Role: Senior Backend Engineer
Experience Required: 5-10 Years
Work Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India (Regular WFO)
Work Timings: 04:30 PM – 01:30 AM IST (Monday – Friday)
About the Role
We are seeking a versatile and proactive Principal Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate the services that power our products. The ideal candidate will own backend APIs, data pipelines, and event-driven systems; champion performance, reliability, and security; and collaborate closely with frontend, QA and DevOps teams to deliver a robust platform. Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, observability, and identity/access patterns is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python and Django.
- Develop and optimize data storage solutions with PostgreSQL and Redis, ensuring reliability and performance.
- Implement Elasticsearch for search and analytics across large datasets.
- Architect and operate distributed systems that handle high-throughput and low-latency workloads.
- Build and operate asynchronous task queues and background workers using Celery and Redis.
- Write clean, maintainable, and unit-test–focused code with strong coverage using pytest.
- Build and maintain REST APIs, ensuring proper authentication, authorization, and versioning.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend services for scalability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
- Collaborate with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Document technical designs, APIs, and operational runbooks.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining backend systems in production environments.
- Strong programming expertise in Python and Django.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization.
- Experience with Redis for caching, message queues, or real-time data.
Preferred Experience
- Practical use of Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and data analytics.
- Experience building and consuming APIs, including documentation and testing.
- Strong focus on unit tests and automated testing using pytest or similar frameworks.
- Proficiency with Docker and containerized application deployments.
- Proven experience with Celery and managing background workers in production.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Agile/Scrum team experience
Pay: From ₹1,500,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Are you willing to work Mon-Fri in shift timings of 4:30PM-1:30AM?
Education:
Experience:
- Django: 5 years (Required)
Location:
- Gurugram, Haryana (Gurugram) (Required)
Work Location: In person
