Staff Backend Engineer Fintech company only

Your Craft:

● JavaScript/TypeScript & NodeJS flows through your fingers like a native language

● Next.js is your framework of choice for building full-stack magic

● Rust makes your heart sing when performance is non-negotiable

● Golang/Python feel like comfortable old friends (nice to have)

● MySQL/Postgres/Redis are tools you wield with intention

● AWS ecosystem is your playground, not your puzzle

● LLM/AI integration is something you've actually shipped, not just read about

About the Role

Unico Connect is an AI-first technology partner that builds custom mobile, web, and AI products for clients across multiple geographies. We are hiring a Backend Engineer for a dedicated client engagement building an AI-powered application builder platform.

The backend is the operational core of the product: it manages user projects and sessions, coordinates long-running AI agent workloads, maintains project state, and serves as the integration layer between the frontend, the AI system, and the underlying infrastructure.

The mandatory requirement is hands-on production experience shipping Node.js services, with end-to-end ownership of API design, data modelling, and at least one production system involving background job processing or event-driven patterns.

Responsibilities

API and service development: Design and build REST APIs in Node.js with TypeScript. Cover authentication, session management, input validation, structured error handling, streaming responses (SSE, WebSockets), and rate limiting. Maintain clean API contracts that the frontend and AI system can rely on.

Database design and management: Own PostgreSQL schema design for product domains including user accounts, projects, file trees, session state, and generated artefacts. Write efficient queries, manage migrations, and optimise for read patterns that serve a real-time editor experience.

Caching strategy: Implement and maintain caching with Redis for session data, project state, and frequently read configuration. Design cache invalidation logic that keeps the editor experience consistent without stale reads.

Queue and background job management: Implement and operate background job infrastructure using BullMQ or equivalent. AI agent runs are long-running and stateful; handle retries, failure states, priority queues, and concurrency limits.

AI system integration: Build the integration layer between the backend and the AI agent system. Manage job dispatch, result handling, streaming output to the frontend, and error propagation.

Multi-tenancy and access control: Implement tenant data isolation, RBAC, and resource ownership enforcement across all API surfaces.

Observability and reliability: Instrument services with structured logging, metrics, and tracing. Write defensive code with sensible timeouts, fallback behaviour, and circuit breaking on external dependencies.

Testing and code quality: Write unit and integration tests for the services you ship. Review the work of peers and contribute to shared engineering conventions.

Requirements

• Hands-on production Node.js experience (mandatory) — must have personally shipped at least one feature area end to end in a production Node.js service, owning API design, data modelling, and testing.

• 3 to 5 years of professional backend engineering experience. Candidates with slightly less time but strong demonstrated ownership are welcome to apply.

• Strong Node.js and TypeScript. Production experience with Express, NestJS, or Fastify. Solid with async patterns, streaming, error handling, and building services that run reliably under sustained load.

• PostgreSQL depth. Schema design, query writing, indexing, and migrations on at least one production system.

• Redis and caching. Production experience using Redis for caching and session management. Understands cache invalidation trade-offs.

• Queue and background job systems. Hands-on with BullMQ, RabbitMQ, SQS, or equivalent. Experience managing retries, dead-letter queues, job priority, and concurrency control.

• AWS working knowledge. Comfortable with EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, and IAM. Familiar with Docker and basic deployment and environment management.

• Strong written and spoken English. Able to communicate clearly with engineers across disciplines and write precise technical documentation.

Nice to Have

Experience integrating with AI or LLM services (streaming responses, structured outputs, retry patterns); WebSocket or SSE implementation for real-time features; multi-tenant SaaS product experience; GraphQL; OpenTelemetry instrumentation; prior work on developer tools or editor-style products.

Senior Backend Engineer

Node.js, System Design & Production Platforms

📍 Mumbai (On-site) | Full-time | 5+ years

About the Role:

Unico Connect is an AI-first technology partner that builds custom mobile, web, and AI products for clients across multiple geographies.

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own the backend architecture of a complex production AI platform on a dedicated client engagement: API design and data modelling, multi-tenancy, orchestration of long-running agent workloads, and the services that manage user projects and generated output.

We are open to full stack engineers whose primary strength and interest is backend. If you have shipped full stack work but the backend is where you do your deepest engineering, you are a fit for this role.

The mandatory requirement for this role is hands-on production experience as a senior backend engineer building complex, scalable systems in Node.js, with end-to-end ownership of architecture, data, and operations on at least one live platform.

The role is hands-on and architectural.

Expect to design system architecture, lead a small group of backend engineers, build the hardest parts yourself, set engineering standards, and partner closely with frontend, AI, and DevOps engineers.

A typical week includes an architecture decision on a new service, hands-on implementation of a critical path, a code review with mid-level engineers, and a working session with the AI engineer on an integration contract.

Responsibilities:

System Architecture

Own the backend architecture across engagements.

Make and document decisions on service boundaries, data models, API contracts, deployment topology, and trade-offs.

Hands-on Backend Delivery

Lead by example on complex modules, performance-critical paths, and high-risk areas using Node.js (Express, NestJS, Fastify) with TypeScript.

Pick up Python (FastAPI) where engagements require it.

Database Design and Performance

Drive PostgreSQL schema design, indexing, query optimisation, migrations, and capacity planning.

Set the data-modelling standard across the pod.

Caching, Queues, and Workflows

Design caching (Redis), event-driven patterns (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, NATS), and long-running workflow orchestration (Temporal, BullMQ, Celery, or equivalent).

Handle retries, idempotency, and failure recovery.

Multi-Tenancy and Platform Patterns

Design and implement multi-tenant data isolation, RBAC, audit logging, and resource quotas appropriate to enterprise-grade products.

API and Integration Design

Set the standard for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC contracts.

Drive versioning, authentication (OAuth, JWT, SSO), security by default, and developer ergonomics.

Observability and Operations

Instrument services with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Define SLOs, lead incident response, and write postmortems.

Code Quality and Mentorship

Run code reviews, define conventions, mentor mid-level engineers, and raise the engineering bar.

AI-Assisted Engineering Discipline

Use Claude, Cursor, and similar tools day to day.

Set the team standard for prompts, patterns, AI-assisted review, and validation of AI-generated backend code.

Client Engagement

Represent Unico Connect in technical conversations with customers.

Defend architectural decisions, communicate trade-offs, and manage scope.

Requirements:

Hands-on Production Experience as a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer in Node.js (Mandatory)

Must have personally built and shipped complex production systems in Node.js, owning architecture, data, and operations on at least one live engagement.

Full stack engineers whose deepest work is on the backend qualify.

POCs and internal tools alone do not qualify.

5+ Years of Professional Backend Engineering Experience

With at least 1 to 2 years in a senior or lead role with direct responsibility for technical decisions and team output.

Deep Node.js and TypeScript Proficiency

Strong with Express, NestJS, or Fastify.

Comfort with async patterns, streams, worker threads, and performance profiling.

Python as a Strong Plus

Hands-on production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask is a meaningful advantage.

Willingness and demonstrated ability to pick up Python as engagements demand is required.

PostgreSQL Depth

Schema design, normalisation, indexing, query performance, migrations, and at least one production system where you owned the data model end to end.

Caching and Event-Driven Architecture

Hands-on with Redis (or equivalent) and message queues or event-driven patterns (RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka, NATS).

AWS Depth

Hands-on production experience with EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ECR, and at least one of EKS, ECS, or Lambda.

Comfort owning deployment, monitoring, and cost.

System Design and End-to-End Ownership

Able to take an ambiguous problem, break it into components, evaluate alternatives, produce an architecture that holds up under review and load, plan execution, and ship with limited supervision.

AI-Assisted Engineering Experience

Daily use of Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or equivalent.

Strong discipline for reviewing and validating AI-generated backend code.

Excellent Written and Spoken English

Experience working directly with international clients.

Confident defending architectural choices in writing and in review.

Nice to Have:

• Workflow orchestration (Temporal, Airflow)
• GraphQL (Apollo, gRPC)
• Sandboxed execution environments
• Multi-tenant SaaS experience
• OpenTelemetry instrumentation
• Prior agency or consulting experience

JioTesseract, a digital arm of Reliance Industries, is India's leading and largest AR/VR organization with the mission to democratize mixed reality for India and the world. We make products at the cross of hardware, software, content and services with focus on making India the leader in spatial computing. We specialize in creating solutions in AR, VR and AI, with some of our notable products such as JioGlass, JioDive, 360 Streaming, Metaverse, AR/VR headsets for consumers and enterprise space.

Mon-Fri, In office role with excellent perks and benefits!

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js or Python, or Java.

2. Build and implement scalable and robust microservices and integrate API gateways.

3. Develop and optimize NoSQL database structures and queries (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).

4. Implement real-time data pipelines using Kafka.

5. Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration of backend services.

6. Write clean, reusable, and efficient code following best practices, including design patterns.

7. Troubleshoot, debug, and enhance existing systems for improved performance.

Mandatory Skills:

1. Proficiency in at least one backend technology: Node.js or Python, or Java.

2. Strong experience in:

i. Microservices architecture,

ii. API gateways,

iii. NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB),

iv. Kafka

v. Data structures (e.g., arrays, linked lists, trees).

3. Frameworks:

i. If Java : Spring framework for backend development.

ii. If Python: FastAPI/Django frameworks for AI applications.

iii. If Node: Express.js for Node.js development.

Good to Have Skills:

1. Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.

2. Familiarity with in-memory databases like Redis or Memcached.

3. Frontend skills: Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or frameworks like React.js.

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with a strong focus on Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of Node.js frameworks.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, with experience in building scalable applications.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, WebSocket, and asynchronous programming patterns.
• Experience with databases (SQL/NoSQL), including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.
• Familiarity with blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency exchanges is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of security principles and best practices for web applications.

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

Note: CTC not a constraint for the right candidate.

Looking for Backend Developers (Node.js)

Roles & Responsibilities

• This role will be based in our brand new Hyderabad office. Join us in India’s beautiful “City of Pearls” and bring your ambition to life.
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• You'll be set up for success if you have:
• Working knowledge of Typescript and JavaScript development
• Basic understanding of NodeJS development and its eco system
• Basic understanding of SQL (MySQL and/or Postgres) and NoSQL (Mongo DB / DynamoDB) databases
• Basic understanding of REST / SOAP API schematics
• Basic understanding of code versioning tools(GIT, SVN).
• Strong computer science and Engineering background
• Even better if you have:
• Good understanding of using container technologies like Docker for application packaging and running them on Cloud
• Good understanding in setting up CI/CD for application stack
• Working exposure in test driven development and its methodology like Code coverage etc
• Good understanding in using code quality tools to measure and improve on technical debt
• We bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, this is the place to be.
• As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
• If you're ambitious, inventive, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at our organisation.
• We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity and where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
• If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
• Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
• We look forward to hearing from you.

• Work closely with design, product management, and front-end teams to create REST APIs using NestJS
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Work on the implementation of security and data protection
• Review and optimize the app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively

• 1+ years of experience in NodeJS-based frameworks like NestJS, and microservices-based architecture is a bonus.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, persistence, threading, queuing, and caching.
• Thorough knowledge of designing, implementing and scaling relational and document-based databases
• A love for systems and an ability to think through and plan for their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes
• First principles thinking, Excellent problem-solving ability
• A good all-rounder with a can-do, startup mentality

• Experience with ReactJS
• Cloud deployment and scaling experience

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Gurgaon

Job Description:

We are looking for passionate Software Engineers to design, and develop software solutions. You will be responsible for developing and designing architecture, ensuring the responsiveness, and scaling of applications. You will be required to see a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail. What you bring to the table is more than just your technical skills - your unique perspective, ideas and cultures will help us create better products and services.

Roles & Responsibilities:

•   Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
•       Design and Develop well-functioning software architecture and database design
•   Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
•   Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with responsive design
•     Improving, adding new features, and maintaining existing software products

Required Skills:

•       C#
• .Net
• Wpf
•   MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of Restful API
• Git
• Should have self-exploration capabilities and an analytical mindset to find solutions to complex problems.
•       Good knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms
•     Good Debugging skills

At Kyt, we are building an online-first, global academy focused on extracurricular learning for kids. Our mission is to ensure that every kid around the world gets access to holistic education while being able to learn using content, tools and technologies that teaches them concepts - some even better than offline. Bringing in technology as a differentiator to teach kids concepts and help them practice is key to our product development path.

• Experience of 6+ years across product based companies 

• Should have worked on building B2C products. Having experience in building edtech products would be a major plus.
• Should be an  avid programmer with great problem solving skills.
• Should have a great grasp over NodeJs/Typescript/ AWS microservices
• Should  have experience in building scalable server-side systems. Should have significant experience in cloud infrastructure and designing databases.
• Should have knowledge of software architecture, system thinking and design patterns.