Backend Engineer Job ID 26-3083 Location Hyderabad India Who We Are Since our inception back in 2006 Navitas has grown to be an industry leader in the digital transformation space and we ve served as trusted advisors supporting our client base within the commercial federal and state and local markets What We Do At our very core we re a group of problem solvers providing our award-winning technology solutions to drive digital acceleration for our customers With proven solutions award-winning technologies and a team of expert problem solvers Navitas has consistently empowered customers to use technology as a competitive advantage and deliver cutting-edge transformative solutions What You ll Do We re looking for a Backend Engineer to join us early own critical systems and help shape both the product and the engineering culture from day one Responsibilities will include but are not limited to Our stack is Go on AWS with Postgres at the core and we re integrating AI Gemini today expanding further to automate and optimize complex financial workflows Own core backend systems end-to-end including APIs data models and services powering FX payments and financial workflows Design and build scalable services in Go with a strong focus on correctness performance and reliability Work deeply with AWS infrastructure including deployment observability security and cost optimization Design and operate Postgres schemas for financial-grade systems idempotency consistency auditability Build and integrate AI-powered features using Gemini and future LLMs to automate workflows like reconciliation invoice processing and decision support Collaborate directly with founders on product decisions system architecture and technical tradeoffs Set engineering foundations coding standards system design patterns CI CD and best practices Move fast while maintaining quality balancing startup speed with long-term maintainability What You ll Need Strong experience with Go in production systems Solid backend fundamentals APIs distributed systems concurrency and data modeling Hands-on experience with AWS including deploying and operating production services Deep familiarity with Postgres including schema design indexing and performance considerations Comfort working in early-stage environments with ambiguity ownership and rapid iteration Product mindset you care about why you re building something not just how Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make pragmatic tradeoffs Set Yourself Apart With Experience building fintech payments or financial systems Exposure to LLMs AI systems Gemini OpenAI etc in real products Experience with compliance-heavy systems audit logs permissions approvals Previous startup or early-team experience Equal Employer Veterans Disabled Navitas Business Consulting is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and or to receive other perks and privileges of employment please contact Navitas Human Resources Navitas is an equal opportunity employer We provide employment and opportunities for advancement compensation training and growth according to individual merit without regard to race color religion sex including pregnancy national origin sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status age genetic information disability veteran-status veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected under applicable Federal state or local law Our goal is for each staff member to have the opportunity to grow to the limits of their abilities and to achieve personal and organizational objectives We will support positive programs for equal treatment of all staff and full utilization of all qualified employees at all levels within Navitas Powered by JazzHR