ZopSmart - Lead Engineer - Backend Development

Description :

Job Role/Title : Lead Engineer - Backend

Experience Range : 5 to 8 years

Location : Bangalore

Job Link/ Attach the JD :

About Us :

Zopping.com is a leading saas e-commerce enabler platform that empowers businesses of all sizes to easily create, manage, and grow their online stores. Zopping provides a user-friendly interface, and a wide range of features to help businesses succeed in the competitive world of online sales.

About the Role :

We are a fast-growing product-based company that thrives on innovation, scalability, and delivering high-quality solutions to global customers. As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing robust backend systems that power our flagship products. This role requires technical excellence, leadership, and a passion for creating scalable solutions that impact thousands of users.

Key Responsibilities :

Product Architecture and Design :

- Architect and build scalable, reliable, and secure backend systems to support product offerings.

- Collaborate with Product Managers to translate requirements into efficient technical solutions.

Product Development and Delivery :

- Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs for key product features.

- Ensure high performance, scalability, and maintainability in product delivery.

- Optimize backend systems for responsiveness and cost efficiency on an ongoing basis.

Technical Leadership :

- Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers to achieve product goals.

- Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and foster a culture of engineering excellence.

- Establish and drive best practices for software development, including testing, automation, and deployment pipelines.

Scalability and Maintenance :

- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in backend systems.

- Monitor production systems continuously and implement improvements to ensure reliability and uptime.

Innovation and Process Improvement :

- Stay updated with emerging backend technologies and recommend their integration into products.

- Drive initiatives to improve developer productivity, code quality, and system performance.

Required Skills :

- Strong expertise in backend development using Golang, Java or Node programming language.

- Proven experience designing and building Microservices Architecture and RESTful APIs for high-scale products.

- Deep understanding of relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongodb, Redis).

- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Proficiency in containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns for scalable systems.

- Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide teams effectively.

- Excellent problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering customer-centric solutions.

You are eligible for this role if you are :

- 5+ years of experience in software development and programming, of which atleast 1+ years should be in leading a team of developers.

- Ready to work from Bangalore office

- Bachelor's degree (B.Tech) in Computer Science or a related field from a recognized university.