This role is for one of Weekday's clients Min Experience: 5+ years

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced SDE 3 Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale high-performance backend systems and services. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who can take ownership of complex backend problems, contribute to architectural decisions, and build reliable systems that support business-critical applications.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Backend Development and Backend Engineering , with hands-on experience building scalable APIs, distributed services, data-intensive applications, and production-grade systems. You will work closely with product, frontend, infrastructure, QA, and other engineering teams to deliver robust and maintainable solutions.

Requirements Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available backend services and applications
- Build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend components that can handle high-volume traffic and complex business requirements
- Take ownership of backend features from requirement analysis and technical design through development, testing, deployment, and production support
- Participate in system architecture and technical design discussions, contributing to scalable and sustainable engineering solutions
- Identify performance bottlenecks and improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and resource utilization
- Design efficient data models and work with relational and/or NoSQL databases
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested, and production-ready code following engineering best practices
- Develop automated unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure application quality and reliability
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, QA engineers, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions




- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to improve code quality and engineering standards
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and contribute to improving development processes and technical practices
- Stay updated with modern backend technologies, engineering practices, and architectural patterns

Must-Have Skills

- Backend Development
- Backend Engineering
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Python, Go, Node.js, or C#
- Solid experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software engineering principles
- Hands-on experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL/MySQL and/or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, or Redis
- Strong understanding of API design, authentication, authorization, caching, concurrency, and system scalability
- Experience working with cloud platforms and modern deployment environments
- Good understanding of CI/CD, version control, logging, monitoring, and production debugging
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to independently handle complex technical challenges

Good-to-Have Skills

- Experience designing highly distributed and fault-tolerant systems
- Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architectures such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures
- Exposure to system design and large-scale application architecture
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives

Experience & Qualifications

- 5-8 years of professional experience in backend development/engineering
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred
- Strong track record of delivering production-grade backend applications and services
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams

📌 SDE 3 Backend Engineer (Gurugram)
🏢 Weekday AI (YC W21)
📍 Gurugram