Software Engineer (Golang + Infra)

Job Description:

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer with 2–5 years of experience in software development, specializing in Python and/or Golang. If you have strong programming skills, enjoy solving problems, and want to work on secure and scalable systems, we'd love to hear from you!

Location - Pune, Baner.

Interview Rounds - In Office

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable backend services using Python and/or Golang

Develop and maintain clean and scalable code following best practices

Apply Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts in real-world development

Collaborate with front-end developers, QA, and other team members to deliver high-quality features

Debug, optimize, and improve existing systems and codebase

Participate in code reviews and team discussions

Work in an Agile/Scrum development environment

Required Skills: Strong experience in Python or Golang (working knowledge of both is a plus)

Good understanding of OOP principles

Familiarity with RESTful APIs and back-end frameworks

Experience with databases (SQL or NoSQL)

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Strong communication and teamwork abilities

Good to Have:

Prior experience in the security industry

Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP

Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD tools

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Software Developer with experience in Go (Golang) or Rust to join our product engineering team. You will be responsible for building high-performance, scalable backend systems and contributing to modern, efficient software solutions.

Required Skills:

Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Go or Rust

Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code

Build scalable APIs and microservices

Contribute to system design and architecture discussions

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum 6 months internship or professional experience in software development

Hands-on project experience in Go (Golang) or Rust

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or Master’s degree in Computer Applications (MCA) / Computer Science (M.Sc.)

Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design basics

Experience working with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture

Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Knowledge of Git and version control practices

Candidates who are available to join immediately or have a notice period of 15 days or less will be preferred

About the Role

Pendo is looking for a Software Engineer to help build and scale the platform that powers our integrations with enterprise systems such as Salesforce, Slack, Segment, and other partner tools. This team develops the services, APIs, data pipelines, and user interfaces that enable customers to seamlessly connect Pendo into their product and data ecosystems.

In this role, you will primarily focus on building scalable backend systems while also contributing to the frontend experiences that allow customers to configure, manage, and monitor integrations. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, high-performance capabilities used by millions of users.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that power Pendo’s integrations platform.
• Develop and maintain distributed, event-driven data pipelines that process and sync high volumes of behavioral and product analytics data.
• Contribute to frontend applications that allow customers to configure, manage, and monitor integrations and data workflows.
• Lead technical initiatives from design through implementation, testing, and production rollout.
• Integrate with third-party APIs and enterprise platforms using technologies such as REST, webhooks, and OAuth.
• Collaborate with product, design, infrastructure, and partner teams to translate business needs into high-quality technical solutions.
• Use modern development workflows and AI-powered tools to improve developer productivity and streamline engineering processes.
• Participate in design reviews and promote best practices in testing, observability, performance, and system reliability.
• Contribute to improving platform scalability, availability, and operational excellence.

What We're Looking For

• Experience building backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Experience developing modern web applications using frameworks such as Vue, React, or Angular.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Go, Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or high-throughput data pipelines.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience building integration platforms or working with third-party APIs.
• Familiarity with authentication models such as OAuth and enterprise SaaS integrations.
• Experience working with analytics or behavioral event data.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools or working with modern AI workflows.

Technologies We Use

• Frontend: Vue, Vuex, React, Angular, Highcharts, Jest, Cypress
• Backend: Go, Java, Python, C++
• Cloud & Data: AWS, GCP, Redis, Pub/Sub, SQL/NoSQL
• AI / ML: GenAI, LLMs, LangChain, MLOps

You are

Open - Always up for new ideas and able to take and give feedback in a positive way.

• Straightforward - Deal with colleagues in an open and transparent manner. Appreciates

teamwork and able to raise concerns if required

• Driven - sets high goals, doesn’t give up, and makes sacrifices to ensure that their job gets done

on time and meets/exceeds expectations.

• Curious - Aware of new technologies and uses them to make new improvements in the

Engineering ecosystem.

• Smart - Innovative and thinks out of the box, in difficult situations finds a way to succeed no

matter what

• Responsible - takes ownership of tasks given and has a strong work ethic.

Requirements

Acquired strong proven professional programming experience.

- Strong command of Algorithms, Data structures, Design patterns, and Product Architectural Design.

- Good understanding of DevOps, Cloud technologies, CI/CD, Serverless and Docker, preferable AWS

- Proven track record and expert in one of the field - DevOps/Frontend/Backend

- Excellent coding and debugging skills in any language with command on any one programming paradigm, preferred Javascript/Python/Go

- Experience with at least one of the Database systems - RDBMS and NoSQL

- Ability to document requirements and specifications.

- A naturally inquisitive and problem-solving mindset.

- Strong experience in using AGILE or SCRUM techniques to build quality software.

- Advantage: experience in React js, AWS, Nodejs, Golang, Apache Spark, ETL tool, data integration system, certification in AWS, worked in a Product company and involved in making it from scratch, Good communication skills, open-source contributions, proven competitive coding pro

Roles and Responsibilities

Based in Jaipur, you will be working in a collaborative team on cutting edge technologies in a supportive and dynamic environment. Ultimately you are responsible for building the CODI and on-boarding new clients - this involves:

- Developing a good understanding of the solutions which Peak delivers, and how these link to Peak’s overall strategy.

- Making suggestions towards shaping the strategy for a feature and engineering design.

- Managing own workload and usually delivering unsupervised. Accountable for their own workstream or the work of a small team.  

- Understanding Engineering priorities and is able to focus on these, helping others to remain focussed too

- Acting as the Lead Engineer on a project. Helps ensure others follow Peak processes, such as release and version control.

- An active member of the team, through useful contributions to projects and in team meetings.

- Supervising others. Deputising for a Lead and/or support them with tasks. Mentoring new joiners/interns and Masters students. Sharing knowledge and learnings with the team.

• Can write reliable, scalable, testable and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and clean code.
• Design and/or contribute to client-side and server-side architecture.
• Well versed with fundamentals of REST.
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design.
• Knowledge of one or more front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML / CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, Typescript) JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Redux, Vue.js)
• Knowledge of one or more back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python, Go, Node.js and frameworks like SpringBoot, .NET Core) 
• Well versed with fundamentals of database design.
• Familiarity with databases - RDBMS like MySQL, Postgres & NoSQL like MongoDB, DynamoDB.
• Well versed with one or more cloud platforms like - AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code - CloudFormation & Terraform & deployment tools like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions.
• Unit testing tools like Junit, Mockito, Chai, Mocha, Jest

Position – Principal Architect

Location – Bangalore/Mumbai/Remote

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc.

upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the https://iamaiida.in/index.php">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2018-25-most-sought-after-india-linkedin/">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017/sectors/india">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also https://www.ft.com/content/9150579a-f24c-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the https://yourstory.com/2017/01/startup-india-learning-program-offers-free-online-entrepreneurship-course/">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-courses-and-training-programs-on-artificial-intelligence-in-india-ranking-2018/">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

About the Role

A highly motivated individual who has experience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
• Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
• Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
• Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
• Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
• Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
• Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
• Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
• Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
• Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.

Skills/Experience

• 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
• Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
  • Java, Spring Boot, Go
  • Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
  • Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
  • Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
  • Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
• Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
• Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
• Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
• Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
• Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.

Qualification

B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.

Years of Exp – 14+