
Sr. Software Engineer
at The creator economy with local production. ( GE1)
- Using the latest technologies to solve real problems for our customers at a massive scale
- Collaborating closely with other engineers as a valuable member of a cross-functional team
- Sharing your knowledge and building creative solutions while helping the team evolve best practices
- Designing, developing, and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability
- Taking end-to-end responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation
Who you are
- A minimum of B.S. degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or 5+ years in a similar position
- Able to adapt, change and grow quickly as we scale the organization
- Passionate about engineering practices like agile, continuous delivery, test-driven development, traceability, and observability
- Growth mentality is curious and not afraid to be experimental.
- You share your ideas and continuously improve yourself and the team around you
- Solid experience as an Engineer designing, developing and maintaining API driven solutions
- Strong communication skills, high integrity, and great attention to detail
You’ll get to work with:
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Go and/or PHP
- PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, RabbitMQ
- Memcache, Redis
- Microservices architecture
- ELK, Jaeger, Prometheus & Grafana

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We are looking for a Golang Developer to help build and scale our platform. This role involves designing high-performance distributed systems, building robust APIs and contributing to systems that handle real-time workflows at scale. You will own problems end to end, working closely with product, engineering and platform teams to build solutions that are reliable and scalable.
Responsibilities
- Develop new and enhance existing microservices, libraries, and features that form our B2B KYC platform.
- Create and document APIs, Queue Contracts to be consumed by other services.
- Work closely with the Product and Engineering Leads to implement features following best design principles and patterns.
- Participate in all phases of the development cycle plan, design, implement, review, test, deploy, document, and training.
- Help junior developers with best practices like TDD etc. and make sure their code meets the standards.
- Educate them continuously to improve overall team performance and work quality.
Requirements
- Development experience (3 to 6 years) preferably on GoLang and scripting skills.
- Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, software design principles, algorithms & design patterns.
- Interest and ability to quickly learn and ramp up on new languages and technologies.
- Ability to write understandable, reliable and testable code with minimum supervision.
- Distributed, highly available systems running at large scale.
- Distributed platforms which use Kafka, Elasticsearch, Cassandra or similar systems.
- Cloud environments (e. g., Docker, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes etc., ).
- Asynchronous programming patterns (e. g., GO Routines/Channels, Async Programming).
- Experience in CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Delivery), AGILE work environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve issues on distributed systems.
Why join Zoop
- Work on high-scale, real-time systems that power critical identity and onboarding workflows for fast-growing businesses
- Take end-to-end ownership of meaningful engineering problems while building clean, scalable, production-grade systems
- Grow in a strong engineering environment with exposure to distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and modern architectures
What You’ll Do:
● Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical direction, guidance, and
performance feedback
● Architect, design, and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Golang
● Own SQL database design, optimization, indexing, and performance tuning to ensure data integrity
and efficiency
● Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, and Analytics teams to translate business requirements
into robust technical solutions
● Drive best practices in system design, code quality, security, and reliability
● Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across development, staging, and production
environments
● Oversee CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth, reliable deployments
● Conduct and participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards
● Collaborate with QA teams to ensure thorough testing and high-quality releases
● Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending and implementing
improvements where applicable
● Foster a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented engineering culture
What You’ll Need
● 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years of hands-on Golang
development
● Proven experience leading or managing engineering teams
● Strong expertise in SQL databases (schema design, query optimization, indexing, performance
tuning)
● Hands-on experience with Columnar OLAP databases (Druid, ClickHouse, or similar)
● Hands-on experience with OLTP databases (ScyllaDB, Redis, or similar)
● Solid understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems
● Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
● Strong proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
● Deep understanding of concurrency, performance optimization, and memory management in
Golang
Nice to Have:
● Experience with NoSQL databases and data modeling
● Exposure to messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar
● Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
● Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
About us
Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.
Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities.
We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.
Role Overview
As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.
Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
- You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
- Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
- Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
- You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
- Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
- Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
- Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
- Driving strict code review standards among the team.
- Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
- Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
- Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
- Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
- Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
- Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
- Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
- Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
- Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
- Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
- Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
- Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage
What We Offer:
- Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
- Fully remote & agile working environment
- A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
- Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
- Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
- Experience with security side of things
- Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
- Open and supportive culture
Proficient in Golang, Python, Java, C++, or Ruby (at least one)
Strong grasp of system design, data structures, and algorithms
Experience with RESTful APIs, relational and NoSQL databases
Proven ability to mentor developers and drive quality delivery
Track record of building high-performance, scalable systems
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Experience in consulting or contractor roles is a plus
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Engineering
● We use cutting edge technologies to build our products which means you get to be
updated on the latest tech stack.
● You don’t need to have experience in any of our specific technologies;we are good at
teaching our Engineers. Our diverse group of Engineers are a great team to work
with and to learn.
● We deploy changes to production multiple times a day.
● Blameless culture and a continuous learning mindset
What engineers do at the company
● Making a global platform with the scale of millions of users.
● Working directly with designers and PMs to make a world class test taking
experience.
● Building a platform for companies and writing an ML based algorithm to match
candidates and companies.
● Building an Ed-Tech product for the upskilling of candidates.
What you need to bring
● Expertise in backend frameworks/technologies like Python/Django, Golang,
Postgres, Redshift, and AWS.
● Solid coding and problem-solving skills with the ability to architect cross-team
features to refactor existing frameworks. Familiarity with design patterns is a must
too.
● The ideal person has worked on a product that they were able to drive to production
in a startup environment.
● Proficiency in building highly scalable systems
● Ownership mindset- Taking end to end ownership of backend initiatives and being
part of the core team in driving the overall growth of the organization in achieving its
vision.
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● All fixed compensation structure, No variable component
● Medical insurance for you and your family
● Practo Subscription for unlimited online doctor consultation
● Ultrahuman subscription
● ESOP earning capacity every quarter
● Office pantry with food and beverage of your choice
● Cab facility post 8 pm
● Certifications/Upskilling opportunities
● Opportunity to attend and speak in conferences
● Flexible working hours including remote work option
Within the Senior Back-End Drupal Developer role, you will be responsible for planning, building, and supporting websites for our clients.
Key responsibilities include:
- Identifying requirements and planning out the technical approach to implement the right solution for our clients
- Helping develop custom back-end functionality for our clients' Drupal websites
- Building web services and working with various APIs
- Helping to improve our development methods and practices demonstrating a commitment to quality
- Keeping up to date with the latest development trends and introducing new technologies where relevant and appropriate
- Providing support and maintenance for our clients' existing Drupal websites
- Supporting other members of the development team through training, code review and knowledge shares
Skills Required:
- Recent experience working with Drupal 8
- An excellent knowledge of PHP and a thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
- Previous experience of working with APIs (JSON/XML)
- Experience in interacting with databases using SQL
- An understanding of version control systems such as Git
- Experience of working within a busy development environment with deadlines to meet
- Ability to understand problems and explain their complexity clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Commitment to creating clear documentation and understanding the requirement for it
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A friendly personality with strong interpersonal skills
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, architect and develop advanced software solutions in a cross functional Agile team supporting multiple projects and initiatives
- Collaborate with product owners and/or the business on requirements definition, development of functional specifications, and design
- Collaborate on or lead development of technical design and specifications as required
- Code, test and document new applications as well as changes to existing system functionality and ensure successful completion
- Take on leadership roles as needed
Skills & Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of software development experience using GoLang/Java programming language
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP/Pivotal Cloud Foundry/any private cloud) and containerization is required
- AWS - experience in extensive use of AWS offerings like Redis, Kafka etc.
- Experience with a micro-services architecture is a plus
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other Relational Databases
- Test-driven development mindset and a focus on quality, scalability, and performance
- Strong programming fundamentals and ability to produce high quality code
- Solid understanding of Agile (SCRUM) Development Process required
● Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP SAAS applications on portal plus
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● Should be individual contributor and able to handle frontend and backend.
● Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team,
testing teams.
● Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, JQuery and Microservices
● Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools
● Utilize backend 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
● Good knowledge of GIT, Digital Ocean or AWS servers
● Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical
and process issues.
● Document the development process, architecture, and standard comp










