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.
RequirementsKey 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.
- Backend Development
- Backend Engineering
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Python, Go, Node.js, or C#.
- Strong 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Skills Required
- 5–8 years of professional backend development or backend engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend language: Java, Python, Go, Node.js, or C#
- Experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software engineering principles
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and/or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, or Redis
- Understanding of API design, authentication, authorization, caching, concurrency, and system scalability
- Experience with cloud platforms and modern deployment environments
- Understanding of CI/CD, version control, logging, monitoring, and production debugging
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with ability to independently handle complex technical challenges
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience designing distributed and fault-tolerant systems
- Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architectures such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures
- Exposure to system design and large-scale application architecture
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments
- Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
