Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly capable Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale cloud-based SaaS platforms and enterprise-grade web applications, with a solid focus on Mortgage Finance domain solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work on building an enterprise-class product from the ground up, leveraging modern cloud infrastructure, microservices architecture, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate brings solid end-to-end development experience-from system design to production deployment-and thrives in solving real-world, high-impact problems.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and scale cloud-native web applications and SaaS platforms in a backend-focused role
- Work as part of a high-performance engineering team building Mortgage Finance technology solutions
- Contribute to the end-to-end product lifecycle: architecture, design, development, deployment, and optimization
- Design and implement microservices-based and event-driven architectures
- Build high-performance RESTful APIs / GraphQL services for scalable applications
- Architect and deploy systems using AWS cloud infrastructure
- Work extensively with AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS
- Design and optimize databases using MySQL/PostgreSQL (SQL) and MongoDB/DynamoDB (NoSQL)
- Build and deploy containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
- Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and fault tolerance of systems
- Solve complex engineering problems with clean, maintainable, and scalable code
- Deliver rapid product iterations based on user feedback and performance metrics
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Frontend, DevOps)
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices, frameworks, and modern technologies
- Participate in and influence architecture and product decision-making

Technical Skills & Requirements

Core Backend & Programming





- Strong experience in Node.js ecosystem (mandatory)
- Proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript
- Working knowledge of Python (preferred)
- Experience with backend frameworks: Express.js, NestJS, Fastify

Architecture & System Design

- Microservices architecture
- Distributed systems (scalability, availability, fault tolerance)
- Event-driven systems (SQS, SNS, Kafka, Pub/Sub)
- Ability to design large-scale, production-grade systems

API & Integration

- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL
- Integration with third-party services and external APIs

Database & Data Layer

- Relational Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
- NoSQL Databases: MongoDB, DynamoDB
- Data modeling, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning

Cloud & Infrastructure

- AWS (mandatory): Lambda, SQS, SNS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway
- Exposure to GCP
- Experience in serverless and cloud-native architectures

DevOps & Deployment

- Docker (mandatory) and containerization
- Kubernetes (preferred)
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)

Performance, Security & Observability

- Caching (Redis, Memcached)
- Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
- Authentication & Authorization (OAuth, JWT)

Experience Requirements

- 5-7+ years of full-time software development experience
- Proven experience in building SaaS platforms, software products, or web-based applications
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in microservices architecture OR delivery of multiple large-scale products
- Strong hands-on experience in Node.js-based backend systems (mandatory)
- Experience in building cloud-native applications on AWS
- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end product development (design deployment scale)

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📌 Senior Software Engineer - Backend - TKC (Bengaluru)
🏢 FinacPlus
📍 Bengaluru