Software Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior MEAN/MERN Developer with 2 to 5 years of professional experience to join our development team. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in the MEAN (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js) or MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js) technology stacks, along with a solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Key Responsibilities and Skills:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications using MEAN or MERN stack.
• Demonstrate a strong command of data structures and algorithms to optimize application performance.
• Work extensively with MongoDB for database design and management.
• Possess basic knowledge of AWS services to support cloud infrastructure needs.
• Understand and implement microservices architecture for modular and maintainable systems.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Requirements:

• Preference will be given to candidates willing to work from our Hyderabad office location.

The successful candidate will have a detail-oriented approach, a commitment to code quality, and strong problem-solving skills.

🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Python Backend Developer 🚀

📍 Location: Baner, Pune (Work from Office)

💰 Compensation: ₹6 LPA

🕑 Experience Required: Minimum 2 years as a Python Backend Developer

About Us

Foto Owl AI is a fast-growing product-based company headquartered in Baner, Pune.

We specialize in:

⚡ Hyper-personalized fan engagement

🤖 AI-powered real-time photo sharing

📸 Advanced media asset management

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Python Backend Developer, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and deploying scalable backend systems that power our cutting-edge platforms.

Architect and develop complex, secure, and scalable backend services

Build and maintain APIs & data pipelines for web, mobile, and AI-driven platforms

Optimize SQL & NoSQL databases for high performance

Manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, etc.)

Implement observability, monitoring, and security best practices

Collaborate cross-functionally with product & AI teams

Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues with efficiency

What We’re Looking For

✅ Strong expertise in Python backend development

✅ Solid knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms

✅ Hands-on experience with SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, etc.)

✅ Proficiency in RESTful APIs & Microservice design

✅ Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native systems

✅ Experience managing AWS-based deployments

Why Join Us?

At Foto Owl AI, you’ll be part of a passionate team building world-class media tech products used in sports, events, and fan engagement platforms. If you love scalable backend systems, real-time challenges, and AI-driven products, this is the place for you.

What you'll do:

· Perform complex application programming activities with an emphasis on mobile development: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, RESTful APIs and related backend frameworks

· Assist in the definition of system architecture and detailed solution design that are scalable and extensible

· Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers, and other engineers on different permutations to find the best solution possible

· Own the quality of code and do your own testing. Write unit test and improve test coverage.

· Deliver amazing solutions to production that knock everyone’s socks off

· Mentor junior developers on the team

What we’re looking for:

· Amazing technical instincts. You know how to evaluate and choose the right technology and approach for the job. You have stories you could share about what problem you thought you were solving at first, but through testing and iteration, came to solve a much bigger and better problem that resulted in positive outcomes all-around.

· A love for learning. Technology is continually evolving around us, and you want to keep up to date to ensure we are using the right tech at the right time.

· A love for working in ambiguity—and making sense of it. You can take in a lot of disparate information and find common themes, recommend clear paths forward and iterate along the way. You don’t form an opinion and sell it as if it’s gospel; this is all about being flexible, agile, dependable, and responsive in the face of many moving parts.

· Flexible and willing to accept change in priorities, as necessary

· Demonstrable passion for technology (e.g., personal projects, open-source involvement)

· Enthusiastic embrace of DevOps culture and collaborative software engineering

· Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced, and agile team environment

· Enthusiasm for cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills

· Salary Package: As per Company Standards

Job Description:

Technologies/Frameworks –

·        Core Java, J2EE,

·        Spring Core and Spring MVC, Sprint Boot, Spring Security,

·        JDBC, Hibernate, RESTful APIs, SOAP WebServices

·        Knowledge of JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3, Angular is added advantage

·        Junit or Mockito frameworks

·        Maven, Git

·        Knowledge Data Structures,

·        SQL, MySQL

·        Designing relational database schemas                                                                                                                                                

·        Basics of AWS, Cloud, Microservices

Must have strong knowledge and experience in Agile based software development methodologies. Knowledge of an Agile tool like Jira.

Strong knowledge of working in Integrations of 3rd party APIs and creating the new APIs.

Must have good knowledge of creating Flow diagrams, UMLs and all the required documentations.

Must have Team Lead exposure

Domain Preference

What you need to have:

Professional Requirements:

• 2-8 Years professional development experience.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of high level and low-level design of distributed systems.
• Experience coding in any one of the following Java or Nodejs.
• Experience building highly available distributed systems on cloud infrastructure will be plus.
• Exposure to architectural pattern of a large, high-scale web application.

Requirement/responsibilities: To take a project from scoping requirements through launch of the project. Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production. Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns. Work closely with senior engineers for refining the and implementation. Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments. Participate in design and code reviews.