Lead Backend Engineer

3 weeks ago


Bengaluru, India HARDSKILLS Full time
About HardskillsHARDSKILLS is a B2B online learning platform trusted by Fortune 500 brands and other leading organizations to equip their teams with essential, professional soft skills, ensuring they stay relevant and excel in the age of AI. We focus on skills like critical thinking, developing a growth mindset, embracing uncertainty, setting boundaries, communicating clearly, and staying agile. While these skills can be challenging to master, HARDSKILLS empowers thousands of professionals to succeed.

Our clients include global organizations such as Nestlé, Deloitte, IBM, DB Schenker, Accenture, Singtel, Kuok Group, PwC, and many more. HARDSKILLS is used in over 60 countries worldwide, with an industry-leading Net Promoter Score of 74.

Hardskills recently won the ‘Future of Work’ category at the New York EDTECH WEEK Shark Tank 2024, a testament to our innovative approach of using AI-powered features and other cognitively engaging approaches to make learning stick.

Join us on this mission to build the definitive platform for training soft skills effectively and at scale.

The OpportunityWe're seeking a talented hands-on Lead Backend Engineer to join our team. You'll play a pivotal role in architecting, building and scaling the core of our next-generation SaaS learning platform to enable global enterprises to develop their workforces. You'll also be responsible for building and managing the development team, ensuring that our platform is robust, scalable, and delivers an exceptional user experience.

What You'll Do:Contribute to the design & architecture of our new core product platform backend consisting of the Python, Django, DRF, Azure, Docker, PostgreSQL, Celery, RabbitMQ and GitHub among other components.Write clean, efficient, reliable code using proven, reliable components and design patterns.Rapid prototyping, vetting & iterating when needed.Perform code reviews, enforce best practices to ensure code quality with an eye for performance, security and maintainability.Test, track, and monitor usage & features.Work closely with Product, UI/UX teams to create compelling user experiences.Build and manage the development team, providing technical leadership and mentorship.Develop and maintain APIs for our platform to integrate with other systems and services.Work closely with our CTO and leadership to research and implement cutting-edge technologies to enhance our platform's capabilities, including AI-powered features.

What You Bring:8+ years of experience with serious Python/Django/DRF, & database chops.Strong software architecture and design understanding with excellent hands-on coding skills.Experience in caching and securing data at appropriate layers for scalable, performant and secure APIs.Experience with Git, TDD, CI/CD and A/B testing.Proven experience building high availability, scalable systems on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure.Expertise in database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL).Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.Boundless startup energy and excitement to apply your expertise and mentor junior engineers.

What You'll Get:The opportunity to be a part of a fast-growing startup and shape its future.Work on cutting-edge projects involving AI and machine learning.The opportunity to build and shape a high-performance team and have a significant impact on the company's success.Exposure to working with Fortune 500 companies.Work as a consultant with a global company.Team culture that values diverse backgrounds & individual accountability.A competitive package.

Ready to Join Us?If this sounds interesting, and you fit the bill, we want to hear from you Please email your resumé and cover letter to , and tell us why you're a great fit for this role.



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