Technical Lead

To design, develop, and maintain highly scalable, secure, and efficient backend systems that

power core business applications. The Senior Engineer – Backend will be responsible for

architecting APIs, optimizing data flow, and ensuring system reliability and performance. This

role will collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver robust

solutions that enable seamless user experiences and support organizational growth through

clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend services using Node.js.

• Collaborate with front-end developers and product managers to define and implement

API specifications.

• Optimize application performance and scalability by identifying bottlenecks and

proposing solutions.

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, and conduct code reviews to ensure

quality standards.

• Develop unit tests and maintain code coverage to ensure high quality.

• Document architectural solutions and system designs to ensure clarity and

maintainability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve

our tech stack.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent

experience).

• 7+ years of experience in backend development with a focus on Node.js and Javascript.

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL and NoSQL, such as DynamoDB, MongoDB,

PostgreSQL, etc.).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Knowledge of cloud platform (AWS) and deployment best practices.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Good to have:

• Experience with front-end frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js).

• Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Familiarity with responsive design and user experience principles.

Good to have:

API Integrations with UI Layer

What you need to have:

Location: Bangalore

Function: Software Engineering → Backend Development

Requirements:

• 4 + years of experience in Java, Spring, Hibernate, Springboot/microservices
• Good understanding and practical experience in Spring framework ( Spring boot,JPA,MVC)
• Extensively worked on microservices based design architecture
• Strong command on Data Structures, algorithms & Problem Solving
• Very strong on Oops Java Basic,
• Good on Multithreading Concepts
• Should have good exposure on Messaging platform (Kafka,JMS, AMQ etc,)

About Bigbasket.com

At bigbasket.com we believe in being smart, quick and efficient, making your life as leisurely as possible. We understand that in this fast-paced world, time is always of the essence and hence want to make your grocery shopping easy and convenient so that no time is wasted in this process. So, no more hassle of going down to the grocery store and long queues for billing etc. You can browse through our varied range of products at bigbasket.com, order them and get them to be delivered at your own convenient time slot.

We specially hand pick each and every product for you, putting it through a safety packaging process and finding your home, no matter how bad the wind is or how cold the weather is. Our ''No questions asked refund' and ''10% off for a delayed delivery'' policy makes us a customer friendly online food and grocery store. Just follow three simple steps and get your order delivered - simply Browse, Add to cart & Choose delivery slot!

Why Explore a Career at Bigbasket.com

Bigbasket engineering thrives on out of the box thinking and relentless pursuit of excellence. We are looking for senior developers who share our passion for building world class software. If you are excited about the prospect of changing the way India shops for groceries and being a pioneer -- then this a great home for you. Not to mention the thrill of building products that millions use on a daily basis and using cutting edge technology to make the products customers love.

While we are techies at heart -- we don't use technology for the sake of technology, but pride ourselves in solving customer problems in the most efficient and elegant ways. Do the customers really care about efficient implementation of Levenshtein Distance? Well no. But they really appreciate when their typos are pardoned and don't get in the way. Similarly customers don't give a damn that robots efficiently segregate their packets, but they do care about their orders delivered in a timely way.

If you enjoy Coding, Testing and love solving business problems, then we'd like to meet you.

• Manage and improve the engineering process continuously and make sure the team delivers the quality code with zero-waste.
• Should provide technical leadership to major projects, but also build and manage a team of 5-8 top-notch engineers.
• Should do sprint planning and run daily stand-ups and deliver 100% hit rate.
• Maintain the legacy code base and reduce tech debt on a continuous basis.
• Able to handle multiple projects and deliver with stringent timelines without compromising the code quality.
• Work with the product team for roadmap planning and delivery as per the plan.
• Conduct sprint planning & sizing, engineering grooming, daily stand-ups, and deliver with zero spillovers.
• Prepare & publish sprint reports to the leadership team and provide visibility to stakeholders.
• Hire and mentor junior/ senior team and make them engineering champions.
• Mentor the engineering team with your technical skills to write scalable, generic, reusable code.
• Develop and Coach engineers on the team, share engineering pointers, conduct regular 1-1s with the team, and help them advance in their careers.

Requirements

• Having work experience in a Product organization with 7 -10 yrs also in leading a cross-functional engineering team that includes API Development and Backend & Middleware development.
• Should have experience in the continuous delivery process. Ship new features and improvising the code base continuously.
• Should have involved in setting up engineering process.
• Must have experience in microservices and distributed patterns.
• Must have worked on high traffic and throughput application.
• Must have prior experience in handling mid to large-size projects.
• Must have worked on high traffic and throughput application.
• Should have managed and lead the engineering team of Web App and Backend development teams.
• Must-Have Experience in Python programming & Postgressql/ Nosql (MongoDB as a data store.
• Must have experience in modern back-end tech stacks (Django, Postgress, NoSQL) and cloud design & deployment patterns.
• Must be conversant with AWS, Docker/Kubernetes
• Should be good with design patterns and integration patterns.
• Should have knowledge/ experience in concurrent programming & distributed locks.
• Requires solid understanding of technologies and architecture in a highly scalable and available set-up.
• Should have handled multiple epics, themes, and experience of delivering high-quality projects on time.
• Should have managed end to end development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Key Responsibilities:

· You’ll be actively involved with development of server backend that support mobile apps.

· You’ll be architecting and implementing best-in-class complex ‘real time’ web software and/or messaging systems to power highly scalable apps for users.

· Translate high level business problems into scalable design and code. Create libraries & Utilities for larger consumption.

· Work closely with UI/UX designers to create exciting user experiences and ensure delivery of graphic assets as per modern web standards.

· You’ll be continuously keeping an eye on the latest cutting-edge technologies and leveraging these in one’s own and the team’s work as necessary.

· Care about the business results of what you build, not just the elegance of the technology you build.

· Work on the end to end stack (Platforms, UI, distributed systems, databases) rather than specialize in one area.

· And of course, get hands dirty by writing server-side code for mobile-based applications, create robust high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly.

Eligibility

Desired Candidates Profile:

• 5+ years of experience on Node.js based web applications and systems development.
• Strong knowledge of MEAN, Linux/UNIX based development & client-side JavaScript/jQuery.
• Knowledgeable on ORMs, their utility and limitations.
• Knowledge of web services and serialization techniques like REST, SOAP, XML & JSON.
• Knowledgeable about caching mechanisms & tools like memcache, CDNs, nginx.
• Scripting experience in using Shell/Python for creating quick technology solutions to problems.
• Prior expertise of working with AWS Cloud, CDNs and other PAAS based services.
• A strong penchant for Object-Oriented Design.
• Experience of working with version control, bug tracking, continuous integration and other productivity enhancement software like SVN, Bugzilla, Jira etc.
• Prior experience in implementing Agile software methodologies.
• Passionate about software development & modern-day web technologies like:
• Server-Side JavaScript – Node.js, Backbone.js
• Web Sockets
• NoSQL based databases like MongoDB/Couchbase/Redis
• Big Data
• Taking responsibility and ownership in the team’s work.

Additional Requirements:

• B-Tech/BS/BE/BS/MS/M.Tech/MS in Electronics or Computer Science from a premier institute in India (IITs, BITS, NITs etc) or abroad.