Role & responsibilities

* Design and build backend services in a microservices architecture

* Work with MongoDB and Redis data stores, making sound choices around data modeling and caching ( any NoSQL, Cache Store)

* Translate product requirements into technical documentation data models, system designs, API specs. Collaborate directly with product and frontend teams to define API contracts

* Deploy and manage services in the cloud, including CI/CD pipelines

* Own observability for your services logging, metrics, tracing

* Write and maintain unit, integration, and API-level tests

* Build and maintain search functionality (full-text/faceted search across core data)

* Integrate third-party APIs and external services into our platform

* Implement and maintain payment gateway integrations, handling transactions securely and reliably

Preferred candidate profile

* 5-6 years of professional experience in backend development,



ideally with Node.js/Express.js

* Solid understanding of REST API design and microservices patterns, Event-driven architecture

* Hands-on experience with MongoDB and Redis (or similar NoSQL/caching stores)

* Experience with a cloud provider (Azure preferred, but AWS/GCP experience transferable) and containerized deployments (Kubernetes/Docker)

* Comfort writing technical documentation — able to turn ambiguous product requirements into clear system designs

* Experience with CI/CD pipelines

* Solid testing fundamentals — unit and integration testing, API testing (Jest/Supertest or equivalent)

* Python experience is a plus (FastAPI specifically)

* Comfortable in a startup environment: shifting priorities, high ownership, minimal hand-holding

📌 Back End Developer (Chennai)
🏢 Kynhood
📍 Chennai