API and Microservices Architect

About Avo Automation

Avo Automation is a SaaS business focused on automation of the software delivery process. Our Platform is recognized as leader by market leading analyst like Gartner and G2. We are a young and fast-moving business that looks for hungry and driven people to join our team. We offer a holistic, enterprise-grade platform that unifies test automation and test data management. Avo Automation works with clients across the globe. Our mission is to help businesses assure digital perfection. We are backed by SLK Group, a leading technology provider, with offices in USA, Europe and India.

The automation testing market is growing at 18% annually is already valued at over USD 20 Billion, that’s just the product industry. Testing services market is over USD 200 Billion. Testing takes 20-30 % of entire software delivery effort. To put in another way let’s assume an application you use every day, took 1 year to build testing alone took 3 month of entire build time.

Avo Automation counts marquee organizations like Sony, Mizuho, CNA, Emerson, Voya etc. as our major clients.

We bring a set of amazing products to the table:

1. Avo Assure- A Test Automation platform that supports over 100 technologies.
2. Avo iTDM(Intelligent Test Data Management)-A market leading data masking and synthetic data generation engine to expedite testing further.

Top Analysts Recommend Avo

Top analysts and peer reviewers like Gartner and G2 recognize Avo as a representative vendor for test automation. The latest G2 Enterprise Grid Report for Test Automation ranks Avo as a ‘Leader’ in this space. With a growing market presence and higher customer satisfaction score, we are delighted to be modernizing how organizations test applications.

https://avoautomation.Ai/

Job Description – Backend Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 8–10 years

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to design, build, and optimize the core services that power our SaaS platform. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in Node.Js and Python, database performance tuning, and cloud-native deployments on Azure. You will work closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable backend systems.

Key Responsibilities

Core Backend Development

• Build scalable APIs using Node.Js (REST & GraphQL).
• Develop microservices and user-deployable logic in Python, including AI/ML service integrations.
• Implement robust API security with OAuth2, JWT, and role-based access control.

Database Expertise

• Design efficient schemas, indexes, and queries in MongoDB.
• Ensure consistency, transactions, and scalability in distributed database setups (including sharding).
• Apply caching strategies (Redis, in-memory stores) for high-performance applications.

Cloud & DevOps (Azure)

• Deploy and manage services on Azure App Services, AKS (Kubernetes), Functions, Service Bus, and Event Grid.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) to automate deployments.
• Manage secrets, configurations, and environments with Azure Key Vault and Config Servers.

Architecture & Scalability

• Design and implement event-driven and microservices architectures using queues and async processing.
• Build multi-tenant SaaS backends with isolation, rate limiting, and usage metering.
• Apply distributed systems knowledge to balance latency, reliability, and fault tolerance.

Testing & Reliability

• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for backend services.
• Implement observability practices: structured logging, metrics, tracing (Azure Monitor, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Debug and profile backend performance to ensure system stability.

Collaboration & Agile Practices

• Work cross-functionally with frontend and DevOps teams for seamless feature delivery.
• Contribute to CI/CD workflows and iterative delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and Agile ceremonies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8–10 years of backend development experience in SaaS or large-scale applications.
• Proficiency in Node.Js (REST & GraphQL) and strong working knowledge of Python.
• Strong expertise in MongoDB and caching systems (Redis).
• Experience deploying workloads on Azure (App Services, AKS, Functions).
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Strong testing, debugging, and observability skills.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to build and scale backend systems for a fast-growing SaaS platform.
• Exposure to modern architectures (microservices, event-driven systems, AI/ML integrations).
• Collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.