We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and scale the services that power our product. You'll own critical parts of our backend architecture, from APIs and data models to performance and reliability, and help raise the engineering bar across the team.

What you'll do:
Design, build and maintain scalable, secure and well-tested backend services and APIs
Lead technical design for recent features and drive architectural decisions
Optimize system performance, reliability and observability in production
Collaborate closely with product, frontend and DevOps teams to ship high-quality features
Review code, mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices
Participate in on-call rotation and help resolve production issues

Requirements
5+ years of skilled experience building backend systems
Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Go, Java, Python or Node.js
Solid experience designing RESTful and/or gRPC APIs and distributed systems




Deep knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL); experience with NoSQL stores and caching (e.g. Redis) is a plus
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure), containers and Kubernetes
Familiarity with message queues and event-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
Strong grasp of testing, CI/CD, monitoring and security best practices
Excellent communication skills and experience mentoring other engineers
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Advantages
Competitive salary and annual performance bonus
Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family
Adaptable hybrid work and working hours
Annual learning and development budget
Generous paid time off and company holidays
Latest laptop and home-office setup allowance

📌 Senior Backend Engineer Bengaluru
🏢 Gaius
📍 Bengaluru