
Backend - Software Development Engineer III
Experience - 7+ yrs
About Wekan Enterprise Solutions
Wekan Enterprise Solutions is a leading Technology Consulting company and a strategic investment partner of MongoDB. We help companies drive innovation in the cloud by adopting modern technology solutions that help them achieve their performance and availability requirements. With strong capabilities around Mobile, IOT and Cloud environments, we have an extensive track record helping Fortune 500 companies modernize their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.
Job Description
We are looking for passionate software engineers eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments leading technical teams, designing system architecture and reviewing peer code. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?
You will be working on complex data migrations, modernizing legacy applications and building new applications on the cloud for large enterprise and/or growth stage startups. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly into mission critical projects directly interacting with business stakeholders, customers technical teams and MongoDB solutions Architects.
Location - Chennai or Bangalore
- Relevant experience of 7+ years building high-performance back-end applications with at least 3 or more projects delivered using the required technologies
- Good problem solving skills
- Strong mentoring capabilities
- Good understanding of software development life cycle
- Strong experience in system design and architecture
- Strong focus on quality of work delivered
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Required Technical Skills
- Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance web back-ends using Node.Js and Javascript/Typescript
- Min two years of hands-on experience in NestJs
- Strong experience with Express.Js framework
- Implementation experience in monolithic and microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with data modeling on MongoDB and any other Relational or NoSQL databases
- Experience integrating with any 3rd party services such as cloud SDKs (Preferable X), payments, push notifications, authentication etc…
- Hands-on experience with Redis, Kafka, or X
- Exposure into unit testing with frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, Jest or others
- Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation
Good to have skills:
- Experience working with common services in any of the major cloud providers - AWS or GCP or Azure
- Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies

About Wekan Enterprise Solutions
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Cloud Adoption helps companies make better business decisions by allowing access to real-time data across the organization. Migration towards cloud solutions and modern technologies, allows these companies to reduce the TCO of their technology infrastructure and drive ROI improvements on their technology investments.
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Wekan helps companies grow by modernizing their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.
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Job Overview:
We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) with over 5 years of experience to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software development, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale engineering teams and projects. This role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage complex technical challenges, and the ability to drive innovation while ensuring operational excellence.As a Backend Lead, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, product management, and operations to ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and play a critical role in shaping the technology roadmap and engineering culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage the hiring, training, and career development of engineering staff.
- Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Technical Excellence: Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable, robust software systems. Drive the adoption of best practices in architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure high-quality product delivery.
- Project and Program Management: Oversee the successful delivery of engineering projects, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
- Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, resource allocation, and performance metrics. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design.
- Expertise in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks For this role we require expertise in Python/Django and API Development
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and distributed systems.
- Good experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch. Slight experience with other NoSQL and SQL databases.
- Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience in delivering full-stack B2B/SaaS applications including mobile applications, web frontend, and a scalable backend.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.
Required Experience
3 - 8 Years
Skills
Java/J2EE,
Spring,
microservices
+ 1 more
- Develop unit, integration, and functional tests within Grails/Java and contribute to new architectures design for multi-tier Java EE-based products in a SOA environment.
- Interact with Business Analysts to understand software build configuration and testing processes, documenting application functionality and programming accordingly.
- Collaborate with a talented software team to work on various types of applications, ensuring the building of backend APIs using Java-based technologies.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies, conducting POCs on new technical stacks to support and maintain a portfolio of applications.
- Utilize core Java skills to define, design, develop, integrate, test, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot applications and tools written in Java and other related languages.
- Provide technical expertise in Java development, including Spring, Hibernate, and building scalable solutions for large web application deployments.
- Participate in the full SDLC, from requirements and design to development, testing, and deployment, ensuring the implementation of best practices and industry-standard procedures.
- Possess hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and web services, while also demonstrating proficiency in writing enterprise-strength code and developing backend APIs.
- Work in an agile environment, supporting users by developing documentation and offering assistance with tools, while promoting established development standards and change control procedures.
Mandatory Skills - 4 years in Nodejs, JavaScript, Express.js, MongoDB, Data Structures, Algorithms
"Expertise in Node.js Web frameworks like Meteor, Express, and Kraken.JS
Expertise in building highly scalable web services using Node.js, Create REST API with the help of Node middleware
Deep understanding of REST and API design
Experience designing APIs for consistency, simplicity, and extensibility.
Expertise with JavaScript testing frameworks like Jasmine, Quit, Mocha, Sinnon and Chai.
Expertise with building tools like Web pack, gulp, and grunt.
Integration of various application components
Experience in various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such as requirements
analysis, design, and implementation in an agile environment, etc.
Roles and Responsibilities
1) Understand client requirements and functionalities.
2) Write well-designed, testable, efficient code.
3) Responsible for solving complex technical issues.
4) Ensure quality projects are delivered within defined timelines.
5) Active involvement in client communication to understand functional requirements.
6) Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation and other deliverables.
At least 3 years' experience as a Node.js developer.
Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
Mandatory experience in MongoDB and MySql.
Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.


lives of API developers and consumers easier. If you love thinking big and delving deep and
enjoy envisioning truly elegant solutions, this role is definitely for you.
What you will be Doing
- You will abstract away complex data interactions with easy-to-use APIs that will power several
mobile and web applications.
- You will also own, scale, and maintain the computational and storage infrastructure for the
various micro-services and long-running jobs, designed and implemented by you and the team.
- We will look to you to make key decisions on the technology stack, architecture, networking,
and security. We love working with bleeding-edge technology, especially if it improves the
malleability, and simplicity of our deliverables.
What you need
- The ideal Backend Engineers are polyglots who are fluent in HTTP and core CS concepts such
as algorithms, data structures, and programming paradigms, and always pick the right tools for
the right job.
- They have a keen eye for common security vulnerabilities and how to act on them (example:
DDOS attacks, SQL Injection etc.).
- They understand what it takes to work in a startup environment and know when to trade
performance for simplicity.
- They fail fast, learn faster, and execute in time.
- Strong communication skills, get-things-done attitude, and empathy
- Strong sense of ownership, drive and obsessive attention to detail.
- Comfortable with iterative development practices and code reviews
- Previous experience as part of a product-oriented team is a plus
Technical Skillsets:
NodeJS + Javascript, GoLang, Typescript + Nodejs, Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
(languages/environments)
Koa, Express, Play (frameworks)
Asynchronous Programming Frameworks (Akka, Nodejs, Tornado)
MongoDB, postgres, Bigtable, Dynamo (databases)
Apache Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ (queues)
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
microservices, multi-tenant, distributed-systems, distributed-computing, event-sourcing
Good to have Skillsets:
Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
Apache Kafka, NATS
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
event-sourcing
Koa
Why you should consider this role seriously?
- We have an audacious vision of helping companies fight counterfeiting and managing their
supply chain more efficiently
- We have built a product and solved problems for some of the largest brands in the country and
tested platform at scale (With our tags present in over 50 Million products already). We have
plans to grow 10x in the next 1 year
- Ownership of key problems. Fast-paced environment
- We are a well-balanced team of experienced entrepreneurs and are backed by top investors
across India and the Silicon Valley (Venture Highway, Startup Buddy etc.)
- Competitive market salary
- Opportunity to work directly with the CEO, COO, CTO of the company
- A chance to interact with top-notch executives from multiple industries
- Open vacation policy (and we really mean it!)
- Open Pantry
- As a team, we love to travel :). An off-site every quarter
Role
As one of the senior members of the backend development team you will be
responsible for architecting and setting the standards for building our core
backend/microservices. Also, you will be responsible for shaping up the entire system for scale
and collaborating extensively with the frontend and design teams to create the best consumer
experiences.
Responsibilities
● Develop microservices that will be used by the frontend through API endpoints.
● Translate business requirements into high quality code.
● Ensure that the code is deployed in a secure and scalable fashion.
● Focus on code maintainability and performance of application.
● Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming problems.
● Enhance Analytics and overall backend architecture for better performance.
Requirements
● 4+ years of backend/full-stack development experience
● 1+ years of experience on NodeJS
● 1+ years experience in building APIs in a microservice architecture
● Has experience managing other developers, recruiting and training.
● Experience in PHP is a plus
● Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFront
● Has experience in code reviewing/being the gatekeeper for an entire project
● Experience with RabbitMQ or similar queuing system
● Experience with Redis/ElasticSearch is a plus
● Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins
● Good knowledge of working with Git
● A knack for benchmarking and optimization

Job Description
We are looking for a ROR developer. If you're a creative problem solver who is eager to develop amazing products and hungry for a new adventure, a word class workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Bengaluru / Kolkata or remote.
- Production experience in Ruby.
- A completed technical degree in Computer Science or any related fields.
- 3+ years of professional product development experience.
- Being comfortable with microservices architectures, API-based
- You are a pragmatic programmer who understands what is needed to get things done.
- Problem solving and collaborative mindset.
- Experience working with DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).
- Experience with AWS (RDS, DDB, Lambda, CW, EC2, SQS, SNS, Cognito, Kinesis).
- Experience with performance improvements (Caching Techniques, SQL Query Optimization, Performance monitoring and profiling.
- Deep understanding of service-oriented and microservices architectural patterns, troubleshooting methods and best practices.
- Takes end to end ownership of the development and operation of complete features.






