Software Developer

Required Skills: CI/CD Pipeline, Data Structures, Microservices, Determining overall architectural principles, frameworks and standards, Cloud expertise (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Distributed Systems

Criteria:

• Candidate must have 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with 1–2 years leading engineers or owning major systems.
• Candidate must be from a product-based organization with a startup mindset
• Must be strong in one core backend language: Node.js, Go, Java, or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, high availability, and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong command over system design, data structures, performance tuning, and scalable architecture
• Ability to partner with Product, Data, Infrastructure, and lead end-to-end backend roadmap execution.

Description

What This Role Is All About

We’re looking for a Backend Tech Lead who’s equally obsessed with architecture decisions and clean code, someone who can zoom out to design systems and zoom in to fix that one weird memory leak. You’ll lead a small but sharp team, drive the backend roadmap, and make sure our systems stay fast, lean, and battle-tested.

What You’ll Own

● Architect backend systems that handle India-scale traffic without breaking a sweat.

● Build and evolve microservices, APIs, and internal platforms that our entire app depends on.

● Guide, mentor, and uplevel a team of backend engineers—be the go-to technical brain.

● Partner with Product, Data, and Infra to ship features that are reliable and delightful.

● Set high engineering standards—clean architecture, performance, automation, and testing.

● Lead discussions on system design, performance tuning, and infra choices.

● Keep an eye on production like a hawk: metrics, monitoring, logs, uptime.

● Identify gaps proactively and push for improvements instead of waiting for fires.

What Makes You a Great Fit

● 6+ years of backend experience; 1–2 years leading engineers or owning major systems.

● Strong in one core language (Node.js / Go / Java / Python) — pick your sword.

● Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, high-availability, and microservices.

● Hands-on with AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.

● You think data structures and system design are not interviews — they’re daily tools.

● You write code that future-you won’t hate.

● Strong communication and a let’s figure this out attitude.

Bonus Points If You Have

● Built or scaled consumer apps with millions of DAUs.

● Experimented with event-driven architecture, streaming systems, or real-time pipelines.

● Love startups and don’t mind wearing multiple hats.

● Experience on logging/monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, OpenTelemetry.

Why company Might Be Your Best Move

● Work on products used by real people every single day.

● Ownership from day one—your decisions will shape our core architecture.

● No unnecessary hierarchy; direct access to founders and senior leadership.

● A team that cares about quality, speed, and impact in equal measure.

● Build for Bharat — complex constraints, huge scale, real impact.

• Ruby

• Rails framework

• MySQL

• API development

• Design Patterns

Develop, test, and maintain all APIs

• Manage and maintain SQL and No-SQL tables, data, and stored procedures within all databases

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement

• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive code to enhance the user experience and support analytical products

• Troubleshoot and diagnose production issues

JOB TITLE/HEADLINE: Backend Developer

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full time, permanent. 

REPORTING TO: Ajit Kumar

LOCATION: Andheri, Mumbai 

Backend Developer

Position Overview:

As a Backend Developer at FatakPay, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining the backend systems that power our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and efficient server-side applications, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend systems.

Collaborate with front-end developers, designers, and other stakeholders to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

Implement and maintain data storage solutions, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.

Collaborate with DevOps to deploy and manage applications in a cloud environment.

Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and coding standards.

Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. Identify and address performance bottlenecks, security issues, and other technical challenges.

Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in backend development.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience as a Backend Developer or similar role.

Strong proficiency in server-side programming languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js.

Experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB. Familiarity with RESTful API design and integration.

Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

ABOUT THE COMPANY: 

FatakPay Digital Private Ltd (FatakPay) is a digital-only lending platform that provides virtual credit facilities. The solution provides a 100% digital and paperless quick, transparent and secure way to transact in multilingual format with a ‘scan now, pay later’ facility and easy repayment options. 

We're a company that strongly believes in teamwork, design, creativity and tech. We love to build the best possible Financial Tech products that make the world a better place. 

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 

If selected for an interview, you will hear directly from someone from the HR department, usually within a week of the closing date.

Responsibilities: 

• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems. 
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. 
• Analyze and improve data quality and metrics. 
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations. 
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry in design decisions. 
• Assist in the career development of others, mentoring on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members. 
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. 
• Skilled in translating high level abstract business requirements into software design, designing systems specifications, standards, and programming 
• Contribute to Architectural blueprints and Design for the software solutions 
• Mentor team on engineering best practices such as writing clean code, designing scalable, reliable and performant software solutions, set and ensure compliance to software quality standards etc. 
• Be a role model for the team with innovative thinking, passion for continuous learning and contributions to the project. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experiences 

• BE / B.Tech /M.Tech in Computer Science or a related field 
• Minimum 7+/5+ years of experience building large scalable systems 
• Minimum 2+ years of recent experience in building products on cloud is a plus 
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming and WebAPI development is required 
• Knowledge and awareness of cloud/ application security is must (OWASP at the minimum) 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS with C#, .Net(or Java) with SQL Server or any RDBMS 
• Strong experience in architecting and building multi-threaded, distributed systems. 
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance. 
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment. 
• Extensive experience of mentoring junior engineers to success. 
• Experience with Microservices Architecture is a plus 
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and AWS/Azure cloud services is plus 
• Hands on experience of building products for unix systems in addition to windows is a plus 
• Excellent Communication 

Job Brief

Primary Responsibilities:

• Obtaining in-depth understanding of design and implementation of existing software product
• Performing all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, design, estimation, and development & testing
• Applying innovation and creativity in design and implementation of features
• Designing reusable components, frameworks and libraries
• Troubleshooting production support issues post-deployment and come up with solutions as required
• Follow the processes defined by the project manager and the organization

General Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in full-stack development in python based technologies.
• Experienced in relational database technologies
• Good in data structures and algorithms
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Self motivated and willing to learn new technologies
• Experience in AWS cloud technologies is plus

Technologies

• Python, Django
• Angular
• JavaScript, HTML, CSS  technologies
• Must understand AJAX and REST

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: 

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement. 
• Collaborate with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience. 

• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends. 
• Record data and report it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership. 
• Participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. 
• Take the lead on projects, as needed. 
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle. 

• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future. 
• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes. 
• Conduct UI tests and optimize performance. 
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or relevant field. Master’s Degree in a related field is preferred. 
• 5-7 years of relevant experience 
• Must be an expert programmer, skilled at computer languages such as HTML, C+++, C#, PHP, Python and Java. 
• Must understand Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, JMS, Mysql, Redis, CouchDb, Micro Services, Docker, Kubernetes 
• Must be able to interpret and follow instructions related to the ultimate functionality of our IT-based product 

• Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS 
• Must be comfortable with technology architecture and how a computer and its software functions. 
• Deadline driven, organized and understand how people view and understand content on the front-end 
• Proven experience in highly complex environments 
• Strong technical documentation skills 

• An ability to solve multifaceted technical issues in a fast-paced environment 
• Self-motivated and accountable for your work 
• Passionate about learning and continuous improvement 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work overtime 

• Develop creative solutions and write technical design based on the requirements.
• Work closely with peer teams to ensure that applications are written to allow for overall system performance.
• Assist in tuning and optimization.
• Develop and execute unit tests for product components.
• Perform peer code reviews and provide feedback.
• Promote high quality, scalability, and timely completion of projects.
• Apply agile approach to coordinate development and determine project scope and limitations.
• Bachelor degree in Engineering, CS or equivalent experience
• Development in Core Java, J2EE, Struts, spring, Client-Side scripting, Hibernate, Database
• Development of scalable core-java applications, Web Applications and Web Services
• OOP concepts 
• Data Structures, algorithms and their applications
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience in building microservices
• Strong experience with Spring Boot stack (spring cloud, spring-data)
• Extensive experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience in Kafka distributed messaging
• Hands-on experience in Redis, Apache Ignite, Hazelcast
• Strong experience in RDMS and NoSQL databases Mongo
• Experience in using Elastic Search
• Experience in profiling applications
• Strong analytical skills and general logical reasoning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good understanding of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Basic SQL queries