Build Systems Used by Universities Across IndiaSamarth eGov is building a large-scale, cloud-based Education ERP platform for Universities and Higher Education Institutions across India. Our platform powers critical workflows across admissions, academics, examinations, student services, finance and administration. Read more: https://samarth.edu.in/ The RoleWe are looking for strong Backend Engineers with 1–5 years of experience who want to work on challenging, real-world systems. You will work directly on the ERP platform, taking features from problem understanding → technical design → coding → testing → production. You will work with experienced engineers and progressively take ownership of more complex backend components. What You Will Work On
• Build and enhance backend services using Object-Oriented Programming and sound design principles.
• Design and implement complex business workflows and REST APIs.
• Work with large MySQL, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse databases.
• Write and optimize SQL queries, indexes and database operations.
• Work with Redis, queues, background processing and event-driven systems.
• Build SDKs, integrations and communication protocols.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and production issues.
• Design solutions for high-volume and peak-load scenarios.
• Participate in code reviews, refactoring and technical design.
• Work with Linux, Git/GitLab, CI/CD and AWS-based infrastructure.
• Use modern AI-assisted development tools while maintaining engineering quality and understanding of the code you ship. Technology StackBackend: PHP, Laravel, Yii2, Python, Node.js, fastAPI REST APIs Data: MySQL, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis Infrastructure: Linux, Nginx,



Apache, PHP-FPM, AWS, Docker, CI/CD Engineering: Git, GitLab, APIs, SDKs, event-driven systems, observability Frontend exposure: JavaScript, React, Bootstrap, Tailwind You do not need to know everything in our technology stack. Strong fundamentals, problem-solving ability and the ability to learn quickly matter more than technology checklists. What We Look ForMust Have
• 1–5 years of software development experience.
• Strong programming and OOP fundamentals.
• Good understanding of backend development and MVC architecture.
• Strong SQL fundamentals and experience with MySQL / PostgreSQL.
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs.
• Good understanding of Git.
• Ability to understand and work within an existing codebase.
• Ability to debug problems independently.
• Ability to translate a problem statement into technical design. Strong Advantage
• Yii2, Laravel, Symfony, FastAPI, Express.js or similar backend framework experience.
• Experience with large-scale web applications.
• Redis, queues or asynchronous processing.
• Database performance optimization.
• Production debugging and incident resolution.
• Open-source contributions, GitHub projects, hackathons or strong personal projects.



More Significant Than Your Years of ExperienceWe care about how you think and what you can build, not just the number of years on your resume. We are particularly interested in engineers who:
• Enjoy solving difficult technical problems.
• Want to understand how systems work internally.
• Take ownership rather than just completing assigned tickets.
• Care about code quality and performance.
• Learn quickly and are comfortable with unfamiliar technologies.
• Want to grow into a strong backend / systems engineer. We can teach a framework. We cannot easily teach curiosity, problem-solving and ownership. What You Can ExpectYou will get exposure to:
• Large-scale backend engineering
• Database and performance engineering
• SaaS and multi-institution architecture
• APIs and system integrations
• Event-driven processing
• Cloud infrastructure
• Production systems and real incidents
• Security and data isolation
• Modern AI-assisted software development Your responsibility and technical ownership will grow as your engineering capability grows. Role Details
• Position: Backend/Full-Stack Engineer
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Experience:
1–5 years
• Employment: Full-time
• Work model: Onsite
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Location:
Delhi NCR
• Compensation: 6L-20L EducationBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline. Exceptional candidates with demonstrable engineering ability are encouraged to apply. Show Us What You Can BuildIf you have a GitHub profile, open-source contribution, personal project, hackathon project or other technical work, include it with your application.

📌 Backend/Full-Stack Engineer Large-Scale SaaS-ERP (New Delhi)
🏢 Samarth eGov
📍 New Delhi