Backend Developer

OptimumBrew is a global software product company based in Surat, India, building AI-powered graphic design and marketing products for small businesses worldwide. Our products help entrepreneurs create professional marketing content quickly across mobile and web platforms.

Every day, users across 150+ countries use our applications to grow their businesses. We combine product innovation, AI, data analytics, and growth experimentation to build category-leading products with global impact.

At OptimumBrew, you’ll work on real business challenges—not simulations. From analyzing millions of user interactions and optimizing growth funnels to experimenting with AI-driven features and scaling global products, your work directly influences product decisions and business growth.

We believe in ownership, continuous learning, and solving meaningful problems with data. If you’re excited about building products for a global audience and making measurable impact from day one, you’ll feel at home here.

As a Jr. Backend Engineer, you’ll work with our engineering team to build the scalable backend infrastructure that powers our mobile and web products. You’ll design robust system architectures, build secure and high-performance APIs, develop scalable backend services, and optimize databases that support millions of user interactions.

You’ll gain hands-on experience in backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, microservices, distributed systems, database design, and modern software engineering practices. Every system you build will contribute to creating reliable, scalable, and high-performing products used by customers around the world.

This role is ideal for candidates who enjoy solving complex engineering problems, designing scalable systems, and building reliable backend infrastructure.

• Build scalable backend services for web and mobile applications.
  

• Develop clean, maintainable, and production-ready backend code.
  

• Design reusable backend modules and business logic.
  

• Build robust RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
  

• Understand scalable software architecture principles.
  

• Design efficient backend system architecture.
  

• Design secure and scalable API structures.
  

• Design normalized and optimized database schemas.
  

• Build backend systems capable of supporting large-scale applications.
  

• Design relational and NoSQL databases.
  

• Optimize database performance and queries.
  

• Ensure data consistency and integrity.
  

• Implement indexing and performance optimization strategies.
  

• Build secure REST and GraphQL APIs.
  

• Integrate third-party APIs and external services.
  

• Implement authentication and authorization.
  

• Design scalable API architecture following best practices.
  

• Develop and deploy backend applications on AWS.
  

• Work with EC2, S3, CloudFront, and cloud-native services.
  

• Configure Nginx and Linux-based servers.
  

• Build scalable deployment pipelines using Docker.
  

• Optimize application performance.
  

• Improve backend response times.
  

• Implement Redis caching strategies.
  

• Design systems capable of handling high traffic.
  

• Monitor and improve system scalability.
  

Build and maintain backend services including:

• Authentication & Authorization
  

• Payment Integrations
  

• Push Notification Services
  

• Background Jobs & Queues
  

• File Storage Services
  

• Caching Layer
  

• Logging & Monitoring
  

• Rate Limiting
  

• Security Services
  

• CI/CD Pipelines
  

• Microservices
  

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
  

• Participate in code reviews.
  

• Debug production issues and improve system reliability.
  

• Follow secure coding standards and software engineering best practices.
  

• Scalable Backend Architecture
  

• Distributed Systems
  

• Database Design & Optimization
  

• REST API & GraphQL Development
  

• Microservices Architecture
  

• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)
  

• Docker & Containerization
  

• Performance Optimization
  

• Security Best Practices
  

• CI/CD Pipelines
  

• Production System Monitoring
  

• Modern Software Architecture
  

• Backend Engineering for Global Products
  

Who Should Apply

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  

• Strong programming fundamentals and problem-solving skills.
  

• Experience with PHP, Node.js, Python, or similar backend technologies.
  

• Good understanding of databases, APIs, and object-oriented programming.
  

• Must have built at least one complete backend application involving a database, authentication, and REST APIs.
  

• Familiarity with Git and software development best practices.
  

• Curious about scalable backend systems, cloud technologies, and software architecture.
  

• Passionate about building reliable, high-performance software products.
  

• Build the backend infrastructure powering products used in 150+ countries.
  

• Design scalable systems that support millions of user interactions.
  

• Work on cloud-native architectures using modern backend technologies.
  

• Collaborate directly with experienced product and engineering leaders.
  

• Gain ownership from day one with measurable technical and business impact.
  

• Learn engineering practices used to build reliable global software products.
  

Jr. Backend Engineer → Backend Engineer → Senior Backend Engineer → Technical Lead → Head of Backend Engineering

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