Job Title: Senior Associate – Backend Engineering
Experience: 8–12 Years
Location: South India (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Associate with 8–12 years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in .NET technologies, SQL Server, NoSQL databases, cloud-native application development, and container orchestration platforms. This role requires excellent communication skills, strong analytical abilities, and the capability to collaborate with global teams while mentoring peer developers.
Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance enterprise applications using the Microsoft .NET technology stack.
Build and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices for cloud-native applications.
Develop efficient database solutions using SQL Server, NoSQL databases, and MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) databases.
Design scalable data models and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies.
Deploy, monitor, and manage applications using Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Work with AWS cloud services for application deployment, monitoring, storage, and infrastructure management.
Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term solutions.
Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, and Business stakeholders.
Review code, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior engineers.
Ensure applications follow security, performance, scalability, and reliability best practices.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
8–12 years of software development experience.
Strong experience with:
C#
.NET Framework / .NET Core / .NET 6+
ASP.NET Core
Web API
Microservices Architecture
Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server
Query optimization
Stored Procedures
Performance tuning
Indexing
Experience with NoSQL databases such as:
MongoDB
Cassandra
DynamoDB
Cosmos DB (preferred)
Experience with MPP databases such as:
Amazon Redshift
Azure Synapse Analytics
Snowflake
Greenplum
Vertica
Hands-on experience with:
Kubernetes
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Good working knowledge of AWS services including:
EC2
S3
RDS
IAM
CloudWatch
EKS (preferred)
Experience with Docker and containerization.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native application architecture.
Experience with Git version control.
Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or AWS SQS/SNS).
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Application Insights.
Exposure to DevSecOps practices.
Microsoft Azure or AWS certifications are a plus.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication.
Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Self-driven with the ability to work independently.
Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
The ideal candidate is a technically strong engineer who combines deep backend development expertise with modern cloud and container technologies. They should be capable of driving technical discussions, delivering high-quality solutions, mentoring team members, and collaborating effectively with global stakeholders while ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications.
