Description :

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our Product Engineering team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong hands-on expertise in system design, development, and integrations, with the ability to build and own end-to-end modules and features, including non-functional requirements, for high-volume, high-performance products.

Key Responsibilities :

System Design :

- Translate product specifications and business requirements into robust technical solutions.

- Perform detailed design and development of assigned modules, with a primary focus on back-end systems.

- Design, implement, and optimize RESTful APIs to ensure performance and reliability and optimize database schemas and queries to support scalability and high availability.

- Implement event-driven architectures, including pub/sub mechanisms, messaging queues, and caching strategies.

- Design systems with strong emphasis on maintainability, observability, and ease of adoption.

- Ensure fault tolerance through effective error handling, session management, and resilience strategies.

- Architect solutions with a focus on performance, scalability, and security, including authentication and authorization mechanisms.

Engineering / Development :

- Should have hands-on experience in technical contributions as an individual contributor, with the potential to progress into a team lead role.

- Should be able to own the assigned modules/features end-to-end across design, development, testing, deployment.

- Ensure high-quality design, development, and testing of assigned modules.

- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to understand product requirements, features, and components, and translate user stories into effective designs.

- Take ownership of product quality by writing, automating, and executing test cases as an integral part of the development process.

- Plan deliverables, track and report progress, actively participate in meetings, and ensure timely delivery of assigned tasks.

- Contribute proactively to architecture design, product roadmap discussions, and key technology decisions.

Cloud, DevOps & Quality :

- Deploy and manage applications on cloud environments, docker

- Work with CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release processes

- Write unit tests and conduct code & peer reviews

- Understand infrastructure footprints and deployment considerations

Required Qualifications (Must Have Skills) :

- Strong 8+ years of experience in back-end software development.

- Proven experience in product development, with a strong track record of building products or features from the ground up.

- Deep hands-on expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, or other back-end technologies.

- Strong system design capabilities, with demonstrated experience delivering modules or features end to end.

- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, and code review best practices.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Demonstrates curiosity, a strong sense of ownership, adaptability, and a continuous learning mindset

Good-to-Have Qualifications :

- Domain knowledge or prior experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) space will be a strong advantage.

- Exposure to DevOps practices and infrastructure automation is desirable.

- Experience working in a startup or product-based organization is preferred.