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🚀 Job Title : Backend Engineer (Go / Python / Java)
Experience : 3+ Years
Location : Bangalore (Client Location – Work From Office)
Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days
Open Positions : 4
Working Days : 6 Days a Week
🧠 Job Summary :
We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems in a fast-paced product environment.
You will own large features end-to-end — from design and development to deployment and monitoring — while collaborating closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams.
This role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems exposure, and a mindset of operational ownership.
⭐ Mandatory Skills :
Strong backend development experience in Go / Python (FastAPI) / Java (Spring Boot) with hands-on expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/SQS, AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and strong DSA & System Design fundamentals.
🔧 Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, test, and deploy backend services end-to-end.
- Build scalable, modular, and production-grade microservices.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs.
- Architect reliable distributed systems with performance and fault tolerance in mind.
- Debug complex cross-system production issues.
- Implement secure development practices (authentication, authorization, data integrity).
- Work with monitoring dashboards, alerts, and performance metrics.
- Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams.
✅ Required Skills :
- Strong proficiency in Go OR Python (FastAPI) OR Java (Spring Boot).
- Hands-on experience building Microservices-based architectures.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs & distributed systems.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Exposure to Kafka / SQS or other messaging systems.
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of Data Structures & System Design.
- Ability to independently own features and solve ambiguous engineering problems.
⭐ Preferred Background :
- Experience in product-based companies.
- Exposure to high-throughput or event-driven systems.
- Strong focus on code quality, observability, and reliability.
- Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
🧑💻 Interview Process :
- 1 Internal Screening Round
- HR Discussion (Project & Communication Evaluation)
- 3 Technical Rounds with Client
This is a fresh requirement, and interviews will be scheduled immediately.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Junior React Native Developer to join our team and take the lead on developing our cross-platform mobile application. You’ll play a critical role in building, launching, and scaling a high-performance mobile app that runs seamlessly on both iOS and Android platforms from a single codebase.
If you’re passionate about mobile technologies, have a strong command of React Native, and are excited about creating a high-quality product from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end development of a cross-platform mobile application using React Native.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences.
- Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
- Optimize app performance for speed and scalability across devices and OS versions.
- Ensure the app complies with design standards and platform-specific guidelines (Apple App Store & Google Play).
- Set up CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment (e.g., using Fastlane, EAS, or similar).
- Integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
- Handle app store submissions and updates.
- Mentor junior developers and enforce best practices in mobile development.
Requirements
Must-Have:
- 1+ years of experience in mobile application development.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience with React Native.
- Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and React architecture.
- Deep knowledge of iOS and Android mobile app development lifecycle.
- Experience with mobile UI/UX best practices and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with native build tools (Xcode, Android Studio).
- Experience integrating REST APIs and handling network latency issues.
- Proficient with Git, GitHub/GitLab, and agile development practices.
- Experience with push notifications, in-app purchases, deep linking, and analytics SDKs.
Preferred:
- Experience with Expo or EAS for managed workflows.
- Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise, etc.).
- Experience with native modules (Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin) as needed.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks (Jest, Detox).
- Published apps in both the App Store and Google Play.
- Prior experience in startups or high-growth environments.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to lead and build a product from the ground up.
- Work with a dynamic and talented team in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexible working hours and remote-first culture.
- Competitive salary and equity options (if applicable).
- Learning and development budget.
- Must have hands-on experience in web applications development, and open-source technologies stack (Node.JS, React JS, Gatsby, PHP, etc.).
- Resolution conflicts and understands the logical implementation to find optimal solutions.
- Experience in developing end-to-end solutions and backend architecture.
- Ability to apply advanced concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
- Advanced knowledge of back-end configuration and deployments.
- Advanced understanding of RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
- Advanced knowledge Git source code management.
- Minimum 8 years of experience required.
Key Skills:
Programming Languages: C#, VB.NET
Server-Side Technologies: ASP.NET
Front-End Technologies: Html5, ES5/ES6/ JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Ajax, Web
Sockets
Database: SQL Server
Knowledge on below concepts/technologies is an added advantage
- Cloud Platforms: Azure / Google
- NodeJS, Mongo DB
- Redis, RabitMQ, MQTT, Kafka
- Concept of Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
Key Deliverables: Writing codes as per the requirement.
- Full stack development on cutting edge technology in Fintech domain.
- Ownership of complete backend code.
You should Have :
- Server Side languages knowledge: Node.js and express.js is the first choice, Python, Java
- Server-side programming experience. We prefer ability over experience
- Solid experience working with databases, especially relational DB.
- Solid experience with version control (Git or Bitbucket or SVN).
- B.E. in Computer Science or Graduate/PG degree in Computer Science (this is optional, as we are more interested in your abilities and experience over a paper degree).
- Any experience working with real-time projects in backend with node.js and express.js

- Strong proficiency in MySQL database administration, migrations /up-gradation, patching, cloning, capacity planning, designing, and automation of database tasks.
- Good experience with the latest versions of the database
- In-depth experience configuring database replication on multiple versions
- Strong experience in Monitoring, DB Performance Tuning, DB Availability, DR, Security, Storage
- Analyzes and provides recommendations to optimize the database for improved performance, manageability, and scalability
- Expertise in enterprise backups, recovery, and performing point-in-time recovery Experience in deploying and integrating PM tools
- Experience in data partitioning and encryption
- Knowledge of de-facto standards and best practices in MySQL and MongoDB
- Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements and Knowledge of MySQL features, such as its event scheduler
- Familiarity with other SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.
- Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git / Mercurial / SVN
We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content
creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.
Our mission is to become the world’s largest content creation and distribution platform for all kinds of content creators and brands.
Our Team
We are a 25+ member company and is scaling up rapidly in both team size and our ambition.
If we were to define the kind of people and the culture we have, it would be -
a) Individuals with an Extreme Sense of Passion About Work
b) Individuals with Strong Customer and Creator Obsession
c) Individuals with Extraordinary Hustle, Perseverance & Ambition
We are on the lookout for individuals who are always open to going the extra mile and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are strong believers in building a great, enduring
a company that can outlast its builders and create a massive impact on the lives of our
employees, creators, and customers alike.
Our Investors
We are fortunate to be backed by some of the industry’s most prolific angel investors - Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal founders), YourStory Media. (Shradha Sharma); Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder of IAN and NASSCOM; Slideshare co-founder Amit Ranjan; Indifi's Co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal; Sidharth Rao, Chairman of Dentsu Webchutney; Ritesh Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Innov8; Sanjay Tripathy, former CMO, HDFC Life, and CEO of Agilio Labs; Manan Maheshwari, Co-founder of WYSH; and Hemanshu Jain, Co-founder of Diabeto.
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Involvement in the entire lifecycle of a project, including strategy, vision, design, UX, coding,architecture, deployment etc. and you will chiefly deliver clean, testable and well-designed codefor the same.
- Coding new features, functionalities, modules, sub modules.
- Managing development cycle using SVN/Git or any other appropriate Version control Software.
- Enhancing existing features.
- Checking for cross-browser compatibility.
- Coding new features, functionalities, modules, sub modules.
- Meeting both technical and client needs.
Required Skillsets:
- Experience in product development using a broad range of programming technologies.
- Experience with MEAN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and NodeJS) stack.
- Experience with design/development of RESTful APIs.
- Strong understanding of the latest MVC frameworks and UI toolkits.
- Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX and JSON.
- Working on any of the following Client Side MVC/MVVM frameworks: AngularJS, BackboneJS,KnockoutJS, JSON, JavaScript, Advance JavaScript, UI and UX design, Bootstrap, Ionic, and React.
- Good analytical and programming skills.
- Proactive thinking and a good team player.
- Working experience with micro services will be a given advantage.
- Web development using PHP & experience in coding on MVC architecture of Laravel
- REST API knowledge is a must with oAuth security
- Understanding of mobile apps with REST API integration, firebase & google analytics is important
- Need to have knowledge of querying MySQL & NoSQL databases like MongoDB
- Experience with Node Js for our notification system
- Understanding of cloud services like Google cloud & AWS ec2 instance is a bonus for the profile










