go, Java)

● Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices

● Strong SQL/NoSQL design skills with performance optimization

● Hands-on AWS cloud experience

● Ability to write high-quality production code daily

● Experience building and scaling RESTful APIs

● Strong understanding of caching, sharding, horizontal scaling

● Solid security and best-practice implementation experience

● Proven leadership and mentoring capability

2. Highly Desirable

● Experience with large file processing (3D, video, images)

● Background in SaaS, multi-tenancy, or e-commerce

● Experience with real-time systems (WebSockets, streams)

● Knowledge of ML/AI infrastructure

● Experience with HA systems, DR planning

● Familiarity with GraphQL, gRPC, event-driven systems

● DevOps/infrastructure engineering background

● Experience with XR/AR/VR backend systems

● Open-source contributions or technical writing

● Prior senior technical leadership experience

Technical Challenges You’ll Solve:

● Designing large-scale 3D asset processing pipelines

● Serving XR content globally with ultra-low latency

● Scaling from thousands to millions of daily requests

● Efficiently handling CPU/GPU-heavy workloads

● Architecting multi-tenancy with complete data isolation

● Managing billions of analytics events at scale

● Building future-proof APIs with backward compatibility

Why company:

● Architectural Ownership: Build foundational systems from scratch

● Deep Technical Work: Solve distributed systems and scaling challenges

● Hands-On Impact: Design and code mission-critical infrastructure

● Diverse Problems: APIs, infra, data, ML, XR, asset processing

● Massive Scale Opportunity: Build systems for exponential growth

● Modern Stack and best practices

● Product Impact: Your architecture directly powers millions of users

● Leadership Opportunity: Shape engineering culture and direction

● Learning Environment: Stay at the forefront of backend engineering

● Backed by AWS, Microsoft, Google

Location & Work Culture:

● Location: Bengaluru

● Schedule: 6 days a week, (5 days-in-office, Saturdays WFH)

● Culture: Builder mindset, strong ownership, technical excellence

● Team: Small, highly skilled backend and infra team

● Resources: AWS credits, latest tooling, learning budget

Mandatory skills- PHP, Laravel, Rest API

Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms.

Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.

Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

Utilize back end data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support

Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues

Document the development process, architecture, and standard components

Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

Communicate with other backend and front end engineers

Create and deploy web apps using the Laravel framework

Create server-side logic to handle front-end inputs

Identify and correct flaws identified in the code

Work with SQL databases

Ensure that all database inputs have been parameterized

Ensure that the relevant security standards are in place

Make sure you've built unit test cases to ensure your code is operating as intended and to avoid potential security issues

Create written documentation for each component

We are looking for Backend Developer to join our team. Fieldproxy is the first of its kind product in the space - and we are looking for out of the box thinkers with original thought process and lateral thinking. The code you ship will be used by thousands of users every day helping them get their work done. You will join a young, dynamic and fast-paced environment, work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and roll out products that deliver the company's vision and strategy.

Responsibilities :

- Backend development with Node.js, MongoDb and Typescript.

- Developing and testing flexible, scalable applications.

- Collaborate with Front end developers to produce optimum output.

- Think out of the box, discuss and implement your own ideas over the phase.

Required skills :

- Strong knowledge in creating RESTFUL APIs(web service)

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools: Git.

- Good knowledge of Docker & Shell scripting

- Basic knowledge in web fundamentals: HTML, CSS

- Experience in DevOps is an added advantage.

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

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

What candidate should know about:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

• At least 2+ years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance java enterprise applications
• Extensive knowledge in Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Extensive knowledge of Java, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Struts
• Exposure to or experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, DOM, Reactjs
• Extensive knowledge in creating and consuming RESTful API
• Extensive knowledge in automated unit testing using JUnit
• Experience in AWS infrastructure
• Knowledge in writing SQL queries and interacting with database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server,
• Thorough orientation towards Code reviews, Coding standards, Design Standards, and Code Documentation
• Knowledge in design patterns
• Knowledge of Data modeling in RDBMS or NoSQL databases
• A proactive approach to identify alternatives for a given problem statement
• Should have worked on enterprise-class applications
• Should have worked in an Agile environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills