InvestWell - Technical Architect/Principal Software Engineer - Backend System

Description :

Key Responsibilities :

- Architect and design robust, scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems.

- Define architectural guidelines, coding standards, and best practices across the engineering team.

- Lead the design of distributed systems, microservices, and modern backend frameworks.

- Drive the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for backend engineering.

- Mentor and guide engineers, conduct design reviews, and ensure engineering excellence.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps) to align technology with business needs.

- Lead the development of backend services using Node.js, Python, Java, or Go.

- Build APIs, microservices, and integrations with third-party systems.

- Ensure high availability, performance optimization, and secure implementation.

- Architect and optimize databases such as MySQL, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB.

- Design efficient schemas, indexing strategies, and data pipelines for performance and scale.

- Ensure data integrity, security, and best practices for backups and disaster recovery.

- Work with cloud platforms (primarily AWS) to build scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient infrastructure.

- Use containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes/ECS.

- Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automation.

- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, technologies, and architectural patterns.

- Evaluate new tools and frameworks to improve system efficiency and developer productivity.

- Solve complex technical problems with a focus on scalability, performance, and user impact.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 4- 8 years of experience in software engineering, with strong exposure to system architecture.

- Expertise in backend languages such as Node.js, Python, Java, or Go.

- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.

- Hands-on experience with MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB or similar databases.

- Solid understanding of AWS cloud services, containerization (Docker), and deployment automation.

- Experience with performance tuning, security best practices, and code quality processes.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience working in fast-paced or high-growth product startups.

- Exposure to fintech or wealth-tech domains (a plus).

- Understanding of DevOps tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, etc.).