Unico Connect is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and ship production backends for client web and mobile products. The role spans API design, database modelling, third-party integrations, and the discipline of writing tested, observable code. The position is well suited to early-career backend engineers with shipped production work in Node.js or Python and a willingness to deepen across the full backend stack.

Responsibilities

- Build REST and GraphQL APIs using Node.js (NestJS or Fastify) or Python (FastAPI or Django)
- Design and maintain PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB schemas with appropriate indexing
- Integrate third-party APIs such as Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid, and Razorpay
- Write unit and integration tests; target 80%+ coverage on critical paths
- Implement authentication, authorisation, and rate limiting using established patterns
- Deploy services to GCP or AWS through CI/CD pipelines
- Pair with Senior Backend Engineers on architecture decisions and code reviews
- Participate in incident response rotations for owned services
- Maintain technical documentation for owned services and integrations
- Contribute to internal backend templates, generators,



and shared libraries

Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 1-3 years of backend engineering with shipped production work
- Robust Node.js with TypeScript or Python (FastAPI or Django)
- Production experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
- Working knowledge of Redis and at least 1 message queue (BullMQ, RabbitMQ, or SQS)
- Familiarity with Docker and at least 1 cloud (GCP or AWS)
- Solid testing fundamentals including unit, integration, and contract tests
- Comfort with Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines
- Working understanding of HTTP, REST, and basic distributed systems concepts
- Excellent written communication for pull request descriptions and design docs

Location: Mumbai

Job Type: Full-time

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📌 Backend Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Unico Connect
📍 Mumbai