Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop systems and APIs with reliability and modularity in mind.
  • Architect services to support multi-tenant, cloud-native applications.
  • Lead efforts on code optimisation, refactoring, and scaling existing systems.
  • Own full lifecycle—from requirement gathering to design, implementation, and support.
  • Drive best practices for OOPS, design patterns, and system scalability.
  • Ensure high availability (99.99%+), security, and monitoring of production systems.
  • Partner with SREs, PMs, and other tech leads to deliver platform-wide capabilities.
  • Mentor 2–4 systems engineers and lead technical conversations across multiple teams.

Requirements

  • 6 to 9 years of experience in building backend systems and infrastructure.
  • Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA): Expertise in selecting optimal data structures and developing efficient, optimized code including time/space complexity trade-offs. Deep knowledge of REST APIs.
  • Problem Solving & Logical Analysis: Ability to clearly articulate thought processes, decompose complex problems, and engineer effective solutions.
  • Object-Oriented Design (OOD): Strong command of OOP principles, designing extensible code, and applying SOLID principles.
  • System Design (High-Level Design - HLD & LLD): Proven ability to design scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant end-to-end systems, including APIs, schema, and data models.
  • Exposure to RDBMS, caching strategies, distributed queues, and microservices.
  • Exposure and experience with AI tools and technologies to improve efficiency
  • Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrates strong ownership, collaborates effectively, and shows potential for mentoring.
  • System Design (HLD): Ability to gather requirements (functional/non-functional) and design scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, end-to-end systems.
  • API & Database Design: Skilled in designing APIs, database schemas, and data models.
  • Technical Communication: Excellent at conveying technical concepts and solutions clearly.
  • Problem-Solving & Analysis: Strong analytical and logical reasoning for complex problem-solving.
  • Code & Design Optimization: Capable of optimizing code and system designs for performance and efficiency.
  • Code Review: Experienced in performing effective code reviews.
  • Tech Stack: Knowledgeable about relevant technologies and adept at articulating suitable tech stacks for designs.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD, DevOps tooling, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).