This is for a profitable B2B SaaS company that focuses on the US market and has an employee strength of 15-18 people with 4 engineers.

You'll be

- Owning backend systems end-to-end
- Making architecture and system design decisions
- Working closely with product + real customer problems

You'd be a fit if.

- You've held a Backend Engineer position before and have at least 4 years of experience. You have exceptional technical skills, a hunger to learn more, want to build engaging features that customers pay for, and work in a lean team.
- You enjoy coding, have a bias for action, and are solution-oriented.
- You understand and empathise with customers. You proactively watch user sessions, understand the product and design side of things, and truly get what we solve for with every feature.

Requirements

- You've previously held a Backend Engineer or a Lead Backend Engineer position and have 4+ years of experience working with backend technologies, specifically Node.js.
- Strong grasp of system design principles, you can architect scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Express.js. This is non-negotiable.
- Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, SQS) is a good to have.
- Good understanding of caching strategies and implementation (Redis, Memcached, etc.)
- Strong command of SQL and database performance optimization, you've written complex queries and know how to analyze and tune for efficiency.
- Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs.




- You collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, designers, and leadership to clarify requirements, maintain project visibility, and deliver impact.

Responsibilities

- Engineering excellence, you hold yourself to a high standard, treat engineering as a craft, and take pride in your work
- Perform PR reviews for other developers, guide junior engineers when they're stuck, and continuously raise the bar for clean, high-quality code.
- Write robust APIs, design and implement scalable and maintainable backend services.
- Ensure modular, maintainable code to accommodate rapid feature iterations, optimize backend performance, latency, and throughput.
- Good to work with : You spend more waking hours with your teammates than anyone else. Others enjoy working with you because of your positive attitude and technical competence.
- You collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, designers, and leadership to clarify requirements, maintain project visibility, and deliver impact.
- Customer Obsession : You put customers first and recognize that we only succeed when they succeed. You care about how customers feel when they use our product and not just about the technology.

Bonus if

- You've Open Source contributions or build things from scratch
- Previously been a technical founder or co-founder of a company.

Be sure to highlight this in your profile/resume.

NOTE : Not ideal for candidates looking for highly structured orgs or narrow roles.

📌 Lead Backend Engineer (India)
🏢 SV TalentNets
📍 India