Backend Engineering Lead

2 days ago

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Spinach Experience Design Full time ₹ 20,00,000 - ₹ 25,00,000 per year

About us:

We are a seasoned UI UX product design and engineering company that has been charting digital customer journeys for some years now. Your work will encompass projects from different global markets across diverse sectors. You will have opportunities to lead engagements with the design and engineering teams, from the front.

Role Summary

We're seeking a hands-on Backend Engineering Lead with deep expertise in the JavaScript ecosystem. You'll own delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems and lead a cross-functional engineering team. This role balances technical execution with leadership, requiring both solid system design chops and the ability to drive team productivity.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership


• Own the architecture and delivery of backend services built on modern JS frameworks.


• Translate business and product requirements into scalable systems with clean code and robust APIs.


• Lead tech planning, estimations, and sprint breakdowns with product and design teams.


• Champion code quality, version control, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices.


• Guide team members through reviews, pair programming, and architectural discussions.

Hands-On Development


• Build scalable backend services using NodeJS/Express/NestJS.


• Design and manage relational (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) data models.


• Develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and integrate third-party services as needed.


• Work with modern dev tooling: Docker, Git, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, etc.


• Deploy and manage services on AWS/GCP/Firebase (Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, etc.)

Team Management & Collaboration


• Manage 3–5 engineers across backend and DevOps verticals.


• Coordinate sprint planning, daily standups, and code delivery via JIRA.


• Collaborate with QA and DevOps to ensure smooth releases and minimal bugs in production.


• Promote documentation, reusable modules, and internal tooling to improve velocity.

Security & Performance


• Enforce secure coding practices, input validation, and session/token management.


• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks at the application and database level.


• Advocate for monitoring, observability, and post-deployment diagnostics.

Must-Have Skills


• 5–7 years of experience in JavaScript/TypeScript backend development


• Deep expertise with (Express/NestJS) and API design patterns


• Strong in system architecture, data modelling, and asynchronous processing


• Hands-on with Git, Docker, and CI/CD workflows


• Excellent communicator with the ability to interface with product managers, designers, and QA


• Exposure to Agile rituals, backlog grooming, and stakeholder alignment

Nice-to-have:

  • Experience working in FinTech, HealthTech, or high-scale SaaS environments.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML & Data Engineering.

Why Join us:

  • Work on cutting-edge projects in a fast-paced, Agile-driven environment.
  • Competitive compensation package with performance bonuses.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in software engineering.
  • Continuous learning and upskilling opportunities (certifications, conferences, training).
  • Flexible work arrangements, including remote/hybrid options.

If you are a results-driven professions, with a passion for modern software development practices, we'd love to hear from you

Apply now and be part of an innovative team that is redefining the future of technology.

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