Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Indore (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: 5–10 years

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead our backend development team and take

ownership of building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems. This is a leadership role

where you'll be both a hands-on contributor and a mentor, ensuring the team delivers robust

solutions to power our recruitment platform.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design: Define backend architecture standards and design scalable, secure,

and maintainable microservices.

• API Development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services supporting

recruitment workflows.

• Lead & Mentor: Guide and mentor mid-level backend developers, fostering technical growth

and enforcing coding best practices.

• Database Management: Design, optimize, and manage PostgreSQL databases (performance

tuning, indexing, partitioning, replication).

• Cloud Infrastructure: Oversee AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring uptime, cost efficiency,

and disaster recovery readiness.

• Infrastructure as Code: Implement and maintain Terraform scripts for infrastructure

automation.

• Code Quality: Conduct code reviews, enforce design patterns, and maintain a clean, modular

backend codebase.

• Collaboration: Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to

deliver features end-to-end.

• DevOps Practices: Drive CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, observability, and incident response

processes.

• Innovation: Stay updated on emerging backend technologies and introduce improvements

when beneficial.

Mandatory Requirements

• 5–10 years of backend development experience, with 2+ years in leadership or mentorship

roles.

• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, , or Python).

• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL or Oracle, including schema design and performance

optimization.

• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.).

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch).

• Proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Proven ability to design scalable, distributed systems and handle high-volume workloads.

• Track record of leading teams, conducting code reviews, and enforcing clean coding

standards.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a self-driven mindset.

Good to Have

• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).

• Knowledge of caching strategies (Redis, Memcached) and API performance optimization.

• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, CloudWatch).

• Understanding of security best practices: IAM policies, data encryption, secure

authentication.

• Experience scaling systems for multi-region/global deployments.

• Hands-on experience integrating with OAuth-based APIs (Google, Microsoft, Zoho, HubSpot).

• Knowledge of webhooks, async workflows, retries, and handling rate limits.

Why Join Us?

• Be the technical leader shaping backend architecture for a fast-growing platform.

• Opportunity to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team.

• Solve complex challenges in scalability, performance, and cloud infrastructure.

• Work in a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities.

If you're passionate about backend engineering, leadership, and building scalable systems, we'd

love to hear from you.